Strategies for improving performance in long duration events: Olympic distance triathlon

Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 881-891

  Hausswirth, Christophe ^a   Brisswalter, Jeanick ^b  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SPORTING EVENT; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RUNNING; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 54249142125     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200838110-00001     Document Type: Review

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