Quantifying training load: A comparison of subjective and objective methods

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-30

  Borresen, Jill ^a   Lambert, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

RPE; Session; Summated heart rate zones; TRIMP

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849153599     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.3.1.16     Document Type: Article

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