A 3-min all-out cycling test is sensitive to a change in critical power

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1693-1699

  Vanhatalo, Anni ^a   Doust, Jonathan H ^b   Burnley, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise intensity domains; Interval training; Maximal steady state; Power duration relationship

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449120023     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318177871a     Document Type: Article

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