Relationships between stroke parameters and critical swimming speed in a sprint interval training set

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-235

  Barden, John M ^a   Kell, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical speed; Interval training set; Stroke length; Stroke rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 59649127167     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802475205     Document Type: Article

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