Changes in cycling efficiency during a competitive season

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 912-919

  Hopker, James ^a   Coleman, Damian ^b   Passfield, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gross efficiency; Lactate threshold; Maximal power; Training

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; TIME; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 67650085821     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818f2ab2     Document Type: Article

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