The quantification of training load, the training response and the effect on performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 779-795

  Borresen, Jill ^a   Ian Lambert, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ALGORITHM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 68949208576     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11317780-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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