Moderate association of anthropometry, but not training volume, with race performance in male ultraendurance cyclists

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 563-568

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Wirth, Andrea ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^b  

^a St Gallen Health Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body composition; Percent body fat; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70350173138     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599594     Document Type: Article

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