Differential correlations between anthropometry,training volume, and performance in male and female Ironman triathletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2785-2793

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Wirth, Andrea ^a   Baumann, Barbara ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Oliver, Senn ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Percent body fat; Performance; Skin fold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; SWIMMING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952276702     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181c643b6     Document Type: Article

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