The effects of intermittent hypoxic training on aerobic capacity and endurance performance in cyclists

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-183

  Czuba, Milosz ^a   Waskiewicz, Zbigniew ^a   Zajac, Adam ^a   Poprzecki, Stanislaw ^a   Cholewa, Jaroslaw ^a   Roczniok, Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Cycling; Endurance performance; Hypoxia; Intermittent hypoxic training (IHT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952466647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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