Personal best time and training volume, not anthropometry, is related to race performance in the 'Swiss Bike Masters' mountain bike ultramarathon

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1312-1317

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Senn, Oliver ^b  

^a St Gallen Health Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass; Training intensity; Training volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952711275     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d85ac4     Document Type: Article

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