Personal best time,not anthropometry or training volume, is associated with total race time in a triple iron triathlon

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1142-1150

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

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body fat; Intensity; Skin fold; Ultraendurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 79953848310     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d09f0f     Document Type: Article

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