Endurance training and sprint performance in elite junior cross-country skiers

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1299-1305

  Sandbakk, Øyvind ^a,b   Welde, Boye ^a   Holmberg, Hans Christer ^c  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerobic; High intensity; Oxygen uptake; Speed; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKIING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RUNNING; SKIING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960091275     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d82d11     Document Type: Article

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