Less is more: Standard warm-up causes fatigue and less warm-up permits greater cycling power output

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Tomaras, Elias K ^a   MacIntosh, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human performance; Muscle fatigue; Optimal cadence; Postactivation potentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TORQUE;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 79960217389     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00253.2011     Document Type: Article

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