A practical model of low-volume high-intensity interval training induces performance and metabolic adaptations that resemble 'all-out' sprint interval training

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 571-576

  Bayati, Mahdi ^a   Farzad, Babak ^a   Gharakhanlou, Reza ^a   Agha Alinejad, Hamid ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Repeated sprints; Training adaptations; Wingate test

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051887195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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