Personal best marathon time and longest training run, not anthropometry, predict performance in recreational 24-hour ultrarunners

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2212-2218

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Lepers, Romuald ^c  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat; Skinfold thickness; Ultraendurance

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 80052709116     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f6b0c7     Document Type: Article

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