Should we be recommending repeated sprints to improve repeated-sprint performance?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-172

  Buchheit, Martin ^a  

^a ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fatigue; Running; Sports medicine; Training

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING;

EID: 84855931895     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11598230-000000000-00000     Document Type: Letter

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