Finishers and nonfinishers in the 'Swiss cycling marathon' to qualify for the 'race across America'

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3257-3263

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

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Athlete; Performance; Support; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; DIET; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856188841     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31821606b3     Document Type: Article

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