Effects of pacing strategy on work done above critical power during high-intensity exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1377-1385

  Chidnok, Weerapong ^a   Dimenna, Fred J ^b,c   Bailey, Stephen J ^a   Wilkerson, Daryl P ^a   Vanhatalo, Anni ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

constant work rate; critical power; fatigue; self paced; W

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 84880597865     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182860325     Document Type: Article

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