Applications of the session rating of perceived exertion system in professional Rugby union

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 78-85

  Comyns, Tom ^a   Flanagan, Eamonn P ^b  

^a SPORT IRELAND INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b IRISH RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Periodization; Rugby union; Tapering; Training load; Training load management; Training monotony; Training strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892180055     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0000000000000015     Document Type: Article

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