The taper: Physiology, performance, and planning

World Book of Swimming: From Science to Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 345-358

  Pyne, David B ^a   Mujika, Iñigo ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intensity; Performance; Recovery; Swimming; Tapering; Volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892331367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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