Do elite endurance athletes report their training accurately?

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-92

  Sylta, Øystein ^a   TØnnessen, Espen ^b   Seiler, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Olympic Federation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Expert analysis; Heart rate; Self report; Validity; XC skiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892908227     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/IJSPP.2013-0203     Document Type: Article

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