Commentary: Why sprint interval training is inappropriate for a largely sedentary population

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Del Vecchio, Fabrício B ^a   Gentil, Paulo ^b   Coswig, Victor S ^a   Fukuda, David H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior change; exercise adherence; exercise intensity; exercise psychology; feeling states; sprint interval training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974718943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01359     Document Type: Note

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