Peer-reviewed articles and books on training, physiology, and performance — curated for evidence-based coaching.
The focus of the present study was to investigate the effects of a fast-start pacing strategy on running performance and pulmonary oxygen u…
Purpose Previous studies report that static stretching (SS) impairs running economy. Assuming that pacing strategy relies on rate of energy…
ves:Recent studies have identified rates of injuries in young elite athletes during major athletic events. However, no such data exist on m…
Background Age and peak performance in ultra-endurance athletes have been mainly investigated in long-distance runners and triathletes, but…
aims of the present study were to investigate the changes in the age and in swimming performance of finalists in World Championships (1994–…
The study found significant improvements in balance performance after skiing.
Background The purpose of this study was the comparison of the calculated (MLSSC) and experimental power (MLSSE) in maximal lactate steady-…
Purpose Monitoring training from a multifactorial point of view is of great importance in elite endurance athletes. This study aims to anal…
Use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for quantifying athletic performance is common in many team sports. The effect of running veloci…
Factors influencing pacing in triathlon Sam SX Wu,1 Jeremiah J Peiffer,2 Jeanick Brisswalter,3 Kazunori Nosaka,1 Chris R Abbiss1 1Centre fo…
Exercise combined with whole body vibration (WBV) is becoming increasingly popular, although additional effects of WBV in comparison to con…
MiRNAs are potent intracellular posttranscriptional regulators and are also selectively secreted into the circulation in a cell-specific fa…
This study develops regression models to predict rowing performance based on various physical attributes.
This research validates the 20mMST as a predictor of VO2max and vVO2max.
High-intensity interval training induces a modest systemic inflammatory response in active, young men Kevin A Zwetsloot,1 Casey S John,1 Ma…
Migrating birds perform extraordinary endurance flights, up to 200 h non-stop, at a very high metabolic rate and while fasting. Such an int…
Bending, in addition to compression, is recognized to be a common loading pattern in long bones in animals. However, due to the technical d…
Endurance athletes exhibit sinus bradycardia, that is a slow resting heart rate, associated with a higher incidence of sinus node (pacemake…
Respiratory disorders in endurance athletes – how much do they really have to endure? Maurizio Bussotti, Silvia Di Marco, Giovanni Marchese…
Introduction Impaired walking performance is a key predictor of morbidity among older adults. A distinctive characteristic of impaired walk…
Lower body eccentric exercise is well known to elicit high levels of muscular force with relatively low cardiovascular and metabolic strain…
ground: Participation in triathlon competitions has increased in recent years. Many studies have described left or right ventricular injury…
tritional strategy during an ultra-endurance triathlon (UET) is one of the main concerns of athletes competing in such events. The purpose …
A variety of anthropometric and training characteristics have been identified as predictor variables for race performance in endurance and …