Should Body Size Categories Be More Common in Endurance Running Events?
| Autor: | Robert Buresh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male
Competitive Behavior business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors General Medicine Body size Athletic Performance Age and sex Running Oxygen Consumption Sex Factors Physical Endurance Medicine Body Size Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Current sports medicine reports. 17(5) |
| ISSN: | 1537-8918 |
| Popis: | Thousands of endurance running events are held each year in the United States, and most of them use age and sex categories to account for documented effects of those factors on running performance. However, most running events do not provide categories of body mass, despite abundant evidence that it, too, dramatically influences endurance running performance. The purposes of this article are to (1) discuss how body mass affects endurance running performance, (2) explain several mechanisms through which body mass influences endurance running performance, and (3) suggest possible ways in which body mass might be categorized in endurance running events. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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