Pilates training improves 5-km run performance by changing metabolic cost and muscle activity in trained runners.

Strength training improves distance running economy and performance. This finding is based predominantly on maximal and explosive strength programmes applied to locomotor muscles, particularly on the lower limbs. It is not certain whether a minimization of metabolic cost (Cmet) and an improvement in...

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Main Authors: Paula Finatto, Edson Soares Da Silva, Alexandre B Okamura, Bruna P Almada, Jorge L L Storniolo, Henrique B Oliveira, Leonardo A Peyré-Tartaruga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5862462?pdf=render