The article discusses the most commonly used in practice testing of anaerobic (strength) endurance in track and field athletes: Maximum Anaerobic Running Test (MART) – maximum anaerobic running test on the track, Hawaii Anaerobic Run Test (HART) – Hawaiian anaerobic running test, Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST) running sprint test for anaerobic endurance, and the classic Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT), a bicycle ergometric Wingate test, their advantages and disadvantages.
Autors:
Dovner D. R.
Keywords:
#anaerobic endurance
#hart (hawaii anaerobic run test)
#mart (maximum anaerobic running test)
#rast (running-based anaerobic sprint test)
#testing
#wingate (want)
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More about the authors:
Dovner Daniil Ruslanovich - is a 2nd-year postgraduate student at the Department of Theory and Methods of Physical Indoctrination, Ural State University of Physical Education. Chelyabinsk, Russia.