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The homepage cites the four papers that map directly to something you can see in the product. This is the full list, including the reading that shaped the thinking without driving a specific feature.

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4. Stöggl T, Sperlich B (2014). Polarized training has greater impact on key endurance variables than threshold, high intensity, or high volume training Frontiers in Physiology. doi:10.3389/fphys.2014.00033
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6. Rosenblat MA, Watt JA, Arnold JI, et al. (2025). Which Training Intensity Distribution Intervention will Produce the Greatest Improvements in Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Time-Trial Performance in Endurance Athletes? A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data Sports Medicine. doi:10.1007/s40279-024-02149-3
7. Mujika I, Padilla S (2003). Scientific Bases for Precompetition Tapering Strategies Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. doi:10.1249/01.mss.0000074448.73931.11
8. Foster C, Florhaug JA, Franklin J, et al. (2001). A New Approach to Monitoring Exercise Training Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. doi:10.1519/1533-4287(2001)015<0109:ANATME>2.0.CO;2
9. Bourdon PC, Cardinale M, Murray A, et al. (2017). Monitoring Athlete Training Loads: Consensus Statement International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. doi:10.1123/IJSPP.2017-0208
10. Bosquet L, Montpetit J, Arvisais D, Mujika I (2007). Effects of tapering on performance: a meta-analysis Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e31806010e0
11. Lauersen JB, Bertelsen DM, Andersen LB (2014). The effectiveness of exercise interventions to prevent sports injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis British Journal of Sports Medicine. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2013-092538
12. Blagrove RC, Howatson G, Hayes PR (2018). Effects of Strength Training on the Physiological Determinants of Middle- and Long-Distance Running Performance: A Systematic Review Sports Medicine. doi:10.1007/s40279-017-0835-7
13. McCammon I (2004). Heuristic Traps in Recreational Avalanche Accidents: Evidence and Implications Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop. source
14. Milledge JS, Beeley JM, et al. (1991). Acute mountain sickness susceptibility, fitness and hypoxic ventilatory response European Respiratory Journal. doi:10.1183/09031936.93.04081000
15. Davies AJ, Kalson NS, Stokes S, et al. (2009). Determinants of Summiting Success and Acute Mountain Sickness on Mt Kilimanjaro (5895 m) Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. doi:10.1580/1080-6032-020.004.0311
16. Jackson SJ, Varley J, Sellers C, et al. (2010). Incidence and predictors of acute mountain sickness among trekkers on Mount Kilimanjaro High Altitude Medicine & Biology. doi:10.1089/ham.2010.1003
17. Lawrence JS, Reid SA (2016). Risk Determinants of Acute Mountain Sickness and Summit Success on a 6-Day Ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro (5895 m) Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.wem.2015.11.011
18. Bertuzzi RCM, Franchini E, Kokubun E, Kiss MAPDM (2007). Energy system contributions in indoor rock climbing European Journal of Applied Physiology. doi:10.1007/s00421-007-0501-0
19. Fryer S, Stoner L, Stone K, et al. (2016). Forearm muscle oxidative capacity index predicts sport rock-climbing performance European Journal of Applied Physiology. doi:10.1007/s00421-016-3403-1
20. Baláš J, Michailov M, Giles D, Kodejška J, Panáčková M, Fryer S (2016). Active recovery of the finger flexors enhances intermittent handgrip performance in rock climbers European Journal of Sport Science. doi:10.1080/17461391.2015.1119198
21. Giles D, Chidley JB, Taylor N, et al. (2019). The Determination of Finger-Flexor Critical Force in Rock Climbers International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. doi:10.1123/ijspp.2018-0809
22. Stien N, Riiser A, Shaw MP, Saeterbakken AH, Andersen V (2023). Effects of climbing- and resistance-training on climbing-specific performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis Biology of Sport. doi:10.5114/biolsport.2023.113295
23. Saeterbakken AH, Bratland E, Andersen V, Stien N (2024). Five weeks of dynamic finger flexor strength training on bouldering performance and climbing-specific strength tests: A randomized controlled trial Frontiers in Physiology. doi:10.3389/fphys.2024.1461820