Quantification of training load distribution in mixed martial arts athletes: A lack of periodisation and load management

Christopher Kirk; Carl Langan-Evans; David R. Clark; James P. Morton

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0251266

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Quantification of training load distribution in mixed martial arts athletes: A lack of periodisation and load management

Christopher Kirk ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Kirk, Carl Langan-Evans, David R. Clark, James P. Morton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: C.P.Kirk@2018.LJMU.ac.uk

Affiliations Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Sport and Human Performance Research Group, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6207-027X

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Carl Langan-Evans ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Kirk, Carl Langan-Evans, David R. Clark, James P. Morton

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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David R. Clark ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Kirk, Carl Langan-Evans, David R. Clark, James P. Morton

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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James P. Morton

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Kirk, Carl Langan-Evans, David R. Clark, James P. Morton

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Quantification of training load distribution in mixed martial arts athletes: A lack of periodisation and load management

Christopher Kirk,
Carl Langan-Evans,
David R. Clark,
James P. Morton

Published: May 10, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251266

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