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Should We be Recommending Repeated Sprints to Improve Repeated-Sprint Performance?

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Buchheit, M. Should We be Recommending Repeated Sprints to Improve Repeated-Sprint Performance?. Sports Med 42, 169–172 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2165/11598230-000000000-00000

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