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The effects of synchronous music on 400-m sprint performance

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Attentional Focus on Suprapostural Tasks Affects Balance Learning

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Increasing the Distance of an External Focus of Attention Enhances Standing Long Jump Performance

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Effects of music tempo upon submaximal cycling performance

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Effects of Music on Work-Rate Distribution During a Cycling Time Trial

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Application of the limited strength model of self-regulation to understanding exercise effort, planning and adherence

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The effect of motivational music on sub‐maximal exercise

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Enhanced expectancies improve movement efficiency in runners

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Effects of moderate and high glycemic index meals on metabolism and exercise performance

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The influence of rhythm and personality in the endurance response to motivational asynchronous music

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Physiological and Psychological Effects of Deception on Pacing Strategy and Performance: A Review

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Effects of Differentiated Music on Cycling Time Trial

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The Effects of Self-Presentation on Perceived Exertion

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Type of Encouragement Influences Peak Muscle Force in College-Age Women

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The effects of verbal encouragement and conscientiousness on maximal voluntary contraction of the triceps surae muscle in elite athletes

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Startle Auditory Stimuli Enhance the Performance of Fast Dynamic Contractions

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Knowledge of the Endpoint: Effect on Perceptual Values

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Focus of Attention for Strength and Conditioning Training

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External exercise information provides no immediate additional performance benefit to untrained individuals in time trial cycling

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Verbal and visual stimulation effects on rectus femoris and biceps femoris muscles during isometric and concentric

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Knowledge of repetitions range affects force production in trained females.

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Presence of Observers Increases One Repetition Maximum in College-age Males and Females

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The Effects of Experimenter Gender on State Social Physique Anxiety and Strength in a Testing Environment

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No Benefit of Ingestion of a Ketone Monoester Supplement on 10-km Running Performance

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Dynamics of pleasure-displeasure at the limit of exercise tolerance: conceptualizing the sense of exertional physical fatigue as an affective response

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Glucose ingestion before and after resistance training sessions does not augment ribosome biogenesis in healthy moderately trained young adults

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Ribosome Biogenesis as a Putative Bottleneck to Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: Mechanisms, Human Evidence, and Practical Modulators

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The prediction of young athletes’ physical self from perceptions of relationships with parents and coaches

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Aspects Related to the Training of Athletes with Disabilities for Participation in Sports Competitions

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Principles of Valid Clinical Research

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Reflections on providing sport science support for athletes with learning difficulties

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Monitoring training-induced fatigue in snowboard and freeski halfpipe athletes

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