Anthropological and physiological observations on Tarahumara endurance runners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8314784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno Balke (Civil Aerospace Medical Institute), Clyde Snow, Clyde C Snow (Civil Aerospace Medical Institute) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 293-301 |
| Publication date | 1965-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330230317 |
| PMID | 5861226 |
| OpenAlex | W2000888569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 6 |
The Tarahumara Indians of Northwestern Mexico have long been famous as endurance runners. These capabilities are best displayed in the traditional Tarahumara sport of kick‐ball racing. Participants in such races may cover up to 100 miles in 24 hours and races lasting 48 hours are not uncommon. This paper presents findings of a preliminary study of Tarahumara endurance capabilities. The data indicate that experienced kick‐ball racers are capable of energy expenditures of more than 10,000 Kcal/24 hour‐a figure which is generally considered to repre‐sent the upper limits of human voluntary work effort. The aerobic work capacity of Tarahumara boys, who had attended a Mission boarding school for several years, was not significantly different from that of their Mestizo classmates. Unacculturated Tarahumara boys excelled both of these latter groups in physical performance
Energy metabolism · Geography · Sociology · Work (physics) · Demography · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Engineering · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Medicine · Psychology · Sports Performance and Training · Gerontology
Reflecting Diversity
Snow, Clyde C.
Brains, Brawn, and the Evolution of Human Endurance Running Capabilities
Why Do Humans Exercise? A Neuro‐Evolutionary Framework for Discretionary Physical Effort
Growth status of indigenous school children 6–14 years in the Tarahumara Sierra, Northern Mexico, in 1990 and 2007
The First Humans – Origin and Early Evolution of the Genus Homo
Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Tarahumara and Mestizo Adolescents from Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico
Physical activity, cardio‐respiratory fitness, and metabolic traits in rural mexican tarahumara
Biosocial Adaptation and Correlates of Acculturation in the Tarahumara Ecosystem
The evolution of endurance running and the tyranny of ethnography
Population aspects of human working capacity
Just Macaws
Trait analysis of the dentition of the Tarahumara Indians and Mestizos of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico
Una mirada antropológica a la resistencia física de los rarámuri
Ethnographic and Modeled Costs of Long-Distance, Big-Game Hunting
Differential use of a clinic by Tarahumara Indians and Mestizos in the Mexican sierra madre
Running in Tarahumara (Rarámuri) Culture
The Versatility of Human Locomotion
Clyde Collins Snow (1928-2014)
Running, Creeping and Climbing
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2026 (58) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |