You’ve been diligently building your base, mastering your hydration, and even perfecting your cool-down routine. Now, you’re ready to get faster. You envision crisp, quick strides, maybe shaving seconds off your usual loop. But then you try a tempo run, and the heat, thick and suffocating, crushes your pace. Your legs feel like lead, your … Continue reading Summer Speed Sessions: How to Build Pace When the Heat Tries to Slow You Down
Tag: Interval Training
Endurance Explained: The Unstoppable Engine of Progressive Overload
The Overload Principle is crucial for endurance athletes facing training plateaus. It emphasizes the need to challenge the body with progressively greater stimuli for continued improvement. Key methods include increasing volume, intensity, and frequency, paired with adequate recovery, to ensure physiological adaptations and sustainable gains in performance.
