You wake up after what felt like a grueling training block. Your muscles are protesting, a dull ache lingers, and your mind feels foggy. Yet, you glance at your watch or app, and it flashes a confident green signal: "Ready to Train." Or, perhaps, the inverse: you feel surprisingly fresh, ready to crush your session, … Continue reading Endurance Explained: Decoding Heart Rate Variability (HRV) for Endurance Athletes – A Practical Guide
Supercompensation is the process where, after training and adequate recovery, the body adapts to a higher level of fitness. This cycle involves four phases: fatigue, recovery, supercompensation, and detraining. Understanding supercompensation enables athletes to optimize training schedules, avoid overtraining, and achieve peak performance for competitions by respecting recovery needs.
The content emphasizes the importance of tapering before a critical race after extensive training. Tapering involves strategically reducing training load to allow for recovery, improve performance, and avoid fatigue. This period enhances muscle glycogen storage, repairs damage, and boosts mental readiness, ensuring runners arrive at their events primed for peak performance.
Welcome back, endurance athletes! As we turn the page on another year, it's time to set our sights on new goals and conquer new distances. Whether you're a seasoned marathoner or a budding cyclist, a well-crafted annual training plan is your roadmap to success. In this guide, we'll delve into the world of periodization, SMART … Continue reading Craft Your Winning Season: A Step-by-Step Guide to Annual Training Plans
It's a scary thing to look at the calendar and realize that a race for which you've been preparing is just a week away. That final week of real training is typically not easy; you're peaking and putting down performances that are a little startling. And with that difficult training comes a focus on just … Continue reading Tapering tutorial;
