Methods of Endurance Training Part 3: Tempo and Sweet Spot Training
On Tuesday, in Methods of Endurance Training Part 2: Miles Build Champions, I discussed what is probably the most traditional and common of endurance development methods, to whit ‘pissing around’ at fairly low intensities for just massive durations (along with a high frequency). Before moving onto the next set of methods including both intensive endurance and sweet spot training, I want to address a few other topics of relevance to that method.
Methods of Endurance Training Part 2: Miles Build Champions
Today I want to continue by looking at some general concepts of endurance training methods focusing on the most commonly used method which is the Miles Build Champions approach to endurance development. I’ll look at other methods in Part 3 (and possibly beyond depending on how wordy I get) on Friday.
Methods of Endurance Training Part 1
Today I want to mainly make some introductory comments, looking briefly at some of the major adaptations that occur in response to endurance training. Also, since it gives some important background to understanding why different methods of endurance training work, I’m going to have to bore people with a bit of molecular physiology regarding something called AMPk.
Lean Mass or Total Weight to Set Calorie Levels – Q&A
As a final issue, there is the simple fact that no matter how you estimate your starting calorie levels, it’s never more than an estimate (this is something that is altogether too often forgotten) and it will always have to be adjusted based on real world changes in body weight and body fat.
Fish Intake and Mercury
A question that comes up often enough to be worth addressing is just how much fish can be consumed on a daily basis to get the benefits of it as a protein source while avoiding potential issues with mercury. To address this, I’m simply going to excerpt the bit from Chapter 10 of The Protein Book where I examine fish protein and the issue of mercury content.
Predictors of Endurance Training Performance
In this article, I want to look at the three primary determinants of endurance performance and talk a little bit about each. I’m not going to talk about the specific determinants of each or how to train for them; this is just meant to be an overview, introductory article on the topic.
Cyclical Ketogenic Diets and Endurance Performance
Question: I’ve seen the idea kicked around that a cyclical ketogenic diet might be beneficial for improving endurance performance. Do you think this is possible and, if so, what’s the best way of going about it.
Steady State and Interval Training: Part 2
As mentioned in Part 1, interval training hurts. It’s difficult and you have to be willing to push to make them effective. Put differently, if someone is not going to work sufficiently hard at interval training, then there’s really no question about intervals versus aerobics. A half-effort interval workout doesn’t accomplish any of the things that interval training is trying to accomplish; if you aren’t willing to push yourself on the intervals, you should simply do regular aerobic training.
Steady State and Interval Training: Part 1
In recent years, there has been quite the over-popularization of the concept of interval training, along with a rather major backlash against traditional forms of aerobic training, for fat loss. It’s not uncommon to read how low intensity aerobics is useless for fat loss, everybody should just do intervals, regular aerobics makes you lose muscle, etc.
Keep the Hard Days Hard and the Easy Days Easy: Part 2
In that post, I also mentioned at least one exception, that of block training. A concept that has primarily been applied to cycling (at least that I’ve seen), this has athlete performing multiple days of hard training in a row (the idea being to accumulate fatigue to stimulate fitness) which is then followed by several days of easy training.
