by zaadmin | Jan 20, 2012 | Training
If you are reading the MAPP, chances are you already use heart rate as a measure of your exercise intensity. The basics are that 1) heart rate serves as a measure of exercise intensity during steady state activities, and 2) If we estimate maximal heart rate as 220...
by zaadmin | Jan 14, 2012 | Training
When you ask a runner what their best time for a particular distance is, there is normally an embarrassed pause, perhaps some shuffling of the feet and finally a quiet response. No matter what ability level, most runners are never really satisfied with their personal...
by zaadmin | Jan 11, 2012 | Training
In this section we will list the articles from Time-to-Run contributors worldwide: View : The training articles Why are Runners so hard on themselves? The Need for Sleep Ten Mistakes Endurance Athletes Make Timing your Workout Components of endurance training...
by zaadmin | Dec 24, 2011 | Training
The article below leads on from the first article Understanding Intervals INTERPRETATION There are two major points I want to draw from Dr. Astrand’s experiments: 1) Intermittent exercise allows a higher total volume of high intensity work. Performed continuously, the...
by zaadmin | Dec 20, 2011 | Training
Matching training characteristics to physiological changes Which is “better”, Interval Training or Steady State Training? Obviously that is simplistically stated, but I will try to make things more clear as we go. Eight years ago, my master’s thesis asked this exact...
by zaadmin | Dec 20, 2011 | Training
In this section we will be discussing the various training methods available for the athlete to reach their full potential. The first method we discussed was Interval Training, where we provided data to assist you in understanding the purpose of such sessions. This...