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endurance

Looking to take your endurance training to the next step? These articles tell you about muscular endurance and more, intended for use by those into marathon running, long distance cycling, competitive swimming and more. Do you know the difference between detraining and overtraining? The effects of ephedrine? Read on to find out… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.

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Speed training: how sprinters can increase their speed endurance

An 8-week speed endurance programme for sprinters

Endurance training: understanding your slow twitch muscle fibres will boost performance

Muscles and muscle fibre

Endurance training: building a strong base is the key to achieving optimum running fitness

Specialist running journalist Andy Barber talks to top endurance coach Nick Anderson

Concurrent training: how to simultaneously train upper and lower body strength, muscular endurance and flexibility

Training several aspects of fitness at once

Strength and endurance training- can both the elements be mastered at once?

Developing strength and endurance

Endurance training for mountaineering: king of the death zone

King of the eight-thousanders!

Mount Everest: training to climb the most dangerous mountain in the world!

Must climbers die on Everest?

Endurance: Hill Training

Endurance training: hill training for endurance

David Walliam's Endurance Swim Coach Reveals All

Endurance Training and Mental Toughness for Long Distance Swimming

Aerobic and Anaerobic Energy Systems

Understanding your Energy Systems for Endurance and Speed Training

Strength Training for Endurance Athletes

Endurance Strength Training - Optimising muscle mass

Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?

Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?

Asthma in athletes

Beta(2)-agonists used to treat asthma do not confer any performance advantage in athletes

Team sports have sports psychology benefits

Never walk alone

Sports Injury: Distance Running

Bleeding risk for ultra runners

Ergogenic Supplements: Phosphatidylserine

Could phosphatidylserine be the next big ergogenic aid for endurance athletes?

Endurance Training with Phosphatidylserine

Phosphatidylserine – a magic bullet for endurance?

Cycling Training improves sports performance

Can bike training improve the performance of non-cycling athletes?

The Science and Practice of Sports Motivation

Use Mental and Physical Sports Motivation

Half Time Strategy - Temperature

Coping With The Effects of Temperature on The Pitch

Sports Psychology: endurance training

using your mind to help with endurance training

Research Round-Up: endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration

endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration

Sports Nutrition and Carbohydrate Drinks

endurance training - do carbohydrate drinks help?

Altitude Training: big help?

Can altitude training help endurance athletes reach new heights?

Building Speed and Endurance

Building Speed Before Endurance: time to turn convention on the head?

Time Efficient Running - run less to run faster?

Running efficiency training ideas

Can Athletes Dance Their Way to Agility?

Dance Training for Agility, Speed and Power

Sleep Loss - Making Sure it Doesn't Affect Your Training

waking up to the performance of sleep

Nutrition Advice for Endurance Cyclists

Nutrition Advice for Endurance Cyclists

Allergic rhinitis in endurance athletes

Allergic rhinitis in endurance athletes

Hiigh sodium drinks

High Sodium Drinks: Sodium, plasma and performance

cyclists warm up

Cyclists Warm Up: Which warm-up for cyclists?

creatine

Creatine: is it really safe for long-term use?

women faster than men

Woman Faster Than Men? : Will women ever outpace men?

how to train triathlon

How To Train For A Triathlon : Your complete strength and conditioning programme

detraining

Detraining - why a change really is better than a rest

slow training

Slow Training: Why long, slow training runs may be best after all

supplements athletes

Supplements athletes: Antioxidant vitamins - can they do athletes more harm than good?

distance runners

Distance runners: Running is a poor man's sport: Bruce Tulloh on the inexorable decline in Northern European endurance running

endurance muscles

Endurance muscles: Why endurance athletes cannot afford to ignore the vital contribution of fast-twitch muscle fibres

strength endurance

Strength endurance: Power without mass: how strength and plyometric training can boost endurance running performance

carbohydrates

Carbohydrates: Forget fancy supplements - carbohydrates are even more important than you'd thought, for strength as well as endurance

sleep deprivation

Sleep deprivation

carbohydrate mouthwash

Carbohydrate mouthwash is ergogenic

endurance | resistance

Endurance and resistance training: New findings on the 'interference effect'

sudden cardiac death

Sudden cardiac death: how can clubs pick out those at risk ?

asthma risk | athletes

Asthma - Lower asthma risk for amateur athletes

distance running veterans

Distance running veterans - Is ageing inevitable - or simply the result of 'detraining'?

power | endurance | veterans

Power v endurance: what goes first in the ageing stakes?

concurrent training

Concurrent training - Weight training and endurance training - the perfect sports conditioning partnership?

exercise related death

Exercise related death - Disturbing findings on exercise-related death

scientific training | marathon training

Scientific training: How one former couch potato found a talent and then called on the appliance of science to become an elite performer

marathon training schedule

A marathon training schedule for the non-specialist, which has been tested in the lab and on the roads

marathon runners

Marathon runners: Metabolic markers of peak performance

marathon injuries

Marathon injuries: Injury risks for marathon 'virgins'

carbohydrate drinks

Carbohydrate drinks: Carbohydrates and perceived exertion

omega-3 omega-6 | essential fats

Omega-3 and omega-6: Essential fats are the answer to most athletes' prayers, helping your body to conserve carbohydrate while shedding fat

Ethiopian endurance running

Nature and nurture in Ethiopian endurance running success

distance running training

Distance running training - How

detraining

Risks of long-term detraining for endurance athletes

exercise in the heat | pre-cooling techniques

Pre-cooling techniques increase performance in the heat

athletes eating disorders | female athletes

Athletes and eating disorders - Too thin to win: why athletes who lose weight to enhance performance are dangerously misguided

ephedrine

Ephedrine effects

soccer fitness training

Soccer fitness training: Endurance training boosts performance in the field

Common cold: prevention methods for athletes

How endurance athletes can avoid upper respiratory tract infections

Creatine supplements can boost your endurance training without encouraging weight gain

The correct dose of creatine will improve endurance athletes performance without making them gain weight!

Endurance training for female athletes

How endurance training helps women keep their weight down

Tapering training to improve athlete's endurance

Tapering training - What exactly happens inside your body when you taper - and why you should do it more often

Cycling: endurance cyclists can improve their VO2 max by increasing their exercise intensity

These simple workouts will help cyclists boost their VO2max.

Tennis: a physiological assessment

Tennis players should focus on developing their motor skills

Fitness for football

Fitness For Football: Endurance training boosts performance in the field

Heart attack risks are greater for athletes who compete in endurance sports

Endurance athletes who exercise for three hours or more have an increased chance of dying from a cardiac arrest

Endurance training: both anaerobic and aerobic training is vital for optimal endurance performance

Conventional training for distance events is dead: now you need to work on your anaerobic power

Endurance training: both anaerobic and aerobic training is vital for optimal endurance performance

Conventional training for distance events is dead: now you need to work on your anaerobic power

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