Time-efficient strength and endurance workout

Exercise intensity and weight loss

Iron deficiency: much more prevalent than you imagined and posing particular risks for athletes

Soccer fitness training: Endurance training boosts performance in the field

Fitness For Football: Endurance training boosts performance in the field

Genetics and Performance: Now science is getting to the long and the short of how genes influence performance

Aquarunning: Why aquarunning didn't work for these inexperienced athletes.

Recording Training by Bruce Tulloh: Motivator, guide and silent coach: the advantages of keeping a training diary.

Swimming Techniques - Training: Although super-high training volumes are the rule rather than the exception for swimmers, there' s solid evidence that these heavy loads may be counter-productive.

Crash Training: Wang And Qu: It's the question on the lips of many elite female (and male) runners these days: will I ever be able to run as fast as Wang and Qu?

How a spoonful of sugar helps keep your muscle protein from going down

Creatine Studies And Information: This German study suggests that low doses of creatine can help endurance athletes when they need to surge or kick for the line

Interval Training 1: How to strike and sustain VO2max gold, and other benefits of high-quality workouts

Tapering For Competition 1: Why fast, exponential decay beats step reduction when preparing for a peak performance

Return-to-form Workouts: The quickest way to get your fitness back after a lay-off is to find a three-minute hill.

Wheelchair Athletes Training: A strength and sprint training programme for pre-elite wheelchair athletes

Rowing Training: Here's the start of a month-by-month rowing programme which led to two world records.

Aerobic Interval Training: You can vary the intensity, the work period and the rest period - but which combination is most effective?

Football: What are the energy demands in this "maximal intermittent exercise"?

Marathon Training Schedules - If you're planning to run a marathon, here's what to do in the crucial four weeks before it

Cross Training Workouts

Age And Exercise: Just a few years ago, exercise experts were certain about one thing: once endurance athletes reached the age of 35, there was no turning back. At 35, aerobic capacity began a steady decline, slow at first, but picking up momentum once athletes reached their mid-forties and then plunging out of control at about the age of 60. It was believed that very little could be done to alter this unremitting loss of fitness

Injury Rehab Programme: An injured sportsman is like a sick gorilla - no use and a lot of trouble. The coach has to deal with the mind as well as the body in maintaining the athlete's equilibrium.