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I would like to share some of my own tips for interval training. Interval training is one of the best ways to improve your speed endurance and they are a solid part of my own training: 1 km and 2 km intervals every third week. The mental strength needed in races, also...
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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...
Running Interval Training – Interpretation of Understanding Intervals
INTERVAL TRAINING
For decades, interval training has been used by endurance athletes to improve their performance. Interval training is easy to monitor when assessing performance. Interval training increases speed endurance Speed endurance is an important attribute in middle and long...
10K TRAINING
Is your goal to train towards a sub 55 minute 10k? – You on the right page for the 10km program to achieve this ambition. In order to run sub 55 minutes, you will need to prepare yourself to run below 5 minutes 30 seconds per kilometer for the 10k distance.
FARTLEK
So what is Fartlek? – The word fartlek is a Swedish word that translates directly into “speed play”. Fartlek is a great way to develop endurance and strength as well as increase speed. Fartlek is a more systematic form of pace training.
HEARTRATE 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...
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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...
For decades, interval training has been used by endurance athletes to improve their performance. Interval training is easy to monitor when assessing performance. Interval training increases speed endurance Speed endurance is an important attribute in middle and long...
I would like to share some of my own tips for interval training. Interval training is one of the best ways to improve your speed endurance and they are a solid part of my own training: 1 km and 2 km intervals every third week. The mental strength needed in races, also...
Is your goal to train towards a sub 55 minute 10k? – You on the right page for the 10km program to achieve this ambition. In order to run sub 55 minutes, you will need to prepare yourself to run below 5 minutes 30 seconds per kilometer for the 10k distance.
Further information to make a success out of your 10k training programs. Please note, this Build Up is only recommended for those who have trained on the 10k training programs previously. Do not start with the Build Up if you have not trained on the programs The Build...
