Training for endurance in sport and fitness
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 What is endurance?
  • 2 Who needs endurance?
  • 3 Endurance exercise: physiological determinants
    • 3.1 VO2 max
    • 3.2 Lactate (anaerobic) threshold
    • 3.3 Exercise economy
    • 3.4 Anaerobic power/capacity
  • 4 Training endurance
  • 5 Resistance training for endurance
  • 6 Programming endurance training
    • 6.1 Polarised training (or 80/20 training)
    • 6.2 Threshold training
  • 7 End-of-course quiz
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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