![]() ![]() ![]() You are never developing one ability in a silo at the complete expense of another. There is an overlap and a continuum as you train. That is not to say that while you are developing your aerobic capacity you are doing nothing to train your muscular endurance. Muscular Endurance Training: The Pathwayįocusing on muscular endurance-type workouts should only be developed after you have developed your aerobic capacity. This in turn allows you to sustain the fastest pace you can tolerate over your chosen distance of racing.Īs opposed to developing aerobic capacity or a “big engine” (which can be developed through cross training and occurs relatively quickly), developing and increasing muscular endurance is very sport-specific.įor example, rowing will not help to develop your muscular endurance to perform well when running a half-marathon and vice versa.Īlso, muscular endurance is developed in each sport over time. In fact, by accomplishing this you decrease lactate production 1 at all exercise intensities. Developing Muscular Endurance & Racing Faster, LongerĪs you develop a high level of muscular endurance you train your muscles to resist fatigue and to elevate your lactate threshold. Here is where developing muscular endurance comes into play. If this blood is delivered to poorly trained muscles, performance will be low despite having a high aerobic capacity or “big engine”. Long distance training at an easy effort builds your heart’s capacity to pump more oxygen-rich blood to your working muscles. Your central system supplies the oxygen-rich blood your peripheral system needs in order to do the work you are demanding of it. You should view your heart and lungs as your body’s central system and your muscles as your body’s peripheral system. This is the pace and intensity where you need your muscles at peak resistance to fatigue. A moderately fast speed is the pace and intensity where most athletes race endurance events like a triathlon. ![]() This is not a slow easy pace, but it is also not an all-out max effort. It is another to perform for a moderately long time at a moderately high pace or intensity. Here’s the thing: It is one thing to be able to perform for a long period of time at a slow pace or intensity. What is muscular endurance and why is it important for triathletes to develop muscular endurance? ![]()
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