Endurance
training is an
essential part of fitness training for having more stamina and becoming
a good athlete.
The terms most often used for endurance exercises are
aerobic, anaerobic, strength, and speed. These various training methods
have been developed to help athletes with their endurance conditioning.
Muscle endurance exercises are an important asset to many sports
training programs. Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism is what supplies
the energy throughout your body to give you the burst of energy that
you need for either a long period of time or a short period of time.
(Negatives)
of Endurance Training
Perfomances
Without
muscle endurance conditioning, being an athlete in any sport can cause
fatigue and exhaustion. Your athletic abilities will not be at its best
unless your endurance conditioning is at its tip top shape.
Aerobic
Metabolism and Endurance (With Oxygen)
This
is a combination of energy systems that fuels the body needed for any
type of exercises. Aerobic metabolisms is used to fuel the body with
the amount of energy for
long
durations of any muscle endurance exercises. During aerobic
condition, your body uses oxygen to contract your muscles, therefore,
letting your body workout for a longer period of time without fatigue.
In every sport, athletes continue to push and train
their body to work well during any stressful events. The harder you
push your body, the more stamina and endurance you will have for any
difficult challenges that lies ahead.
Anaerobic
Metabolism and Endurance (No Oxygen)
Now,
this is a combination of energy systems that gives your body the
right amount of fuel needed for any type of
short duration long
endurance exercises or programs. In other words, it's almost the
opposite of aerobic metabolism except its only helpful for shorter
amounts of periods.
During anaerobic conditions your body does not require
oxygen to fuel muscle contractions. Your muscle will use the adequate
amount of fuel to contract your muscles without fatigue. This is why
your workout durations are usually shorter because your are not using
the necessary amount of oxygen to prevent fatigue of the body or
muscles.
Endurance
Training Tips
- Go harder, faster, and longer every time. Just be
sure to push yourself harder every time or everyday. However, if
increasing your difficulty doesn't work well for you then just push
yourself harder weekly instead of daily.
- Incorporate cardiovascular exercises (Cardio) into
your weekly routines. It helps pump your heart rate to increase stamina.
- Mix up your routines. Doing the same routines
everyday is one of the ways that won't help you build endurance.
- Use hills to for your workout programs.
Running on flat land gets boring and your body gets used to it, work
harder by pushing your body to workout on hills.
- Completely stop drinking carbonated drinks as in
soda's because it will decrease your stamina and dehydrate your body.
Therefore, causing cramps and etc.
Endurance
Training Safety
- Warm-Up before you start any training programs.
- Set your training goals accordingly and within your
abilities.
- Always start slow and work your way up little by
little.
- Keep a normal, but challenging pace.
- Increase your intensity OR durations to see
improvements.
- Drink plenty of water to prevent cramps.
- Hydrate your body often to prevent over heating your
body.
- Always stretch before training and after training.
Muscle
Endurance Training (With Weights)
There are a number of
different ways to train for muscle endurance. The variation, duration,
and intensity of each training program focuses slightly on
several different energy systems and skills that will give your body
the
endurance it needs for success.
There
are several different types of endurance
exercises such
as the ones below:
Long
Distance Training
Tempo
Training
Interval
Training
Circuit
Training
Fartlek
Training
There are several different
reasons and a number of different training methods to help with an
individuals fitness abilities.
Here
are a few examples of
the different training methods to develop your fitness abilities:
- Strength Development - It consists of low
repetitions (2-6) with heavy weights. However, it will build muscle as
well.
- Muscle Building - This uses a medium amount
of repetitions somewhere between (8-12) with medium weights. This
program builds some strength.
- High Velocity for Power Development - This
consists of low to medium amounts of repetition.
- Endurance Development - This is a high number
of repetition (15-25) that uses light weight. This program is
specifically used to build endurance.
If you look at Endurance Development, to build
muscle endurance, training properly for it is the key. The only way to build
muscle endurance is to do high repetitions. However, it can build
little muscle, but its major purpose is to build endurance.
Doing high
repetitions, works out small muscle fibers that normally doesn't get
touched when lifting heavy. It's a great program that will build little
strength and muscle, but is great for aerobic fitness.
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