Category: Sport Science

Science & Health, Sport Science

Train hard and recover harder: why you should take a recovery week

You might believe that the optimal strategy for training for a marathon or other target race is to hit your peak mileage and maintain it for several weeks. By doing this, you’ll make sure to get the most out of your fitness and prepare well for your target race, right? Maybe not. It may have happened that after a period of heavy training load you … Continue reading Train hard and recover harder: why you should take a recovery week

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Sport Science

A scientific perspective of legs strength training for distance running

It is well known that strength training for distance runners provides a number of benefits that should be taken into consideration by both novel and more experienced runners. Primarily, strength training increases your strength and power, which will have a direct impact on your running performance. It also increases your running economy, which means you’ll be able to run faster with the same effort. Finally, … Continue reading A scientific perspective of legs strength training for distance running

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Sport Science

The manual of the Elite runner: a review of the state-of-the-art training characteristics

In this post, we are going to review and analyze the training habits and training principles of some Elite World-class long-distance runners. Our goal is to understand what makes those athletes reach such high-performance levels by combining scientific literature and practice-based proven results. Most of the content comes from the paper: The Training Characteristics of World-Class Distance Runners: An Integration of Scientific Literature and Results-Proven … Continue reading The manual of the Elite runner: a review of the state-of-the-art training characteristics

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Spartan Race, Sport Science

Spartan Race obstacles: technique is all you need

In this article, we are going to introduce some of the most difficult and tricky Spartan Race obstacles and learn useful techniques to conquer them. Most competitors may think that strength is the key and that strong men are advantaged when going through obstacles. However, in this article, we are going to see that technique is (almost) all you need, and that no matter your … Continue reading Spartan Race obstacles: technique is all you need

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Sport Science

Four benefits of Contrast Hydrotherapy

Contrast showers, sometimes also known as contrast hydrotherapy, are showers in which our body temperature changes from hot to cold and back again by alternating between hot then cold water. A contrast shower usually consists of three to five complete cycles of hot and cold water. The hot water causes blood vessels to dilate, thereby pushing the blood to the skin’s surface, and cold water … Continue reading Four benefits of Contrast Hydrotherapy

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