“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle
In exercise physiology, there is nothing more ‘obvious’ than the existence of lactic acid, ‘known’ for its debilitating effects on exercise performance. That’s been ‘known’ since 1922, when the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided...
How to correctly run your high-aerobic effort runs.
Nine years ago I was in the United States, and was talking with a very good Lydiard-based coach who was amazed at the improvement in his athletes’ general immune health and training ability when he replaced their anaerobic threshold tempo run that was formerly done...
“Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”
How much sugar does your body really need at any one time? If you believe the manufacturers of sports drinks, athletes need far more glucose than is required for simple good health. Our body is actually designed to run very efficiently on a TOTAL blood glucose of...
Energy Systems and Muscle Fibre Types for Endurance
There are two main energy systems and two distinct muscle fibre types involved in all endurance exercise. By far the most important energy system to train for endurance is the vast aerobic fat-burning system. The muscle fibre type most associated with fat-burning...How to Recover Between Race Seasons
I recently talked with an English man who has a teenage daughter on a College track scholarship in the USA. His daughter returned home to the UK for 8 weeks for her winter break. As is common in the US College system, his daughter had started racing every weekend,...
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