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This document is a full literature review of all there is to know about the science behind distance running. Going beyond a literature review, it also contains a critique from my coaching perspective and some insights on how to translate the science to the coaching field. You'll find the table of contents below:
Table of Contents
Chapter
1: How Running Happens
Motor
Programming
Sending
and Receiving the signal
Muscle
Contraction
Energy
Needed
Muscle
Fiber Types
A
Recruitment Issue
Passive
Mechanics
Chapter
2: Fatigue: Friend or Foe?
How
Fatigue manifests itself
How
Fatigue occurs
Oxygen’s
role
Chapter 3: An Oxygen Problem
The measurement: VO2max
Oxygen
intake
Oxygen
Transportation
Oxygen
utilization
The
VO2max limiter.
Chapter
4: The Fallacy of VO2max
How
the VO2max concept developed
Efficacy
of basing training paces off of VO2max
Should
we train to improve VO2max?
Chapter
5: Lactate, Acid, and other By-products
Buffering/Dealing
with high acidosis
The
Lactate Threshold
Maximum Lactate
Steady State
Lactate Testing
Chapter
6: Efficiency
The
Measurement: Running Economy
Biomechanical
Efficiency
Neuromuscular
Efficiency
Metabolic
Efficiency
Problems
with Running Economy
Chapter
7: The Brain-Muscle Connection
Neuromuscular and
Anaerobic factors in performance
Fatigue and the CNS
Temperature Regulation
The Psychology of it
all
Chapter
8: The Genetics of Training
Steps
of Adaptation
Long
Term Adaptation
Training
Applications
Chapter
9: Theories of Training Adaptation
General Adaptation
Syndrome and Dose-Response
Individuality of
adaptation
Chapter
10: Volume and Intensity of Training
Volume of Training
Intensity of Training
Interaction
of Volume and Intensity of Training
Training
in the Real World
Supplemental
training
Training
Frequency
Chapter
11: Periodization
Periodization in
Endurance Sport
Individualization
Chapter
12: Training Models- Example of Integration of Theory and Practice
Chapter
13: Where do we go from here?
Thanks for the interesting read!
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ReplyDeletefantastic read, to be honest i was kind of expecting some magic workout,but now thanks to you i know better than that. I don´t know if it will be of interest to you but I might translate it to spanish if i find the time...
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