The science of running how to find your limit and train to maximize your performance
"If you are looking for how to finish your first 5k, this book isn't for you. The Science of Running is written for those of us looking to maximize our performance, get as close to our limits as possible, and more than anything find out how good we can be, or how good our athletes can be. In The Sci...
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[United States?] :
Origin Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- How running happens
- Fatigue: friend or foe?
- The brain: the master controller
- An oxygen problem
- The fallacy of VO2max
- Lactate, acid, and other by-products
- Efficiency
- The brain-muscle connection
- The genetics of training
- Theories of training adaptation
- Volume and intensity of training
- Periodization
- Where do we go from here?
- The philosophy of training
- What are we trying to accomplish?
- Creating and manipulating workouts
- Individualizing training
- Defining the workouts
- Bringing it all together: periodization
- Training for each event
- Special workouts and strength training
- The biomechanics of running
- Appendix: workout examples and progressions for each workout type.
