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  2. Tapering (sports) - Wikipedia

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    In sports, tapering is the practice of reducing exercise in the days just before an important competition. [1] Tapering is customary both in endurance sports, such as long-distance running and swimming, and strength sports, such as weightlifting and sprinting. For many athletes, a significant period of tapering is essential for optimal ...

  3. The Benefits of Tapering Before a Century and How to Do It Right

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    What to know about reducing training intensity a.k.a. tapering leading up to a race, including the benefits and how to do it right.

  4. Should You Change How You Think About Tapers For Long Races?

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    Conventional wisdom states that athletes should do 2- to 3-week tapers with ~50% volume reductions and maintenance of intensity. But many of the world's best athletes describe taking 7- to 10-day ...

  5. Tapering - Wikipedia

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    Tapering (economics), reduction of the quantitative easing program in the US; Tapering (mathematics), a type of shape transformation; Tapering (medicine), reduction in medicine dose over time Opioid tapering, reduction in opioid dose over time; Tapering (signal processing) Tapering (sports), reducing exercise in the days just before a competition

  6. Sports periodization - Wikipedia

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    A microcycle is the smallest training set and typically lasts around a week. The main focus of a microcycle is a small focused block of training, such as two or three days of very hard training followed by the same amount of time for recovery. [12] Each microcycle is planned based on where it is in the overall macrocycle. [9]

  7. How to Plan Out a Year of Training for Your Best Performances

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    The extra time you have during a taper should be used to get to the start line feeling completely recovered and ready to go. “Athletes will aim to peak during this period,” says Glassford.

  8. Training camp - Wikipedia

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    A training camp is an organized period in which military personnel or athletes participate in a rigorous and focused schedule of training in order to learn or improve skills. [1] Athletes typically utilise training camps to prepare for upcoming events, and in competitive sports, to focus on developing skills and strategies to defeat their ...

  9. Is Tapering a Threat or a Good Bet? - AOL

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    Every time Fed chairman Ben Bernanke even hints at phasing out the federal stimulus program, the Dow Jones Industrial Average does a spit-take. Since the economy's most important figurehead keeps ...