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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. Velocity based training - Wikipedia

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    Velocity based training (VBT) is a modern approach to strength training and power training which utilises velocity tracking technology to provide rich objective data as a means to motivate and support real-time adjustments in an athlete's training plan. Typical strength and power programming and periodisation plans [1] [2] rely on the ...

  4. Sports periodization - Wikipedia

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    The roots of periodization come from Hans Selye's model, known as the General adaptation syndrome (GAS). The GAS describes three basic stages of response to stress: (a) the Alarm stage, involving the initial shock of the stimulus on the system, (b) the Resistance stage, involving the adaptation to the stimulus by the system, and (c) the Exhaustion stage, in that repairs are inadequate, and a ...

  5. TODAY's Sheinelle Jones Says Marathon Training Has Been Like ...

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    TODAY co-host Sheinelle Jones, 45, shared her ambitions for training for the New York City marathon with WH back in September. Now, days away from the big race, she's reflecting on everything she ...

  6. 'At 45, I Started This 12-Week Strength Program To Cope With ...

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    At 23, I joined the police force, though I continued playing squash and doing aerobic sports during my early years of training. Time passed, I had three children, and I still did sports and ...

  7. Endurance training - Wikipedia

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    Endurance training is the act of exercising to increase endurance. The term endurance training generally refers to training the aerobic system as opposed to the anaerobic system. The need for endurance in sports is often predicated as the need of cardiovascular and simple muscular endurance, but the issue of endurance is far more complex.

  8. Ineos 1:59 Challenge - Wikipedia

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    Extrapolating the fall in marathon world record times, Francois Peronnet of the University of Montreal predicted that the two-hour mark would be broken in 2028. [3] In 2017, The Economist reported that the average decrease in the marathon record was 8 seconds per year for the previous 50 years and 9.4 seconds per year for the previous 20 years ...

  9. As Holmes shared on the Nov. 1 episode of Morning Run, the podcast he co-hosts with Robach, the New York City Marathon was Holmes' first long-distance race after he “fell apart” during the ...