One of the loftiest fitness goals requires more than just effort. Our experts break down maingaining—and more—in this roundtable discussion. SOME OF THE strongest critiques of the fitness world come ...

This series has focused on training load and related concepts and their implications for firefighter fitness. Firefighting requires exceptional physical and mental endurance. Now let’s take a quick ...

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I was reminded that I have used my periodization style of training now for 20 years after one of my former Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL prep students reminded me that it was 20 years ago that he ...

Nils Oliveto is an Olympic analyst for CBC Radio-Canada television, a peak performance consultant and a health/physical education instructor at Lionel-Groulx College in St-Thérèse (Québec, Canada). He ...

Adapted from the book Running Periodization: Training Theories to Run Faster, by Dr. Karp. “You can’t understand the value of a whole process by separating the parts from the process, or the process ...

This month, Swimming World explores the concept of reverse periodization—its acceptance, application and place in modern-day aquatic training. Any discussion of periodization, reverse and otherwise, ...

People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this over that. Do this many of that thing, for this long. Get these gains. In reality, things are never that simple. That ...

Periodized training is structuring your training for a goal race so that on race day you’re at optimal fitness for the demands of that race. As you’ll see below, periodized training often consists of ...

When training for a single performance or even several competitive events, such as games or matches during a sport season, you should plan carefully to reach peak performance at the right time and to ...