It should be focused more on high - intensity interval training, with short bursts
of high intensity work, either from brief sprint exercises or from weight lifting.
The added volume at this stage will help the muscle build itself without having to
perform high intensity work which could lead to injury as a result of imbalanced muscle groups from the layoff.
Same thing with cardio training, too
much high intensity work is going to tax the central nervous system heavily, thus leading to acute fatigue, overreaching and eventually full blown overtraining syndrome unless rest periods are periodized into the training program.
One ad in the ministry's news department listed «need to work overtime frequently,
high intensity work, only men need apply.»
Lenny does hit the gym for an hour three times a week for
high intensity work or recovery, but he feels like training using the sport is the best way to build strength specific for that discipline.
The short bursts of time turns the game into interval cardio — an alternating protocol of
high intensity work and rest — that's been proven to burn more fat than traditional, steady - state cardio.
A training protocol that emphasizes all phases of muscular energetics to take advantage of the ATP - CP, glycolytic, and oxidative effects of creatine supplementation (HIIT is ideal for cardiovascular exercise when supplementing creatine, due to the repeated bouts of
high intensity work)
Creatine enhances the body's capacity to perform
high intensity work (and assists greater muscle size and performance gains as a result).
Type 2A fibers are designed for short - to - moderate duration, moderate - to -
high intensity work, as is seen in most weight training activities.
Certainly not, you have to do
some high intensity work for certain events.
How does one prepare for events without ever doing
some higher intensity work?
Simply put, these long slow runs offer MANY of the benefits of
high intensity work (improvements to the circulatory system, improved lung capacity, increased ability to use lipids as fuel, and most importantly RUNNING FORM ECONOMY) without being nearly as stressful to the nervous system or muscles (particularly the type II fibers).
Generally speaking,
high intensity work are those which require high speed and / or force (the two amplifiers of CNS fatigue).
I think that any work you do on this should likely be considered «recovery workouts» rather than trying to substitute it in for some of
your higher intensity work.
Like many things in training, what we recommend is a mixture of both low intensity and
high intensity work.
Although dog walking is not
a high intensity work out it is great for cardiovascular development, strengthening of muscles and bones and lowering blood pressure.
Another tactic to regulate intensity would involve carefully timing interventions so that there is low intensity at the beginning and ending of each session, with
the highest intensity work occurring in the middle.