Training
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- Endurance training builds new power plants into your cells.
Mitochondria are the cell's power plants; using oxygen, they turn sugar and fat into the energy carrier ATP. Regular …
- Lactate isn't waste, it's fuel.
When muscles under heavy load need more energy than oxygen can supply, they break down sugar without oxygen and produce …
- Muscle soreness isn't caused by lactic acid.
Lactic acid is cleared within about an hour after exercise. Delayed soreness, however, starts only 12 to 24 hours later …
- Muscles don't grow during training, they grow afterwards.
When you lift heavy, mechanical tension and small tears occur in the muscle fibres. This activates signalling pathways …
- Training progress happens during the break.
The supercompensation model describes four phases. Load: your performance capacity drops. Recovery: the body repairs …
- Your body only adapts to what it can't yet do.
Progressive overload is the core principle of all training: muscles, tendons and the cardiovascular system change only …