Tapering

Notes on: “Myocellular basis for tapering in competitive distance runners”

Luden et al. published a study in the Journal of Applied Physiology in 2010 titled: “Myocellular basis for tapering in competitive distance runners.” studying the effects of tapering in Taylor University Cross Country runners. The purpose was to study the effects of a 3 week taper on the physiology of competitive distance runners. They studied […]

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Benefits of tapering and how to do it

The following information was sourced from Wang et al. 2023. Define tapering – A training strategy that progressively de-loads in a non-linear manner to induce optimal athletic performance at the desired moment of the season. Define time to exhaustion (TTE) – This is an athlete’s fatigue tolerance. Performance can be crudely summarized as: Performance =

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