It's surprisingly common that athletes don't actually reach their peak for the big competition. What? Yep! I've seen it numerous times in the lead up to events like the Olympics or World Championships. One of the reasons is to do with how athletes adjust their training in the lead up and a critical part of this is all about getting the intensity training right , at the right time and at the right level. Learn about training intensity in this vide and why it's important to get it right for performing at your best.
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Here's the first video all about how athletes train and adjust the training as they taper to peak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3d2vo2uvXs
Hi, I'm Steve Ingham Sports and Performance Scientist co-founder at Supporting Champions. I have the privilege of supporting over 1000 athletes of which over 200 have gone on to win World or Olympic medals. For the last 25 years I've been fascinated by, researched and applied innovative ideas to help people succeed and now I want to share those performance strategies with you.
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Interesting research in this area
Spilsbury KL, Fudge BW, Ingham SA, Faulkner SH, Nimmo MA. Tapering strategies in elite British endurance runners. Eur J Sport Sci. 2015;15(5
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Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bVBMk7xNyY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N2vJu-GqxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkKfW1Qwg9Y&t=1s
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