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The Role of Aerobic Fitness in High Intensity Efforts, Part IV

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by Thomas Kurz This continues the refutation of misconceptions and errors in the quote from Charles I. Staley. (See the first three parts at www.stadionbooks.com/endurance-training-for-sports-and-martial-arts/.) How much aerobic exercise do you need for high intensity efforts? Obviously the selection of exercises and the methods of applying them have to reflect the demands of your sport. […]

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The Role of Aerobic Fitness in High Intensity Efforts, Part III

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by Thomas Kurz This continues the refutation of misconceptions and errors in the quote from Charles I. Staley. (See the first part or the second part of this article.) Why do you need aerobic fitness for “anaerobic” sports? To get the skill you need to drill. No drill—no skill. The faster you recover between the

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Sports Skills and Strength Training, Part III

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by Thomas Kurz In this installment on how strength training relates to sports skills, I will continue with jumping ability, which is a manifestation of explosive strength in the form of a jump. Other manifestations of explosive strength are martial arts kicks and punches, or the action of the arm in shot put. The greater

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The Role of Aerobic Fitness in High Intensity Efforts, Part II

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by Thomas Kurz “Aerobic training causes harmful changes in skeletal muscle fiber type, hormonal secretions and force output characteristics. The fastest, most powerful muscle fibers become slower and more resistant to fatigue. . . . Aerobic exercise also produces the catabolic hormone cortisol, which is antagonistic to anabolic hormones such as the human growth hormone

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Sports Skills and Strength Training, Part II

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by Thomas Kurz In Part II you will learn more about sport-specificity of strength training. (Click here to read Part I of “Sports Skills and Strength Training.”) In 1968, Soviet scientist U. I. Ivanov published the results of an experiment showing that different kinds of strength exercises develop distinctly different kinds of strength. He had

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Sports Skills and Strength Training, Part I

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by Thomas Kurz Athletes of different sports can’t develop sport-specific strength using the same strength exercises regardless of sport. (For a definition of sport-specific strength please refer to Science of Sports Training: How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance.) Strength exercises cause morphological changes that occur mainly in muscles, including increases in the

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The Role of Aerobic Fitness in High Intensity Efforts, Part I

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by Thomas Kurz “Aerobic training causes harmful changes in skeletal muscle fiber type, hormonal secretions and force output characteristics. The fastest, most powerful muscle fibers become slower and more resistant to fatigue. . . . Aerobic exercise also produces the catabolic hormone cortisol, which is antagonistic to anabolic hormones such as the human growth hormone

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Sequence of Conditioning Exercises for Fighters and Martial Artists in Long-Term Training and in a Single Workout

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by Thomas Kurz In this article you will learn about the sequence of strength and endurance exercises in long-term training and in a single workout. A rationally designed strength training program begins with developing the core of the body and the stabilizing muscles (see the 5th and 6th principles of conditioning in the article “Principles

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Strength Exercises for Hip Flexors–The Main Kicking Muscles

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by Thomas Kurz In this article you will learn about strengthening the hip flexors—the main kicking muscles. The strength and endurance of the hip flexors (the iliopsoas muscles) determine both the power and the height of your kicks. If you have followed the program of conditioning for martial arts, as described in my previous articles,

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