What started out as a mysterious training idea from the other side of the Iron Curtain has become mainstream training philosophy. But periodization is so much more than simply peaking for a particular ...

Many people getting into fitness look to elite athletes or coaches for training ideas and inspiration. Whether it’s admiring a successful football player or marathoner, the desire to train like one is ...

Seiler, from the University of Agder and the Norwegian Olympic Federation, is best known for his work on polarised training, the idea that top endurance athletes tend to spend about 80 per cent of ...

It's a technique that was developed by Russian scientists in the 1940s, but those straight-from-a-Bond-film origins are no reason to be afraid of periodisation. At its most basic, periodisation just ...

If you’ve ever hit a plateau in your workouts, felt burnt out, or struggled to stay consistent, you’re not alone. Many people think progress comes from pushing harder every day, but in reality, ...

I know that you do longer workouts in the summer and shorter workouts in the winter by following a bell-curve, cross-training periodization program throughout the year. What do you think of the ...