EFFECT OF WEIGHT TRAINING ON PMA TIME LIMIT
🏋🏻♀️💥 A look back at a winter training block focused on developing maximum strength and explosive leg strength.
Encouraging results for Chloé (despite the remains of a flu on the POST test…) who validated a +16% improvement in her support time at PMA (in line with the Hickson et al. study which showed a +13% improvement)! 🕵️📈👌
💡 Weight training (here, we’re talking about heavy loads) for running aims to improve neuromuscular qualities through several mechanisms:
☑️ Better muscle recruitment of type I fibres (the most economical slow fibres)
☑️ Type II fibers (less economical fast fibers) will be recruited later in the effort, delaying the time to exhaustion.
☑️ Better running economy thanks to faster force production and a more efficient stretch-shortening cycle.
☑️ Greater power reserve, therefore lower relative muscular workload
This confirms the value of weight training in running to optimize training and, above all, to vary the training routine. ⚡
Preparation continues for Chloé with the first international competitions of the season this weekend (15-16/02/2020)!
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