Whether you're building your own training plan or following a pre-set training plan, it's important to understand that workouts don't just happen arbitrarily. Instead, they should progress in volume, ...

In my toolbox article last month, I introduced the concept of using your Heart Rate Variability (HRV) – the difference in timing between subsequent heartbeats – to provide insight into how you are ...

How was Usain Bolt able to hit peak physical, technical, and mental form at 9.35 p.m. on 16 August 2009 at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, when he ran the 100 meters in 9.58 seconds? Art?

From the perspective of a U.S.-based fitness and lifestyle expert, periodization has become a cornerstone of healthy living, athletic training, and long-term physical development. Instead of repeating ...

This month, Swimming World explores the concept of reverse periodization—its acceptance, application and place in modern-day aquatic training. Any discussion of periodization, reverse and otherwise, ...

This course discusses "periodization training," strategies for manipulating acute training variables, particularly training intensity, during a resistance training program. Further, this course ...

Autoregulated periodization is a type of periodization training in which training intensity is adjusted in real time based on an individual's performance, fatigue, or readiness. Instead of following a ...

- Macrocycle refers to the longest unit of time in a periodized training program, typically encompassing the entire length of the program. Generally, this term refers to a program comprised of ...