Some of us are really addicted to this type of exercise. We may even feel that it is like a meditation session. We reflect on our days, or we look forward to what we can expect, depending if your session is in the morning or the evening. The long, slower, sustainable exercise, also known as Aerobic exercise, where we use slow twitch muscle fiber’s and we start to draw on fats and protein as an energy source, rather than our glycogen stores which can become somewhat depleted. Aerobic exercise can also be referred to as ‘Heart exercise’, where the heart provides a smooth transfer of nutrients and oxygen to your cells while the rest of the body syncs into the rhythm of your activity. So clever is the autonomic nervous system during this form of exercise, it constricts blood flow to areas of less need to conserve and send more volume of blood to areas of need.
Aerobic exercise should form the bulk of your training if your event is longer than 1 hour 20minutes. You need to train your body consistently in the Heart rate zones which power endurance events. Just remember that there are many more training principles that also need work before you take part in any event and are beneficial to the body as well. The expression ‘too much of a good thing ….’, is no doubt where our endurance fans fit in. Some of us only take part in this form of exercise, never building on our muscle strength, speed, power or agility and allowing the heart to stretch itself out during more rigorous activities. All these are important, with the right Coach you should be introduced to them at the right times for maximum benefits.
Your Macrocycle is your seasons over view, a mesocycle refers to a specific block within your macrocycle, like your endurance block for example and your macrocycle refers to the smallest unit within your mesocycle, like a week of training. Endurance for any endurance sport will be prevalent in all the cylce’s as you need to train your body to go for hours.