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 ...

Last month we discussed the idea of front-loading periodization, where we overloaded the hard efforts of a four-week training block into Week 1. I promised to test the concept on myself, plus I ...

When preparing to get to and through military training at any level, you first have to pass a fitness test to enter the military, such as the Navy's physical screening test, or PST. For advancement, ...

A study compared two-week blocks of low-intensity training and high-intensity interval training in terms of performance and recovery. Both methods can improve endurance performance in recreational ...

Many fitness elements such as strength, power, speed and agility are frequently paired together in training systems because they complement each other. You can see this in how football players train ...

The Brookbush Institute continues to enhance education with new courses, a modern glossary, an AI Tutor, and a client program generator. Daily undulation differs from block periodization in that it ...

Periodized training is structuring your training for a goal race so that on race day you’re at optimal fitness for the demands of that race. As you’ll see below, periodized training often consists of ...