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?

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 ...

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, ...

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Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program. Have you ever wondered why elite runners can log over 50 miles per week without developing an injury? Do you struggle with a nagging injury that ...

In the continual quest for gains, coaches and athletes are now looking at “carbohydrate periodization” as an avenue to performance gains, so let’s learn a bit more about this concept… “Periodization” ...

Whether you get on your bike for fun, competition, or a bit of both, if you haven’t been periodizing your training, you may be missing out. Periodization—or strategically planning your training in a ...

Periodization training isn’t the only way to train efficiently, especially if you’re into strength training and want to build big arms. However, it’s one of the best ways to ensure that you can ...

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, ...

Here is a short but sweet question that requires a fairly lengthy answer to do it justice. Periodization is nothing new to fitness and the training world, but it is one of those things that people ...