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Maximum Strength and Strength Training - a Relationship to Endurance?

Endurance can be defined as the ability to maintain or to repeat a given force or power output. The sport performance-endurance relationship is a multi-factorial concept. However, evidence indicates that maximum strength is a major component. Conceptually, endurance is a continuum. The literature indicates that (a) maximum strength is moderately to strongly related to endurance capabilities and associated factors, a relationship that is likely stronger for high intensity exercise endurance (HIEE) activities than for low intensity exercise endurance (LIEE); (b) strength training can increase both HIEE and LIEE, the effect being greater for HIEE; (c) the volume of strength training plays a role in endurance adaptation; and (d) mechanical specificity and training program variables also play a role in the degree of adaptation.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-19563
Date01 January 2006
CreatorsStone, Michael, Stone, Meg E., Sands, William A., Pierce, Kyle C., Newton, Robert U., Haff, G. Gregory, Carlock, Jon
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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