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Volume 7 Number 2: Endurance

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Mind Games
Strive For Quality
Learn strategies to help you optimally prepare yourself for competition.  (Read the article)

Training Table
Avoiding sport beverage blunders: Which one is right for you?
Learn how to select the optimal post-recovery drinks.  (Read the article)

Fitness Frontlines
Fitness Frontlines
The latest news from the field on improving aerobic power, using daily heart rate variability to guide endurance training, and how upper body explosive strength impacts cross-country skiing performance.  (Read the article)

Ounce Of Prevention
Training Tips to Help Reduce the Triathletes' Risk of Overuse Injuries
This article presents several training tips and strategies to assist the triathlete in minimizing their likelihood of injury during training and competition.  (Read the article)

In The Gym
Periodization & Specificity: Resistance Training & Endurance Athletes
Discover how endurance athletes can benefit form engaging in a periodized strength training program.  (Read the article)

Long Feature Article
Training for the Half-Marathon
Learn how to make the jump from a 5k and 10 k races to the Half-Marathon distance.  (Read the article)

Long Feature Article
Power Training for Endurance Athletes
Gain a better understanding of how explosive drills and exercises can help improve endurance performance.  (Read the article)