Endurance and fitness

[Senior Ding-Dong]

How can you seriously advance your endurance levels?
I'm involved in rowing and it demands high levels of fitness and endurance and this becomes clear with erg tests on the rowing machines. How do you djs increase endurance and fitness?

 

[Alpine]

I don't know what your current training is. But for more advanced enduros they will be training to extend anaerobic threshold and VO2 max training in addition to extending aerobic lsd work.

Also the use of periodisation techniques focussing on different things at different stages.

If you are not training specifically for rowing, cross training in cycling, swimming running or x country skiing is a good idea.

Also reducing your weight, whilst maintaining strength levels will automatically improve performance.

More extreme would be altitude training or get your hands on some EPO, but that's getting a bit serious. Creatine and maltodextrine will extend performance though also.

 

[Nocturnal]

For endurance I believe lifting weights with high reps low weight will help you... although that's about all it's really good for.

 

[Duke Togo]

Cardio vascular endurance/health > Jogging for long sessions 30-60 minutes at low intensity.

Muscular endurance > high rep lifting, 20+ reps (this alone wont benefit as greatly as cardio)