Circuit Training
starting on Tuesday, 7th October 2014 from 8-9:15pm in Ardfert Community Centre.
2Euro per session to cover hall rental.
Benefits of Circuit Training (cross
training):
"Simply stated,
aerobic fitness develops faster than the muscular system (i.e. tendons,
muscles, ligaments, and bones). For example, you may be able to hammer out a
long run or a tempo run at 8 minutes per mile and not feel aerobically taxed,
but your hips aren’t yet strong enough to handle the stress of the pace or
volume of the run and your IT band becomes inflamed.
This experience is very
common for runners who get injuries such as recurring shin splints or other
persistent aches and pains when they first start running. Their aerobic fitness
is allowing them to continue to increase the distance of their runs because
they no longer feel winded at the end of each run; their shin muscles, however,
haven’t adapted to the increased pounding caused by the increase in volume and
they quickly become injured.
Therefore, it’s important that new
runners and injury-prone athletes include ancillary routines, such as general
strength training, into their weekly training plans to speed the development of
the muscular system. In doing so, you’ll improve the strength and resiliency of
your muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones and enable the muscular system to
keep up with your aerobic developments.
What is holding you back
from running more mileage and faster workouts each week? It isn't your aerobic system, but rather your body’s lack of resiliency toward
increased mileage and harder, longer workouts.
If you seem to get injured
every time you build mileage or try to maintain harder training for more than a
week or two, I guarantee your aerobic system isn’t the problem. Rather, you've lost (or in some cases, never had) your athleticism, meaning your muscles,
tendons, and ligaments aren’t as supple, flexible or as injury resistant as
they once were. By developing general strength, you’ll improve your
athleticism, be less injury prone and better able to handle a greater volume of
training.
