Training

Endurance xxxxxx

Goals: To improve performance in endurance sporting events.

Benefits of electrostimulation Electrostimulation improves performance since this programme increases the capacity of the stimulated muscles to absorb oxygen. As a result, the muscle’s capacity to sustain effort over a long period is improved.

Explanation and protocol: If physical effort is prolonged for more than a few minutes, the body sets up a particular system for supplying the energy needed for muscular activity during which oxygen is used: this is the aerobic path. In this way, the body's ability to consume the greatest possible amounts of oxygen is a performance determining factor for endurance sports (VO2 max). This ability depends on two factors: a capacity to move large quantities of oxygen to the muscles; this is the transport of oxygen in the blood provided by the cardio-vascular system; as well as the muscle's ability to consume the maximum amount of oxygen. The endurance athlete develops these 2 aspects by means of his specific training, the volume of which has to be appropriate. Three weekly sessions are recognised as representing the minimum training volume to induce significant endurance improvement for most athletes. The electrical stimulation produced with the Endurance programme can maximise the potential of purposeful training to improve the capacity of the priority muscles which are the thighs to sustain long term efforts.