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Endurance Strength Training - A Primer

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Strength is a function of the contractile power of the muscles.
Strength endurance defines the capacity of an athlete's muscles to endure these contractions over an extended period of time.
Endurance strength training regimens are designed to train athletes to maintain a good quality muscle contractile force for extended periods of time.
This is important to athletes because they have to utilize their muscles for extended periods of time.
Most trainees that train for strength rely upon the tried and tested exercise regimen that involves lifting heavy weights.
This technique also involves considerable rest periods both between sets and after sets.
The result is that the body is primed in a manner that it will always require adequate rest after activity and will be unable to give sustained performance.
This rest period is used to recover from the oxygen deficit that is produced due to aerobic respiration in the muscles.
With proper endurance strength training, the muscles of the body will be primed to perform at their peak even when not fully recovered from the oxygen stress.
Such is the power of these exercises that they result in the alteration of the structure of the heart.
Ventricular hypertrophy, enlarged heart, bradycarbdia, and raised muscular enzymes are all normal in such routines.
The secret to gaining strength endurance is adopting an exercise regimen with heavy weights but decreased rest intervals.
This sort of training routine will involve both a shorter rest time and lighter weight (say 65% of 1RM) to start with or a longer rest time and heavier weight (say 80% of 1RM).
The key is to increase weight with each workout in the former or decrease rest time with each work out in the latter.
As a sample, let us assume that your 1RM for the Clean and Press is 210-220 lbs.
You will start the Clean and Press with 15 sets x2 reps with rest periods starting at 60 seconds.
You will decrease the rest period with every workout.
When you reach about 20 seconds rest time, start over at 60 seconds rest time with more initial weight than before.
A sample endurance strength training workout is as follows: Day 1: • Clean and Press: 15 sets x 2 reps • Curl Grip Chin: 15 x 2 • Medium Grip Bench Press: 10 x 1 • Deadlift: 20 x1 • Abdominal Work Day 2: • Dips: 12 sets x 3 reps • Clean and Front Squat: 20 x 2 • Bent Rows: 12 x 2 • Barbell Curl and Press: 6 x 4 • Abdominal Work
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