Q&A #93 - Structuring microcycles; Muscle damage and recovery

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Q&A #93 - Structuring microcycles; Muscle damage and recovery

• How should you structure your training week or microcycle to accommodate muscle damage and recovery from hard workouts?
• How should you space out hard swim, bike, run, and gym workouts through the training week?
• What are the mechanisms and principles behind muscle damage and recovery?
• What are the effects of muscle damage on performance and physiological systems and functions?

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• Scientific Triathlon website
• Coaching
• Training Plans
• Muscle function after exercise-induced muscle damage: Considerations for athletic performance in children and adults
• Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and the Potential Protective Role of Estrogen
• Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and Running Economy in Humans
• Acute responses and muscle damage in different high-intensity interval running protocols.
• The effects of exercise-induced muscle damage on maximal intensity intermittent exercise performance
• The effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on perceived exertion and cycling endurance performance
• Effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on endurance running performance in humans
• Effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on ventilatory and perceived exertion responses to moderate and severe intensity cycle exercise
• The Effects of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage on Cycling Time-Trial Performance

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