Thanx 2 all your suggestions I'm losing weight, but now...

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Now that im getting closer to my ideal weight(thanx to a healthy diet and intense workouts) I've been thinking on how to tackle my biggest problem, ENDURANCE.

As some of you know I play soccer, but I still get tired way too soon. I know that jogging and running should help with endurance, but I was thinking of swimming also. I've heard that its an excellent way to increase your lung capacity or something like that. If that's so, should I start swimming to help with my endurance on the soccer field?
 
I do a lot of swimming...and I really don't see how it can help you on the soccer field. More often then not, your speed/rate of swimming is inhibited by the amount of air you can suck....if you swim too hard/fast, you'll be out of breath and panic/stop. Perhaps that's the key, but I don't think so.

I'm under the impression that greater endurance comes simply from pushing yourself further and further and pressing the envelope. I do a lot of mountain biking and whenever I push myself and do a longer/harder ride, it's like my body is prompted to adapt to that greater load.

Believe it or not, I found my greatest improvement in endurance by attending spinning classes....it's pretty much non-stop, it uses the biggest muscles in your body so it demands lots of oxygen and when I returned to the trail I had improved endurance. I'd suggest that. Get your Heart-rate up, get your breathing heavy and keep it up for an hour...that ought to do it!!!! :D
 
I don't think that swimming would effect any performance on the soccer field. I'm not sure physiologically how everything works, but I know that I biked for a long time and when I started running I noticed that neither biking nor running really effects the other. I would assume the same to be true in swimming and soccer
 
Yeah dont do swimming, stay specific to your goal.

Your tiredness could also be diet related - make sure you top up with some good carbs a couple hours before the event.

Otherwise Mix up some HIIT and aerobic running to get fitter. Soccer involves both the aerobic an anaerobic systems so working it as a dual partnership will get you results.
 
From what I've read....

When you push your threshold (muscle capacity OR respiratory capacity)...the body responds to accomodate the demand. With muscles, it'll build more fiber and the muscle will adapt for greater strength & endurance. With power, it'll create greater glycogen storage so you can go longer...and with respiratory the body also responds.

With respiratory, our cells have mitochondria which are essentially the powerhouses of the cell...they convert the stored fat into glycose/energy. When we push ourselves, the body will create more mitochondria so that we have greater capacity to generate that power. I wouldn't be surprised if we also developed more hemoglobin to facilitate more oxygen flow as well. I don't have the particulars, but I'll look into it.

I'm quite confident that by placing a greater demand on the respiratory system, the body can and will respond to make it more efficeint & capable. Swimming is not the answer, but running/biking or other activities that push, press and demand some serious O's (Oxygen) would lend towards increasing your capacity to go longer/further/faster. It only makes sense.
 
matt182 said:
Yeah dont do swimming, stay specific to your goal.

Your tiredness could also be diet related - make sure you top up with some good carbs a couple hours before the event.

Otherwise Mix up some HIIT and aerobic running to get fitter. Soccer involves both the aerobic an anaerobic systems so working it as a dual partnership will get you results.
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Some HIIT?
 
HIIT is basically high intensity intervel training. That is, intense all out work with equivelent rest periods. Its very taxing on the body so make sure you consume enough carbs to power these efforts.

Any other questions so far?
 
matt182 said:
HIIT is basically high intensity intervel training. That is, intense all out work with equivelent rest periods. Its very taxing on the body so make sure you consume enough carbs to power these efforts.

Any other questions so far?
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Okay thanx for the explanation
 
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