How much energy does an endurance athlete need?

How much energy does an endurance athlete need?

In endurance sports, training volumes can become quite significant, leading to increased energy consumption during exercise. This raises daily energy needs, sometimes even doubling or tripling those of an office worker. But how much energy does an athlete really need, and what happens if energy intake is insufficient? This article aims to answer these critical questions.

Research shows interval training is beneficial for skiers

Interval Training or Endurance Training – Which works better?

On Proxcskiing.com, you can read about different training methods and explore various exercises. There have also been articles on various high-intensity and interval training. This article revisits the topic and discusses whether intense speed workouts work best for some as steady-state training or as intervals, and what type of intervals skiers should do. We asked Ville Vesterinen, a sports physiologist at the Finnish Institute of Competitive and Elite Sports, for his insight on this topic.

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