Muscular endurance is the muscle's ability to complete multiple repetitions ("reps") of a movement against resistance for an extended period. Muscular endurance contributes to athletic performance and ...

Here’s an example. Running an ultra marathon requires endurance, because the goal is to maintain a steady pace for several ...

Distance-running plans are chock-full of workouts that improve metrics like VO2 max and lactate threshold to help you run faster for longer. But coach Scott Johnston looks beyond these traditional ...

Plenty of us are guilty of going to the gym, picking the heaviest weight we can find and lifting it for a small number of repetitions. While this might help us build bigger muscles, it doesn’t improve ...

Exercise is good for you. To understand why, MoTrPAC scientists are creating a whole-body map of molecular responses to endurance training — finding striking “all tissue effects” in a new set of ...

HIIT exercise isn't for everyone and there's some evidence that you can overdo it. Here's what the experts recommend ...

As part of an ongoing national research effort to better understand how physical activity improves health and prevents disease, seven University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty members ...

Johnston defines muscular endurance as a muscle’s ability to repeatedly contract at a relatively high percentage of its maximal force output for an extended period of time. His philosophy on training ...

Even the best athletes in the endurance and strength worlds tend to excel in one area and perform poorly in the other. The tactical athlete must have a solid foundation in both, but does not need to ...