Decreased costs of genetic sequencing has resulted in companies selling genetic information direct to customers (DTC) (Harris, Kelly, & Wyatt, 2013). DTC testing markets itself with a variety of services namely, ancestry testing, health testing and carrier testing (Phillips, 2016), in certain cases DTC genetic testing claims to test for the creative, musical, linguistic, and…
We have previously discussed strength training and its implications on endurance performance as a whole, this can be found here. In summary it was shown to moderately improve both economy and maximal power and largely improve maximal force. So, when we focus on an even more specific sub group of athletes, in this case masters…
Over recent years there has been a mentality shift towards strength training within the endurance sport domain from one of reluctance to general acceptance as part of an “all-round” training programme. Yet, there remains some confusion within this area in reference to weight, number of repetitions, sets and what exactly the adaptations are that occur…