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imrove endurance/speed what not
i have no idea if people have asked this before or what, but even if they did, please try to answer? its somewhat long; i apologize ahead of time.
ok, so i'm pretty much an athletic person. I play almost any sports and play on two teams at school. However, even though im not that bad with sports and i totally love playing, i have a horrible issue with running/conditioning. Like, i can run short distances really fast, but i cant run for very long. I can run longer if i have breaks inbetween too. but if i run consistently without stopping, my legs start to burn and i cant breathe.
I cant stand miles because afterwards i end up not being able to breathe for a while. Like for one practice we ended up running a lot of laps and by the end i couldnt really breathe properly for ten-twenty minutes. Is there a way to like... help me run better? Or not get as tired by the end/able to breathe normally? During games and stuff i almost never get tired. Its only during long conditionings and whatnot.
please help!! i have training all summer and i rather not die from lack of oxygen anytime soon. i'll rate high for helpful tips.
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Breathing helps.
As bizarre and obvious as it sounds, if you can increase your lung capacity and lung strength, your endurance will increase as well, because oxygen will be used more efficiently in the body.
Getting started? Sit cross legged with your back straight, place you hands on your stomach and relax. When you breath in, expand as much as possible and fill your lungs all the way. When you breath out, imagine you are trying to touch your belly button to your spine, and release all of the air. Do this deeply and slowly. After a while, reverse the process- pull in when you inhale, push out when you exhale. You can begin counting the length of inhaling and exhaling, and always strive to make it as long as possible.
Hope it helps!
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i used to have the same problem. the way i handled it, is by pacing myself. a lot of people start running their hardest at the beginning of a long run, and towards the end they get burned out. start out jogging, and if you can't breathe well, slow your pace to a slower jog. speed up and slow down as you wish, but try to keep a steady pace.
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Here is a site that seems to cover endurance training very well. Make sure you scroll on down past the Google ads, they put them in a really stupid spot. Other than that, it has lots of useful information for you. :)
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Hello,
you are not deficient in any way, and you are not alone.
Here's what's going on: there are two types of muscles: they are called "slow twitch" and "fast twitch". People with predominately "slow twitch" muscles can run for miles and miles and miles, but they aren't great at sprinting. Conversely, people who lean toward having more "fast twitch" muscles (like you) are great at short spurts, such as the 50 or 100 yard dash, but long distances are a total bummer.
So: you excel at the fast stuff but not at the slow and steady stuff, and I am the same as you.
If you speak with your coach, it would be helpful. After all, science is on you side!
Run fast and feel free!
Sincerely,
musicfan
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