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

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 ...

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 ...

Use a treadmill or outdoor space to perform a 400-meter jog. Maintain a steady, moderate pace, enough to challenge you but not gas you out. Keep your shoulders relaxed and let your arms swing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Exercise is one of the best things we can do for a healthy heart. Yet research shows that endurance athletes have up to a ...