Jan 16, 2025 · In this blog, we’ll guide you through how to stay on track, avoid overtraining, and balance running with strength work. You’ll also find two 6-week training plans designed to help you safely build your fitness and incorporate training into your lifestyle. Why Is It Important to Build An Aerobic Base?

Aerobic base training is specific training meant to increase your aerobic threshold, or your ability to perform steady-state work for a long period of time. Base training workouts are simple: go at a pace just below your aerobic threshold (the upper limit of Zone 2), and hold it.

Mar 6, 2024 · Achieve your fitness goals with our expert training and techniques. Learn how to build a strong base fitness in just 3 simple steps. Start your journey today!

Time and time again, we return to base training. But why? Is it possible to skip base training when you’re fit? Can you derail your progression with early season racing or even too much base? Here’s the answer to these common base training questions and the goals behind base training.

Feb 12, 2018 · Base training (also called the introductory or foundational training period) is the first phase of a training cycle. It’s what prepares runners for the more challenging, race-specific workouts that come later.

Jan 10, 2025 · Ramp up your mileage and stay injury-free with this eight-week running base training plan. ... Jordan Smith is a writer and editor with over 5 years of experience reporting on health and fitness ...

Jan 27, 2024 · At its core, base building is a strategic and gradual approach to training that emphasizes the development of endurance, strength, and overall fitness before delving into more specific and intense workouts.

Jun 10, 2024 · Base training is the foundation of any well-devised training plan for runners (or any type of athlete for that matter). In the base phase, you gradually expand your aerobic capacity, running your miles at an easy, “conversation” pace.

Feb 8, 2017 · Here’s how to build your base – and how to strengthen an already solid foundation. 1/ Get started. All runners should build mileage gradually – never exceeding 10 per cent increases from week to...

Jan 3, 2025 · Base training is the time when all the magic happens, says Kathy Zawadzki, USA Cycling elite level 1 coach, ASCM certified exercise physiologist, and the owner of the Fastlab based in Colorado ...