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enDurance—Definition, typeS anD — —It delays exhaustion and speeds up
methoDS to Develop enDurance— recovery.
continuouS training, interval — —It helps an athlete to sustain pacing of an
training anD fartlek training activity during a competition.

meaning of endurance — —It improves the health of an athlete by
enhancing his metabolism, cardio vascular
Endurance is the ability to sustain an activity. system and bringing about bio-chemical
It is usually measured by the number of changes for the betterment.
repetitions. The type of endurance varies from
sport to sport. For example, the member of sit- types of endurance
ups, a person can complete in one minute is In sports training, endurance is classified into
often used to measure the endurance of the cardio respiratory endurance and muscular
abdominal muscles.
endurance. The cardio respiratory endurance
A few definitions of endurance are given is the ability of the heart, vessels and the lungs
below: to work for longer time without fatigue. And
1. In the words of Herre, “Endurance is the muscular endurance is the ability of the muscle
ability to resist fatigue.” tor relax and contract for a longer time without
2. As per the Barrow and Mc Gee, “Endurance fatigue. Generally, endurance can be classified
is the result of physiologic capacity of the as per the nature of the activity and duration
individual to sustain movement over a period of the activity.
of time.” By using the nature of the activity, as the
From the above mentioned definitions, parameter, endurance as below:
it is clear that endurance is the product of 1. Basic Endurance: It is an individual’s
physiological capacity, it focuses as the ability to resist fatigue when applied to
sustenance of movement, the sustenance must loads of medium intensity stimulus and
last for a reasonably long duration of time and aerobic muscular metabolism. In this type
it is about resisting the on set of fatigue. of endurance, a large number of muscles are
The factors which influence the endurance involved and movements are performed a
of a person are: maintenance of working slow and steady pace for a long period of
capacity, a person’s degree of resistance against time. Walking, running and swimming for
fatigue and environmental condition and their more than half an hour are examples of
speed of recovery after fatigue. Training and basic endurance.
diet also affect the degree of endurance of a
person.
There is a slight difference between the
muscular endurance and muscular strength.
Muscular endurance is an individual’s capacity
to perform a task repeatedly over an extended
period of time, whereas muscular strength is
the ability to apply a greater amount of force Running
for a short period of time.
There are following main benefits of 2. General Endurance: It is the ability to
endurance: tolerate exercises and resist fatigue caused
by various kinds of activities. Activities
— —It enables an athlete to achieve rhythm, that involve general endurance include
concentration and alertness of mind.
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