Endurance – According to D. Harre, “Endurance is the ability to resist fatigue”.
Types – Muscular endurance-capacity of the muscle to work under the condition of fatigue, Cardiovascular endurance-ability of cardio respiratory system to provide oxygen even when the body is under the condition of fatigue
Methods To Develop Endurance
- Continuous training method- it consists of long distance running without break or recovery pause.
It is further divided into following parts:-
- Slow Continuous Method – intensity is kept low, heart rate remains between 140-160 beats per minute, minimum of 10 km distance is run, like cross country runs Fast Continuous Method-intensity is higher than slow continuous method but it requires lesser time i.e. 15-20 minutes, heart rate should be around 160-180 beats per minute.
- Variable Pace Method – requires variable intensity, heart rate falls under 140- 180 beats per minute, can be done from 15-60 minutes.
- Interval training method – It was introduced by Woldemar and Greshler in 1939. It is a training that contains fast and slow periods of exercise. The short periods of load are followed by the > short periods of rest; an athlete can perform greatest volume of work by breaking the total work into small periods. Fox and Mathews explained the following variables of interval training in 1974:- Rate and distance of work, No. of repetitions, Duration of rest.