How Physiology Clarifies What You’re Actually Training — and Why It Matters

Описание: Most people train endurance as if it’s one thing.
Run more. Suffer longer. Hope it transfers.

But “endurance” is not a single capacity.
It’s a family of distinct fatigue problems — and each one adapts differently.

In this Grow In Ten explainer, we unpack Dr. Andy Galpin’s framework for designing endurance training correctly, by separating muscular endurance, high-intensity conditioning, and long-duration aerobic work — and showing why confusing them leads to wasted effort.

You’ll learn:
• why endurance must be defined by what limits you, not how tired you feel
• the difference between muscular endurance, high-intensity intervals, and long-duration work
• how rep ranges, load, and rest change the type of endurance you’re training
• why high-intensity conditioning is best programmed with work-to-rest ratios, not reps
• how short-rest vs long-rest intervals produce opposite adaptations
• why VO₂ max training is about time domain, not just heart rate
• why long-duration endurance improves distance tolerance — not necessarily VO₂ max
• how eccentric loading quietly sabotages endurance programs through soreness and injury risk

The takeaway is simple:
If you don’t know which endurance problem you’re solving, you can’t program the solution.

This episode reframes endurance training as program design by limitation, giving you a clean mental map to match workouts to adaptations — instead of piling fatigue on top of confusion.