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According to Jack Daniels, the difference is the following:
interval training aims to increase your VO2MAX by targeting high intensities, which can't be maintained for a longer period. By design it achieves to maximize the overall volume for those very high intensities because you have breaks between each interval.
longer (several kilometres) tempo runs ...
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Yes, combining strength workouts with non-strength workouts will reduce the effectiveness of the strength workouts. Of course, that should be acceptable if your goal is broader than pure strength.
Per Tom Kurz' Science of Sports Training, page 174:
Combining strength exercises and endurance exercises in one workout reduces strength gain without ...
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To keep going for long time periods, you need to stay hydrated and to take in calories, primarily in the form of carbohydrate, and salt, to replace what you have sweated out. You can generally absorb somewhere around 250-350 calories per hour while you are exercising, and if you are working hard, you can sweat a liter an hour, or more if it is hot.
I ...
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I am not experienced in this, and I don't have a definite answer, but since this has been asked a week ago and there are no answers yet, I will give the information that I found.
Looking through PubMed it's surprisingly hard to find information on this. The keywords which yielded the best results were "treadmill backpack". In particular, I found this ...
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It won't directly, but it can indirectly.
You have to have a decent calorie surplus to grow muscle - otherwise your body can't build on what you've done in the gym, and you won't grow any muscles. Running alongside your workout can burn the extra calories that you were going to use to build muscle. This is probably what your friends are referring to. ...
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I found this website where the author has the exact same question, and then goes about a rather scientific method of finding out the answer.
It's: www.treadmilldeskdiary.com
After reading it, it sounds like ergonomics is a key problem to look out for, also possibly reduced productivity from walking too fast, but the author seems to think you can get used ...
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Physical activity at any time of the day is good for you, only if it is not too close to the sleep time just because one might be too active to fall asleep. Ideally half an hour before sleep time should be the cut off.
Some people say that walking after having food interferes with digestion, but I say sitting idle just after having food is even worse. ...
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Hinge at the Hip is a queue to use your actual hip flexors to lift the leg in the socket rather than tilting the pelvis. Go stand in front of a mirror and pick up one leg. See your pelvis shift and you drop on the other side to make room? Now hold on to something with your hands, squeeze your low abs (but not your glutes) and lift the leg again, ...
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I recommend reading the information at the National Insititute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
A part of their website that sticks out to me is:
Can Back Pain Be Prevented?
One of the best things you can do to prevent back pain is to exercise regularly and keep your back muscles strong. Four specific types of exercises are ...
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