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Running Strength and Mobility

Are the triple jump and 100 meter sprint really endurance events?

Musculature is an important performance-limiting factor in endurance sport. Read on, to see how you can train your musculature optimally.

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Health Nutrition

Muscle Cramps: Causes, Prevention, and Solutions

Muscle cramps are part of sports. But what can you do to minimize the risk of cramps? And how can you get rid of a cramp once it occurs?

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Competition Nutrition

Nutrition before an Endurance Race

Preparing for a race traditionally involves a pasta party. We show you the effects this has on your body and the alternatives for optimal nutrition before and during a race.

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Health The most popular

Training for the over 50s

Training through middle and old age keeps you unusually fit and resistant to social illnesses. All about training at advanced ages – what it does, how it works and where the limits are.

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Cycling The most popular

Smooth Pedaling: faster with the right pedaling technique

Improve your pedaling style. The Munich engineer and biomechanics expert Wolfgang Petzke calls just about everything into question, ever published about «smooth action». We explain his method and show how you can use to it improve your technique.

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Competition Health

Peaking & Tapering in endurance sports

Finding the right balance for optimal race preparation is an art. This article outlines the basics for being in top shape on day X.

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2PEAK Running

Long runs – How far should you go?

Do you need to run long distances in training to be able to finish a marathon or a long-distance race?

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Cycling

Training for cycling in winter conditions

Cold, snow and wet – do I really have to train outside to rescue my form through the winter? How long should typical winter workouts take? Winter survival strategies from 2PEAK.

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Competition Cycling Running Triathlon

Training in the Power Zone (Z5)

Training in the Power Zone occurs in various forms throughout the year in 2PEAK training plans. Here we explain what needs to be watched in this high intensity training.