Performance: Measuring Progress, Plateau, and Regression

Perform the MAF Test regularly, throughout the year, and chart your results. I recommend doing the test about every three to four weeks. More often than that may result in mental stress; aerobic speed will usually not improve significantly within one week’s time. Focusing on the test this often can foster an obsession much like that seen in athletes who are addicted to weighing themselves on the scale daily or even more often. Performing the test irregularly or not often enough defeats one of its purposes—knowing when your training is going off course. If something interferes with your progress—training, diet, or stress—you don’t want to wait until you’re feeling bad or racing poorly to find that out. Loss of fitness and health will be apparent from your MAF Test sooner than any other method, long before you get symptoms or see poor performances.

As you plot out your MAF Test during endurance training you could encounter three different phases: progression, plateau, and regression. These are quite evident in many athletes, and less so in others.

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