TECHNIQUE CHANGES
There are many factors that contribute to performance. Physiology is always a response to your movement speed and force. The limiting factor in performance is peripheral fatigue or limitations preventing muscles from performing work. These limitations in the periphery can be caused by the technique applied, nutritional status and the environment.
Under normal conditions improved technique prolongs peripheral fatigue. A good technique uses less energy and your technique has lower negative impacts on physiological systems. The result is the ability to operate many of these systems at even higher levels.
Training and refining good technique can allow an athlete to increase their performance. A new technique that produces higher heart rates for the same power is not necessarily a bad technique. If the energy demands are lower and the technique aids a higher blood flow is high the athlete will have more oxygenated blood available and a lower requirement for it. This is highly beneficial as physiological systems become “super charged” by operating at a rate that can already handle an increase in power. The result is reduced oxygen debt.
Meaningful changes in technique can be quite rapid others can take considerably longer. Ensuring that changes are long term requires considerable time practicing specific training, skills and drills.
Physiological parameters are perfect for monitoring your performance and gaging the effect your performance has on physiology. Elevations should not always be seen as negative until quantified. For this reason field tests and lab tests such as VO2 max or Performance tests are exceptional and the diligent athlete will engage in these on a quarterly basis.
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