If you find you’re tearing yourself out of bed most mornings while still feeling the effects of yesterday’s activities or unable to make it through a typical day without maintaining your physical and emotional energy, then you probably lack general stamina.
We all want more stamina. It’s the holy grail of being able to keep up with the rigours of daily life. Doing the things, we enjoy with energy and enthusiasm is what brings contentment to our lives so just how do we go about achieving this?
There is no clear-cut way to build physical stamina as everyone has different rates of response, but research has clearly shown that the traditional ways of gradual adaption are not your only option.
Traditionally, we are taught that upping the ante through clocking physical miles might add steam to the engine, but this can sometimes have a negative effect on energy levels. The good news is there are other strategies you can turn to that will help increase daily endurance and energy levels.
5 Easy Tweaks To Help Build Fitness Endurance
long rides, laps in the pool or spin classes will work your aerobic capacity but if your muscles don’t have endurance at the end of the day then this is when things go pear-shaped. High repetition strength-based movements build muscle endurance by forcing the muscles to build new capillaries and increase their oxygen uptake. Simple bodyweight exercises are perfect.
Making the mistake of only working one muscle group at a time can be ineffective. By adding in cross-training such as swimming, Pilates, hill sprints etc you are recruiting cross vectorial muscle groups while increasing cardio fitness. Cross training is also great for resting overused muscles and reducing chances of injury.
