Endurance training

Whatever your training goals, our specialists develop the right plan to help you reach them. Count on the sports medicine team at Aurora BayCare Medical Center to give you the tools you need to go the distance.

Endurance training: Why choose Aurora BayCare Medical Center?

Endurance is your body’s ability to perform at a high level for as long as possible. Our sports medicine team designs personalized workouts that help you build endurance and stay in the game. We offer:

• Comprehensive facility: You’ll find everything you need for your workout in our 80,000-square-foot sports medicine center. Our cardiovascular training center, sprinting lanes, yoga studios and heated therapy pools give you many options.
• Specialized equipment: We use a variety of training equipment to build strength in your heart, lungs and muscles. We offer specialty equipment to support your body weight as you get stronger.
• Flexible workouts: Train in the way that’s best for you with our group classes, individual training and specialized performance training programs.
• Recognized expertise: Our skilled trainers are athletic experts. They help you improve your performance safely and effectively.

Endurance training services for athletes

Endurance training strengthens your heart, lungs and muscles. This training gives you the energy you need to be at your best from start to finish. We offer:

Assessment

We talk with you to learn about your athletic goals. Then, our team designs a personalized workout to help you achieve them. We assess your current:

• Endurance (ability to exercise for greater time)
• Exercise economy (amount of energy you need to keep moving)
• Power
• Strength

Conditioning

We create challenging aerobic workouts that help your body use oxygen as fuel. Over time, this effort makes your heart and lungs more efficient.

When your cardiovascular system is stronger, you can perform at higher levels for a longer time. We measure your VO₂ max (the most oxygen you can take in and use during intense exercise) as part of our performance testing services.

Our specialists also help you increase your anaerobic threshold. During hard exercise, your muscles make lactic acid (a waste product). At your anaerobic threshold, lactic acid builds up faster than your body can clear it. Increasing this threshold helps build stamina.

Tailored workouts

Our sports performance training and personal training programs offer expert training regimens for every sport. We include a mix of exercises designed to meet your goals.

Your program may include:

• Cardiovascular training: Workouts that improve aerobic capacity
• Circuit training: Timed exercises designed to build strength and improve endurance
• Fartlek training: Speed interval training to improve stamina
• Pace-tempo training: Training at a specific pace to increase anaerobic threshold
• Slow-distance training: Longer, moderate paced workouts designed to increase cardiovascular fitness

Training for long-distance cycling

Our trainers work closely with performance cyclists at all levels to get you ready for long-distance events. We focus on:

• Aerobic conditioning (workouts that increase your oxygen use)
• Anaerobic conditioning (short bursts of high-intensity exercise)
• Overloading (progressively more challenging workouts)
• Recovery (post-workout strategies to prevent injury and continue endurance gains)

We create targeted workouts that improve muscle and cardiovascular endurance. These strength gains help you manage your energy during long rides.

Our sports medicine specialists also provide expert bike fitting to make sure your bike fits you well. We help correct issues that may contribute to injury or affect the efficiency of your ride.

Training for distance running

We design endurance training programs for distance runners at any level. We provide personalized performance improvement plans for:

• Cross-country runners
• Marathoners
• Track athletes
• Trail runners

We start by analyzing your current training plan. Our specialists then create a training program to:

• Increase stamina
• Improve performance
• Prevent injury

We offer running gait analysis to check your running form and recommend adjustments. We also help you improve running efficiency to better manage your energy during a race.

Benefits of endurance training

Our endurance training programs help make sure your muscles get enough oxygen during your workout. With endurance training, you’ll:

• Build stronger bones
• Improve lung capacity and efficiency
• Increase muscle mass

Endurance training also helps improve your health. You can expect:

• Better sleep
• Improved metabolism (how your body converts food to energy) and lower blood sugar levels
• Reduced stress
• Stronger immune system