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Conditioning 101: Energy System Training to Build Endurance, Power, and Recovery

Bianca Jenkins
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You’ve built muscle. You’ve built strength. Now it’s time to build your engine. Conditioning improves how your body handles fatigue, recovers between efforts, and performs for longer periods without breaking down.

Many lifters overlook endurance training because they think it’s either boring or counterproductive. But conditioning improves heart and lung function, boosts work capacity, and plays a direct role in recovery. It also keeps you healthy enough to keep training consistently. To guide us through this process is lecturer Mike Young, PhD, Director of Performance & Sports Science at Athletic Lab in Morrisville, NC. His insights will help break down what conditioning is, how it works, and how to apply it to your training week.


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Topic starter Posted : 18/12/2025 12:33 pm
Ryan Wheeler
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Have you noticed any negative impact on your strength levels with this volume?


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Posted : 18/12/2025 2:33 pm
Marissa Willis
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I love the focus on VO2 max here. It’s an often neglected stat for lifters.


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Posted : 20/12/2025 3:33 am
Kimberly Fowler
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How do you manage your appetite after a session like this? I get ravenous.


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Posted : 20/12/2025 8:33 am
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