Please help me find a term for this strength/endurance concept.
April 13, 2014 3:54 PM Subscribe
I am looking for a clever descriptive term for the idea of training with a "hardship" that when omitted later, makes you feel super-strong. Like when baseball players put that donut thing on their bats while taking practice swings. (Donuting?) Or when you ride a really heavy bike, then switch to a lighter one. Or practice at high altitudes, and compete at low altitudes. Is there already a term that describes this? If not, I am open to any ideas.
Isn't it a form of resistance training?
posted by kinetic at 4:20 PM on April 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by kinetic at 4:20 PM on April 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
"Hobbling yourself" comes to mind, but I have no idea if that's a commonly used term.
posted by McCoy Pauley at 4:35 PM on April 13, 2014
posted by McCoy Pauley at 4:35 PM on April 13, 2014
Deficit training. I've seen it most often done with calories and with deadlifts.
posted by bfranklin at 5:35 PM on April 13, 2014
posted by bfranklin at 5:35 PM on April 13, 2014
Making like Milo of Croton (scroll down to "feats of strength)
posted by HotToddy at 7:01 PM on April 13, 2014
posted by HotToddy at 7:01 PM on April 13, 2014
I heard this referred to as the Song of the Seabee. Probably just a WWII joke.
We, the willing, led by the unknowing, doing the impossible, for the ungrateful.
Have done so much, for so long, with so little..
That we are now qualified to anything... with nothing.
It always comes to mind as the ultimate archetype of resistance training.
posted by hobo gitano de queretaro at 10:52 PM on April 13, 2014
We, the willing, led by the unknowing, doing the impossible, for the ungrateful.
Have done so much, for so long, with so little..
That we are now qualified to anything... with nothing.
It always comes to mind as the ultimate archetype of resistance training.
posted by hobo gitano de queretaro at 10:52 PM on April 13, 2014
when used expressly for generic training adaptation purposes I def second overloading. Different sports, though, will have specific terms to describe the use of their equipment for such purposes.
examples include swimming in a drag suit or riding a beater bike.
posted by mce at 11:53 AM on April 14, 2014
examples include swimming in a drag suit or riding a beater bike.
posted by mce at 11:53 AM on April 14, 2014
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posted by Hermione Granger at 3:57 PM on April 13, 2014