The Science of Endurance Training and Performance (FutureLearn)

Wherever you sit on this spectrum, this course will help you train for and improve your performance in endurance sports.

You will learn with sports scientists from the Endurance Research Group (ERG) at Kent’s School of Sport and Exercise Sciences – a world leader in endurance performance research and teaching.

What topics will you cover?

- Training

- Nutrition

- Psychology

- Fatigue and pain

- Respiratory health

- Endurance injuries and rehabilitation

What will you achieve?

- Explore the science behind effective endurance training methods

- Evaluate pre-, during, and post-exercise recommendations to support endurance performance and to protect the athlete from illness

- Discuss psychological preparation for endurance sports

- Explain how the concepts of fatigue and pain relate to endurance training

- Investigate respiratory health, including normal and abnormal airway responses to exercise

- Explore injuries in endurance sport and how they can be treated and rehabilitated