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Endurance Training

Endurance training is a form of physical exercise aimed at improving the body's capacity to sustain prolonged activity, primarily by enhancing the function of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and the endurance characteristics of skeletal muscle. Typically performed at moderate intensity over extended perio…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 4 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 10× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-2283 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Endurance training is a form of physical exercise aimed at improving the body's capacity to sustain prolonged activity, primarily by enhancing the function of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and the endurance characteristics of skeletal muscle. Typically performed at moderate intensity over extended periods, through activities such as running, cycling, or swimming, it stimulates adaptations including increased capillary density, greater numbers and efficiency of mitochondria, improved oxygen delivery and utilization, and a stronger, more efficient heart. These changes raise aerobic capacity and fatigue resistance, allowing sustained effort with less strain. Beyond athletic performance, endurance training confers broad health benefits, lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease and several lifestyle-related conditions, supporting weight and metabolic regulation, and improving overall fitness and wellbeing. Its effects involve both central, heart-and-circulation adaptations and peripheral, muscle-level changes, and research in Sports and Exercise Medicine examines how training influences metabolism, muscle properties, and performance. Sports and Exercise Medicine publishes peer-reviewed work relevant to these themes, including a study on the effect of exercise on irisin in women and an investigation of the mechanical properties of human muscle under conditions of disuse. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to endurance training and exercise physiology.

Research published in this journal

4 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 4 articles above have been cited 10 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ISSN 2694-2283).

Journal editorial board
Gerasimos Grivas · Greece Angelo Cataldo · Italy Guy CHERON · Belgium

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