Keep the intervals, cut the volume: how to taper for a race
Two weeks out, cut volume 41 to 60% and leave the hard sessions alone. Nine studies on taper length, what to cut, and the overload block that backfires.
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Two weeks out, cut volume 41 to 60% and leave the hard sessions alone. Nine studies on taper length, what to cut, and the overload block that backfires.
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