Endurance

Origins

Old French. endure-r to make hard, to endure, = Pr. endurar, It. indurare:Latin ind{u}r{a}re, f. in d{u}r{a}re to harden, to endure, f. d{u}r-us hard.]

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Definitions

Endurance

• 1. a. The fact of enduring (pain, hardship, annoyance); the habit or the power of enduring; often absol. as denoting a quality, longsuffering, patience.

b. Durance, captivity, imprisonment. Obs.

c. Of inanimate things: the power of holding out; the capacity (e.g. of steel) of withstanding strain.

• 2. a. Duration or continued existence in time. Also, power of lasting, capacity of continued existence.

b. Protraction of an existing condition.

Endure

To indurate

• 1. harden. Hence fig. to make callous or indifferent. Also, in good sense, to make sturdy or robust, to strengthen.

To last

suffer continuously.

• 2. intr. To last, continue in existence. Also, to persist, ‘hold out’ in any action, etc. Formerly also, to continue in a certain state or condition, remain in a certain place (with complement expressing the state or place).

b. To keep up with. Obs. rare.

c. To be continued through space; to extend from one point to another. Obs. rare.

d. quasi-trans. with out: To last out, persist during the continuance of (an event or action).

• 3. trans. To undergo, bear, sustain (continuous pain, opposition, hardship, or annoyance); properly, to undergo without succumbing or giving way. Also absol.

b. Of things: To support (a strain, pressure, wear and tear, etc.) without receiving injury; formerly also absol. Also in weaker sense, to undergo, suffer, be subjected to.

c. To withstand as an adversary, support, sustain.

• 4. To suffer without resistance, submit to, tolerate; to contemplate with toleration.

Description

Endurance (also called sufferance) is the ability for an animal to exert itself for a long period of time. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise. The definition of 'long' varies according to the type of exertion - minutes for high intensity anaerobic exercise, hours or days for low intensity. Training for endurance can have a negative impact on the ability to exert strength unless an individual also undertakes resistance training to counteract this effect.[1]

Reference

1. Hickson, R.C. (1980). "Interference of strength development by simultaneously training for strength and endurance". European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology (Springer Verlag) 45 (2-3): 255–263. doi:10.1007/BF00421333. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=7193134&query_hl=6&itool=pubmed_docsum.