Avoid fad diets and supplements that claim to hijack your catabolic and anabolic processes to improve your run. “If you want to run faster, train harder,” says Allison, who has completed 26 ...

When you honor both catabolic and anabolic phases with intention—not intensity—you start to feel lighter, clearer, and more in tune with your body’s wisdom. It’s not about doing more.

If you’re always catabolic (overworked, under-eating, sleeping late), you’ll burn out. If you’re always anabolic (over-eating, sedentary), you store too much fat and feel sluggish.

Anabolic training is categorised as strength training using your body weight (calisthenics), free weights --dumbbells, barbells (with/without weighted plates), kettlebells , resistance bands, TRX ...