read John Douillard's book Body, Mind, and Sport for a different approach to training. it is based on auyerveda medicine. it is by far the best book on training i've ever read. the first half of the book deals with determining your body type (there are three), then follows information on diet, training times based on cycles, and sports for specific body types. the second part of the book deals with your training methods. the method he advocates is to train "in the zone" for maximum performance. you do this by learning to regulate your breathing together with with controlling your heart rate. the heart rate you train at is MUCH LOWER than you would normally think. you must read this book with and OPEN MIND to take full advantage of it. he trains Martina Navratolova, among others, who said she wished she had trained with him in the beginning of her carreer. i would especially reccomend this book to anyone just getting back into sports, older people, people with nagging injuries. i personally use his training methods and the results have been incredible. I'm 50 years old, and i've got my resting heart rate down to around 42 ( i'm trying to get into thr 30's) and i never get sore or injured. do yourself a favor and read this book, you won,t be sorry.