Tapering

Tapering refers to the reduction in the amount of exercising in front of a large endurance exercise ( competition ). The term is from the English term " tapering " ( " escalation " or "reduction" ) is derived.

The periphery of the tape ring is handled differently and there are no rules. Basically may well be said that the duration of the course is contrary to the duration of the competition load.

During the last two or three weeks before a competition reduce endurance athletes (eg marathon, swimming, duathlon or triathlon) usually their training volume and pause in amateur sometimes for days completely, so the body from the harsh burden can recover again. Mixed with targeted training stimuli, the body is then prepared optimally start in the competition.

In sports with a short, intense exercise (eg weightlifting, sprint runners ) the taper periods usually last longer. Tapering should also increase the amount of aerobic enzymes and muscle glycogen.

In parallel (e.g., carbohydrate loading ), to fill the storage of nutrients in the body at this time often targeted nutrition.

Tapering in the context of the financial sector

In the context of finance Tapering means a reduction of expansionary monetary policy (usually reduction of quantitative easing, ie reduced government bond purchases ) by the Federal Reserve Bank.