Here is a closer look at an old but new, alternative interval workout that satisfies many of the criteria for improving endurance performance and has been scientifically proven effective over and over again for the past 20 years (and in practice for decades before). This workout...
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How you deal with adversity in your training will set you up with the coping skills to get through adversity during race week and on race day. You never go into a race or workout completely fresh and you shouldn’t expect to. Yes, you will...
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Too often athletes and coaches try to make workouts interesting at the expense of effectiveness. Roughly 80% of training should be sustained low to moderate intensity, so these workouts don’t need to be dressed up with all sorts of variation in intensity. For the other...
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This time of year athletes are often stuck inside on a trainer putting in time in hopes of improving bike power for the upcoming season. A key session that we like to incorporate is the muscle tension interval. Essentially, a muscle tension workout consists of long...
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Right now, many athletes are taking stock of their current fitness and coming up with a plan to prepare for the 2019 season. This often means setting goals which is a topic we have covered numerous times in the past. Maybe you have kept up...
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In the past few years I have given several talks about the importance of failure as a vital component of success. My story of becoming XTERRA World Champion at age 37 on my 15th try was not a direct line of achievement but a series...
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Time to rest, or time to get back to work? This time of year is one of the most difficult times of the year to consistently get in your workouts with crazy holiday schedules, less daylight and poor weather conditions. Many athletes make the mistake of...
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Planning for your “A” race is not like planning for any other race of the season. It is the race you have been looking toward and training for all year so naturally it is going to be more stressful. Coming up with a good race...
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To the athletes we coach, Yaro and I talk a lot about the importance of dialing in the proper intensity. Ultimately, the goal is to deliver the right kind of training load to stimulate improvement but when we review athlete workouts, too often we see...
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With the Pan American Championships less than two weeks away and the World Championships rapidly approaching in less than two months many athletes are hoping to have their best race. They are looking at their training and performances to this point and deciding what it...
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