Summer Training: Coach Your Athletes to Train Smarter, Not Harder
When the temps and humidity increase, there are plenty of things we can do as coaches to help our athletes take a flexible approach to their training and prioritize hydration, fueling and rest. Smart summer training leads to stronger and more resilient fall racing.
The Athlete-Centered Approach: Customizing a Training Plan Around Life, Goals and Physiology
Fitting every athlete into the same training system does a disservice to the athlete’s needs, goals and performance potential. By taking four areas into consideration, we can customize each training plan to the individual athlete.
Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition in Ultra-Endurance Running: Insights from Serial DEXA Assessments
This case study demonstrates that bone mineral density can remain stable across a competitive season, despite repeated exposure to extreme endurance stress.
Lactate Explained From a Physiological Perspective
Lactate is a naturally occurring metabolite in the metabolic conversion of glucose into energy. When energy demands increase, it’s matched by a corresponding rise in lactate production. But when levels appreciably accumulate, lactate becomes a performance limiter. Here’s what you need to know.
How to Train Durability for Trail Ultras
How to spot decoupling in an athlete’s training data, and evidence-backed strategies to train durability for trail ultrarunning.
Why Runners Fade in Trail Ultras
Why runners fade in trail ultras can be explained by an athlete’s durability, meaning their ability to maintain performance as fatigue accumulates. This article explores the concept of durability and why performance tests aren’t predictors of ultrarunning success.
The Learning Resource You Didn’t Consider
Finding sources for credible and recent science-based information can be challenging. Lately we’ve been tapping into a learning resource that often goes overlooked. Maybe you’ll want to take a new look at this resource yourself!
Old Science, Modern Application of Heat Training
This article examines the history of heat acclimation research, the physiological adaptations that occur with heat exposure, and how both passive and active heat training can be used to improve endurance performance in real-world settings.
Know Your Worth
One of the most difficult aspects to manage when running a coaching business is to understand how much to charge for your services. We explain everything you should take into consideration.
The Massive Blind Spot of the Longevity Movement
Is the longevity movement neglecting the population that needs it most? Is the longevity movement focused on areas of marginal gains while neglecting the low hanging fruit that has the biggest impact? Likely yes, and that’s why coaches remain of critical importance.
Build Your Business Backwards
When building a coaching business, there is an order of steps coaches often think is right. But it turns out doing things in a different order might be just the ticket to business success.
The Science of the Warm-Up
You generally know that athletes should warm-up before harder efforts. But do you understand why? We take a closer look at what happens in the body while “warming-up” and why it is important.
