Lactate Testing: A Key Pathway to Higher Performance
Lactate testing provides insights into how athletes process fuels to generate energy under varying levels of exercise intensity and duration.
Coaching
These posts discuss coaching endurance sports including running, triathlon, cycling and ultrarunning.
3 Obstacles in the Path to a Fully Booked Online Running Coach Business (and How to Overcome Them)
Social media comparison, an undefined sales strategy and business-related information overload often get in our way of defining a marketing strategy and sticking to it. By overcoming these three barriers and taking consistent action to market our business, we set ourselves up for a fully booked coaching schedule.
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.
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.
