Easy and Quality

Suggested Post Caption If you love running, and want to keep loving it, avoiding injury and burn-out is a high priority. A key element is understanding Easy Days and Quality days.🗝️ #1, for almost any healthy goal, you need both in your training plan.🗝️ #2, ensure you have appropriate recovery between hard workouts. Why? 👉 … Read more

Core Workout

Suggested Post Caption Core work is another important component in any runner’s training plan. It’s important to understand that the goal of core training is to increase stabilization within the spine and pelvis. The lumbo-pelvic-hip complex is involved with movement and stabilization throughout the whole body. Training this area of the body is important both … Read more

Achilles Pain

Suggested Post Caption Most running related Achilles tendon issues are more likely due to the condition called Tendinosis rather than Tendonitis. And a proper understanding of the condition causing your pain is important because protocols are different. Tendinitis is acute inflammation of the tendon, whereas tendinosis is a degenerative condition. ✅ According to research done … Read more

3 Key Workouts

Suggested Post Caption Are you looking for ways to prevent injury while maximizing your training capacity? It really sucks to spend time, energy, sweat and tears building peak fitness and preparing for races or other goals, finally finding your mojo, only to see it all dashed against the rocks at the bottom of the “injury … Read more

What Works for You

Suggested Post Caption As much as we know about how athletes get fitter, it is also true that everyone differs in their response to training. So training is never an exact science. A study done by Vollaard et al., 2009, showed that while study subjects were all given the same training and it was given … Read more

GAS

Suggested Post Caption Charles Darwin said, “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”When athletes train, physiological changes take place. Our bodies are made to adapt to stresses so that the stress becomes less stressful. This is how we manage change.You might find it … Read more

Sweating

Suggested Post Caption This is a MYTH! Sweat is not a reliable indicator of intensity or fat loss. 💦 The rate of sweating is highly subject to the environment in which a person is training. If you’re in a warm room doing a spin class, or it’s a hot day and you’re running outdoors, you’ll … Read more

No Equipment Workout

Suggested Post Caption If you’re looking to try a great “no equipment” workout, here’s a great one that requires only your body weight! If you end up giving this one a try, I’d love to hear how it went 🤩(Start with a warm-up of around 10 Minutes) :20/:20/:20 Circuit:20 Split Squat R/:20 Iso Hold/:20 Squats:20 … Read more

Strength Equipment

Suggested Post Caption It might be a bit more challenging to get to the gym, but for endurance athletes, there are many types of simple equipment you can use at home. These are inexpensive, easy to come by, and make strength training quick and simple to include in your program.✅ Your own body weight. This … Read more

Why Strength

Suggested Post Caption Strength training for endurance athletes (anyone who runs, swims, cycles, hikes, does other epic stuff to stay fit and healthy, as well as those who enjoy competing) is extremely beneficial for performance and overall health and provides a significant advantage over competitors who omit this from their training program. Yet, many athletes … Read more