Training
How to Use the Triangle of Health to Improve Superior Durability and Performance
How to Use the Triangle of Health to Improve Superior Durability and Performance As an age-group runner or masters’ cyclist, the Triangle of Health can build our durability and help us accomplish our best performances. If all you do is run, and all you do is ride your bike, you’re not reaching your performance potential…
Read MoreFueling for Performance: Optimizing with Specifically Timed Nutrition
Fueling for Performance: Optimizing with Specifically Timed Nutrition Whether you’re training for a race or simply trying to improve your personal best, proper nutrition is essential for fueling your body and achieving peak performance. But with so much conflicting information out there, it can be difficult to know what to eat before a workout, on…
Read MoreThree Effective Ways for Runners to Monitor Interval Intensity
Three Effective Ways for Runners to Monitor Interval Intensity If you are an everyday runner hoping to improve your performance for your target event, you need to do some speed work – or intervals. Intervals, or kicking up your intensity for short periods, build speed, endurance, efficiency of movement, as well as bring a host…
Read MoreImprove Cycling Performance: Unveiling the Effects of Intervals
Improve Cycling Performance: Unveiling the Effects of Intervals Most types of cycling training will bring results. Whether you’re doing endurance riding or VO2max intervals, you’re going to improve your fitness. Understanding the differences between the types of training can help you tailor your training to your specific goals and needs. Each type of interval targets…
Read MoreBreaking Through Barriers: How a Growth Mindset Can Help You Overcome Obstacles to Change
Breaking Through Barriers: How a Growth Mindset Can Help You Overcome Obstacles to Change Overcoming the obstacles to change is key to improving our lives. Katy Milkman, in her award-winning book How to Change, describes seven main reasons we don’t make the changes we want – or need. These include getting started, impulsivity, procrastination, forgetfulness,…
Read MoreMonitor Training Progress: Practical Tools and Technology
Monitor Training Progress: Practical Tools and Technology What is the best way to track training progress to know if your training is actually working? When I was a middle school teacher, it was always critical for me to keep track of data, measure my students’ progress. How else would I know if they were actually…
Read MoreBe Flexible in Following Your Training Plan to Stay Fresh and on Target
Five Ways to Be Flexible in Following Your Training Plan to Stay Fresh and on Target You know those days when you have a specific workout when life gets in the way? You panic. Damn. How am I going to make this up? My entire training plan is now screwed up! Runners and cyclists know…
Read MoreAchieve More Endurance Training Success Using Your Unique Thresholds
Achieve More Endurance Training Success Using Your Unique Thresholds As regular everyday cyclists and runners, we need to maximize our training time. That means we need to understand how to structure our training to get the most adaptation out of the least amount of training. To do that, we need to know how hard and…
Read MoreInterval Training for Runners: Proven Sessions for Enhanced Endurance and Speed
Interval Training for Runners: Proven Sessions for Enhanced Endurance and Speed If you are ready to take your running fitness to the next level, interval training is your next step! Not only does do running intervals help with endurance and speed but it also improves overall cardiovascular health. But with so many options out there,…
Read MorePolarized or Pyramidal or a Blend? Your Unique Training Model is Key to Endurance Success
Polarized or Pyramidal or a Blend? Your Unique Training Model is Key to Endurance Success By now, you’ve likely heard the debate about the best model for training between advocates of polarized training model and pyramidal training model. Essentially, the polarized group says that endurance athletes like runners or cyclists should do most of their…
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