Base Training for Cyclists, Runners, and Triathletes: How to Build Endurance, Strength, and Recovery for a Successful 2025 Season
As we look toward the 2025 season, it’s time to lay the foundation for your best year yet. This begins with a structured base period, a crucial phase in any endurance athlete’s training plan. Base training builds the aerobic endurance, strength, and durability needed to handle more intense phases later on and helps you perform […]
Harnessing Heart Rate Variability for Masters and Age-Group Cyclists, Runners, and Triathletes
As an endurance sports coach, I work to balance training stress and recovery for my athletes. Whether you’re a cyclist, runner, or triathlete, one tool I use for its ability to enhance training and recovery is Heart Rate Variability (HRV). By understanding and monitoring HRV, older endurance athletes can gain valuable insights into their body’s […]
7 Ways HIIT Supercharges Your Heart, Muscles, and Metabolism for Peak Performance
For everyday endurance athletes, the quest for improved performance like in gravel racing, trail running, and cyclocross, often focuses on long Zone 2 workouts that build stamina, durability, and endurance. However, incorporating High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) into your training regimen is as important as Zone 2 work. HIIT, characterized by short bursts of intense activity […]
Mastering Heat Acclimation: Strategies for Endurance Athletes in Cycling, Running, and Triathlon
It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and that means hotter temperatures for bike and running races as well as triathlons. And if endurance athletes don’t acclimate to the hotter temperatures, their performances on race day will suffer and they’ll risk injury and heat stroke. The key principle is to get uncomfortably hot for a given […]
