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After Hungry Bear 100 Adventure Bike Ride, I’m Hungry for Next Year
Sometimes, when you finish an adventure bike ride, you understand that you don’t ever need to do it again! I love riding on gravel and dirt roads. Love it. I finished the Hungry Bear 100, which starts in Cable, WI, is not quite 100 miles and is nearly...
Simple Coaching Client Completes First Adventure of the Year
Eileen Whisler, an inaugural member of the Simple Endurance Coaching Adventure Team, finished her first adventure of the year on a hot, windy day at the Early Bird Triathlon in Whitewater, WI. Eileen reported that "the swim went well, for me. I swam the 1000 yards in...
Why Should You Do Recovery Yoga as a Runner and/or Cyclist
The only time you actually make gains in strength, speed, and/or endurance is during recovery. That’s when your body heals itself from the damage you cause. Your body adapts to the training stress. Recovery Yoga helps with recovery, along with increased...
Three Ways of Knowing How Hard to Go During Intervals
Talk Tests, RPE, “Fast and Fastest” I’ve been writing a lot of training plans for runners and triathletes lately. And honestly, setting up intensities gets confusing as hell. Intensity is how hard you go during the particular workout. With most...
Three “Rules” for Weight Loss Nutrition That I Want You to Break, Sometimes
The "Best" Way to Think About Weight Loss is Simple I'm going to propose three rules for weight loss nutrition, and then I want you to break them. But only sometimes! People who want to lose a lot of weight often fall into two groups: one group often looks for just...
HRV-Based Training May Become Part of Your Individualized Coaching Programs
Using Heart-Rate Variability May Be Great Training Tool Every morning - or unless I forget in the morning - I sit down with breakfast and get out my phone to measure my HRV. The app on my phone asks me about my previous day and night: training intensity, sleep,...
How to Measure Progress and Keep Your Workout Plan on Track
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 learning what I was teaching? It's the same for our fitness process. If you measure your workouts,...
Ride 200 Miles in One Day? Get Ready for RAW!
When cyclists start telling stories, it nearly always involves epic rides of a great distance. And while riders in other states take a week to cross their state, cyclists in Wisconsin have the opportunity to ride 200 miles in just one day with the Ride Across...
HIIT Workouts Boost Fitness Better
Whenever I meet a new personal training client, one of the main ideas I want to get across is the benefits of HIIT or interval workouts. One way to do intervals is commonly known as HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training). HIIT are a type of interval, but...
New Cycling Adventure, and Whatever Comes Our Way…
Up for a Cycling Adventure This Year? Try Out the Simple Endurance Cycling Team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO0x7vL2T90 Are you feeling like you need cycling adventures or want to join cycling team in 2021?? You won't need to face evil creatures or the Dark Lord....
