Short on Time? Optimize Training to Improve Endurance Performance

Given limited available time, how can we structure training to improve performance?  Or put another way, what is the minimal amount of time to train and still improve performance while running or riding? The answer is, as usual, it depends – mostly on your goals and your past experience.  The volume and intensity of your […]

If Training in All Intensities Deliver Solid Results, What Training Should You Do?

Training in higher-intensity zones usually brings about more positive adaptations.  Yet if you do too much intensity, you’ll stagnate and/or burn out.  So we learn two things from this: One, we need a balance of intensity and endurance, and two, we can target certain adaptations, such as increasing VO2max by improving cardiac output, by optimizing […]