Nutrition for Endurance Athletes: Fueling Your Best Performance
Fueling your body for optimal performance in training and racing is a crucial aspect of any endurance athlete’s journey. Whether you’re a cyclist or runner, understanding how to fuel yourself effectively can make all the difference in reaching your goals. In this blog post, I will explore the importance of low-glycemic carbohydrates, the role of […]
Celebrate the New Site and Logo By Making Me Do Pushups or Intervals!
Celebrate the new Simple Endurance Coaching website and logo with me! Share the new website on your Facebook or Instagram page with the hashtags #simpleendurancecoaching and either #pushups or #intervals, and I’ll do a pushup or interval for you live next week! As you can see, the site is updated and better than ever – […]
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 […]
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 and you’re far more likely to be injured. The Triangle of Health is […]
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 a rest day, or even before bed. In […]
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 of additional physiological benefits. But how hard should you […]
Power Training for Cyclists: Incorporating Essential Five Key Movements
Cyclists and runners might want to ditch a one-dimensional approach to fitness and start incorporating pushing, pulling, hinging, squatting, and rotating movements into their routine. These multi-joint exercises not only target neglected muscles but also improve overall strength and mobility. These movements are essential for every endurance athlete, so we’ll provide tips on how to […]
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, how do you know which interval workouts are the best for […]
Focus on unique process goals rather than results goals to find more success in training
It’s a constant challenge to focus on the process of training specifically for an event and not develop expectations about results. Whether we are training for a cycling or running event, we start to feel a certain way about how we might end up doing. We – or at least I do – daydream about […]
6 Surprisingly Challenging Exercises to Build Core Strength and Stability
Most research suggests that doing active isometric work to build core strength and stability is far more effective and safer than crunches or sit-ups. For everyday endurance athletes, a strong core is key to creating forward movement. We have to have a stable core (your trunk from hips to shoulders) in order to move our […]
