If you’ve entered a major event this summer, I’m sure you’ve already started to think about what ‘time’ or ‘result’ is achievable. Maybe you’re running a marathon, an ultra event…
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Damage limitation and running performance
Many of you will have ran a marathon and you will be fortunate enough to have experienced DOMS. Here’s how it works… You finish the marathon exhausted and innocently go…
What is aerobic threshold?
One of the biggest discussions for endurance athletes is whether long slow distance work is of benefit or whether high intensity intervals give you more return for your limited time….
Training Zones Explained
We get lots of people who book VO2 max testing or lactate threshold testing as they want to establish accurate training zones. Depending upon what and where you read, there…
If you can’t do the simple, how do you expect to do the complex?
So we posted LAST WEEK about simple periodisation and the benefits of polarised approach. There’s enough evidence now (thanks to mass data collection via online platforms) to demonstrate that those…
Build good habits before worrying about content
I need someone to write me a plan for the winter ahead! If I have a plan I’ll follow it! If we had £1 for every time we’d heard this,…
Training data can mess with your head…
If you read page 1 of most ‘coaching books’ it will start with ‘monitoring progress’. If you keep a training diary, you will hopefully see your power output or running…
Reverse periodisation… well it’s not really is it?
The term ‘reverse periodisation’ became popular several years ago. The theory is very simple, rather than the traditional ‘winter base / aerobic miles’ followed by higher intensity work in spring…
There’s a perfect plan, then there’s a person who needs to do it…
Writing training plans and coaching are 2 separate things. Writing a plan is putting together a series of workouts, to best achieve a goal and coaching is working with people…
Aerobic training, it either works or it doesn’t…
There are many theories of how to best train for endurance sports. Some people prefer low intensity and greater volume, others prefer high intensity intervals and each has their own…