It's been just over a year now since I started consistently running every week. I added running into my training routine for the variety....

I write about what I struggle with. I have stolen that line from Viz Andrei, author of "Economy of Truth: Practical Maxims and...

If you are an endurance athlete, enthusiast, or just someone who wants to make sure you're getting the most out of your endurance...

I came across this recovery decision tree framework from Dr. Peter Tierney, detailing the process of a morning self check in prior to...

"I believe the brain stem of the runner is better equipped than the cerebral cortex of a coach to determine breathing pattern." Over the...

Training zones are simply used to prescribe exercise intensity. Zoning became a thing when people wanted a little more detail in their training prescription than ' train easy & train hard .' However, this has led us down a road of poorly applied mathematical models and a reductionist partitioned view of physiology. How do we find your training zones? Many cyclists are familiar with FTP (Functional Threshold Power). FTP is found, in the traditional way, by sustaining your high

There is no shortcut. There is no secret formula. You can't fast track time. You can't speed up adaptation. You can't outwork biology....

Entropy is a great teacher. The second law of thermodynamics essentially dictates that things gain disorder without investment of new...

What in the healthCARE are we doing? Strength & conditioning (S&C) and physiotherapy are often considered separate entities, working from...

The nature vs. nurture debate has deep philosophical roots, from John Locke's 'tabula rasa' to Descartes 'man a machine'. The relative...

Nobody argues that specificity matters in training. You get better at what you do more of. Or certainly that is what you see when you...

Hopefully in part one you were able to get a good understanding of the ways in which resistance training (RT) can help improve cycling...

The inclusion of resistance training (RT) to help support cycling performance is still a debated subject across the cycling community....

As some of you may be aware, over the last 4 years I've been completing a masters part time in strength and conditioning. This week was...

VO2 max testing is the absolute gold standard measurement in endurance performance. VO2 max can be defined as the amount of oxygen you can utilise during exercise, which is the key performance indicator in endurance sports. VO2 max also has strong correlations to aerobic health and is one of the best predictors of cardiovascular disease. It isn't just all about your VO2 max! With this test we are able to see fuel utilisation across work performed. This enables us to accurate

As s&c coaches, how do we know we're going to make someone better? Answering this question usually starts with a needs analysis of the...