Posts Tagged ‘endurance training’
Five Key Principles of Winter Base Training To Keep You Fresh and Motivated
Five Key Principles of Winter Base Training To Keep You Fresh and Motivated It can be a challenge during the winter months (in most of the northern hemisphere) to get in long, endurance miles. But those miles, whether you’re running or riding, are the base training you need for the rest of your training season. …
Read MoreTry One of These 13 Easy Ways to Mix Up Long Zone 2 Endurance Rides
Try One of These 13 Easy Ways to Mix Up Long Zone 2 Endurance Rides I love getting emails from my clients about challenges they’re having with training. My client wrote me and said Zone 2 rides are boring, they feel like they slow her down, and she would rather chase riders who are faster. …
Read MoreIf I Want to Ride Fast, Why Do I Have to Do So Much Zone 2 Endurance Training?
If I Want to Ride Fast, Why Do I Have to Do So Much Zone 2 Endurance Training? If there is one thing I repeat more than anything to my athletes and endurance sports friends, it’s this: slow down! Here’s what I mean: The majority of your training should be at a slow endurance pace…
Read MoreShort on Time? Optimize Training to Improve Endurance Performance
Short on Training 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…
Read MoreIf Training in All Intensities Deliver Solid Results, What Training Should You Do?
If Training Intensities Delivers 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…
Read MoreHow to Use the Triangle of Health to Improve Superior Durability and Performance
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…
Read MoreFocus on unique process goals rather than results goals to find more success in training
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…
Read MorePolarized or Pyramidal or a Blend? Your Unique Training Model is Key to Endurance Success
Polarized or Pyramidal or a Blend? Your Unique Training Model is Key to Endurance Success By now, you’ve likely heard the debate about the best model for training between advocates of polarized training model and pyramidal training model. Essentially, the polarized group says that endurance athletes like runners or cyclists should do most of their…
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