Polarized Training is Best Running Training Plan To Maximize Your Time Runners like to run. And the conventional wisdom has always been to run lots. As many miles as possible in a week. Research seems to indicate that a solid running training plan to get faster is a polarized model: go slow and go fast.…
How to increase stamina for running to build aerobic capacity, strength, and speed One of the longest traditions in the world of running is to run lots and lots of miles to get faster and improve race times. But so many miles takes a lot of time and takes a toll on your body. What…
Lose Weight and Get Stronger Through Strength Training, Better Fueling I’ve had several inquiries lately about how best to lose weight and get stronger. I will always argue that the answer is the opposite of that question: Get stronger and you will lose weight. Get stronger with heavy weight, do interval work, and you will…
Face Masks Improve Breathing by Increasing Lung Capacity We are going to be – and should be – wearing masks for several months yet into 2021. Instead of fighting against the public health and medical officials, people who refuse to wear masks should instead know that masks improve breathing capacity! In fact, people pay a…
Bicycling and Other Endurance Sports Can Help Us With Our Physical, Mental, and Emotional Fitness Riding a bicycle keeps me sane. No, really. Ask my wife. If I go more than a few days without pedaling a bicycle, I get a “little irritable.” She’s being kind. Cycling has always had a huge mental, physical, and…
Strength Training for Women and a Focus on Women’s Nutrition and Fitness Develops Performance Among all the advice from Dr. Stacy Sims in her book Roar, I took away three key thoughts: One, lift heavy weights to develop strength training for women Two, consume more protein to develop women’s nutrition and fitness Three, utilize your…
I learn the hard way. Lessons need to beat me upside my head before they sink in. And what I have slowly learned over a 35 year career of doing endurance sports is that to focus on process in training our bodies and minds helps us become better people. As a cyclist, runner, cross-country skier,…
High-Intensity Interval Training for Endurance Athletes Builds Endurance, Speed, and Power Among all the endurance sport training techniques out there, none have gotten the attention as high-intensity interval training or HIIT. And with good reason. HIIT for endurance athletes works, not only to build speed, power, and snap, but to build endurance. Yes, you increase…
Build Motivation and Fitness by Creating Your Own Running Adventure This is the year you’re going to get in shape and start running! And for most of us, finding a local 5k or 10k race can serve as a great goal for your training. But most races in 2020 were scrubbed, and 2021 isn’t looking…
There has been a growing body of research shows that polarized training increases: VO2 max, your ability to use oxygen to fuel your efforts; time to exhaustion; adaptation to training stress; velocity and power. With polarized training, endurance athletes do a majority of long, slow distance work at their base aerobic level. And they do…
