Entry #026: Why Your FTP Might Be Wrong: mFTP, CP, and Modeled Thresholds
A 20-minute test gives you one number. Your real threshold lives somewhere on a curve. Here's how to tell when the test is lying.
Entry #025: Training load metrics — Fitness/fatigue balance, acute:chronic workload ratio, decoupling.
The transition from intuitive periodization to quantitative load management represents a paradigm shift in high-performance physiology. While the foundational
Entry #024: Menstrual Cycle Synching vs. Autoregulation in Female Endurance Athletes
Cycle synching has gone mainstream. The idea is that female athletes should plan their training around the hormonal phases of
Entry #023: Concurrent Strength Training Architecture for Endurance Performance
For decades, a persistent tension has existed in endurance coaching: the conflict between the necessity of high-volume aerobic training
Entry #022: Nutritional Architecture for Body Composition Optimization
The goal of improving your power-to-weight ratio creates a natural conflict in your training. You are trying to
Entry #021: Satiety Mechanics and Fiber Architecture in Endurance Nutrition
The endurance athlete exists in a state of metabolic tension: the requirement for high energy flux to support training load
Entry #020: Methodological Variance in Lactate Threshold Determination
Insane. What a journey so far already. 20 Entries and so much community engagement! It has been an absolute pleasure
Entry #019: The influence of humidity on sports performance
Scope and Context
This overview is for endurance coaches and athletes preparing for performance in hot, humid environments. It specifically
Entry #018: Top supplements for longevity and ahtletic performance
The traditional demarcation between performance enhancement and longevity medicine is dissolving. Emerging data from 2024 and 2025 indicate that the
Entry #017: Autonomic Regulation and HRV-Guided Training Architecture
The quantification of recovery remains the most elusive variable in endurance periodization. While external load—measured in watts or pace—
