Entry #043: Easy, Hard, or In Between: How Endurance Athletes Split a Training Week Across Intensity Zones
A coach I trained under years ago kept a worn spiral notebook in which he logged every session his athletes
Snippet #040: Why the Same Training Produces Such Different Results
Give hundreds of sedentary adults the same 20-week aerobic program and the spread of outcomes is striking.
In the
Entry #042: The Invisible Engine: What Strength Training Really Does for Endurance Athletes
The conversation about strength training for endurance athletes used to be short. For most of the twentieth century the prevailing
Snippet #039: Protecting Muscle While Losing Fat in Endurance Athletes
A sustained caloric shortfall drives fat loss, but some weight shed in a deficit can come from lean tissue rather
Entry #041: Running Economy: The Efficiency Dimension That Separates Two Equal Engines
Put two runners side by side who share an identical ceiling for oxygen uptake, the same lactate thresholds, the same
Snippet #038: Carbohydrates Refill Your Fuel Tank. Protein Repairs the Engine.
After endurance exercise, stored muscle fuel (called glycogen) is what powered you, and carbohydrate is the only nutrient that refills
Entry #040: Training in the Furnace: How Heat Acclimation Rebuilds the Endurance Engine
Every endurance athlete knows the feeling of a body in revolt on a hot day. The pace that felt easy
Snippet #037: Fasted Training and the Fat-Oxidation Shift
Starting an exercise session with low carbohydrate availability, such as a fasted morning ride, shifts the body away from burning
Entry #039: W′ and the Anaerobic Battery: What Happens Above Critical Power
There is a moment in almost every hard race where the body stops feeling like it belongs to you. The
Snippet #036: When the Gut Wall Cracks Under Heat and Effort
During prolonged or intense exercise, especially in the heat, blood is redirected away from the digestive tract toward working muscles.
