Transitioning From Offseason to Post Season
During your 2-4 weeks of “offseason” you gave the body and mind the break it needed. But, now during the transition to movement or what we call, “post-season”, we want to improve tissue integrity & your readiness to absorb the upcoming work. The emphasis is not on not chasing performance gains, we want to focus on creating positive habits like modifying your diet, improving swim stroke, run form, bike position and adding strength and mobility work to build a resilient musculo
Amateur to Elite: Six Keys to Athletic Progression
The quantity vs. quality debate has been filling up endurance sports forum and blog sites for years. Some argue that high-volume low-intensity training is the way to go, and others claim that athletes and coaches should focus on the opposite, high-intensity and low-volume, but, as you may know by now, there is not a correct answer. In real life, not in the internet reality or the discussion tables around the sports world, athletes have a hard time committing to a specific tra
Recover With Real Food
I recently came across an older (2001) article written by Paul Roberts that explores the evolution of a former US national cycling team exercise physiologist, Ed Burke. After years of promoting and helping to develop supplements that aid recovery, Burke has revolutionized sports nutrition with a radical diet for his athletes—real food. Eating before and during extended exercise has long been conventional wisdom. What about after? Recovery, we have come to understand, is whe
