If you’re a mom, I don’t need to tell you that life changes a little (understatement?) after you’ve had children – whether it’s just one child or a small brood. But it doesn’t mean that your days of fitness are behind you; they’re just going to look a little different.  When it comes to your favorite workouts, activities, and training programs, you might need to adjust expectations and get creative. From personal experience and talking with other moms, I’ve come up with a few ways to maintain an active style (and your sanity). But as one mom of three reminded me, “It’s just a season,” and ..read more

Science vs. Psychology When it comes to performance, what matters more, psychology and state of mind or science, data and numbers? Many of cycling’s brightest sports scientists, data analysts, and psychologists have the tendency to refer solely to their field of specialty. When you ask physicist and inventor of the power meter Uli Schoberer, his answer may surprise you: You have to look at both.  Speaking with Schoberer, his stance is clear that you cannot look only at the numbers to determine performance, but instead look at the athlete as a whole. “A long time ago, I recommended an athl ..read more

Unlock Your Vertical Potential: Conquer the Box Jump For many athletes, the box jump looms like a formidable adversary. The fear of failing a jump and getting injured holds back even more experienced endurance athletes. It’s a common sentiment that as we age, our risk aversion grows, shaped by the scars of past injuries and experiences. The daring acrobatics of youth become distant memories, replaced by cautious calculations of risk and reward. But defying gravity by jumping up onto a higher surface is essential to athleticism and a key feature of being an athlete with legs. From the courts of ..read more

At age 18, Adrienne Bunn became the youngest female ever to finish the IRONMAN World Championship, which she completed in October 2023 with a time of 12:41:18 on a hot and humid Kona course. If that isn’t impressive enough, she also finished first overall in the newly created Physically Challenged Intellectual Disability Division (PCID). Adrienne has autism. But that didn’t stop her from competing on the biggest stage triathlon has to offer, breaking barriers, crushing her goals, and inspiring others along the way.  Doug Guthrie, Adrienne’s coach and guide at Kona, gives a detailed outli ..read more

Los planes de entrenamiento son una buena oportunidad para que los entrenadores lleguen a más deportistas a través de unas instrucciones expertas que sirven como  muestra de su trabajo. Como también pueden parecer difíciles de realizar en principio en este artículo te explicamos cómo hacerlo. Para empezar En lugar de crear el plan de entrenamiento directamente desde un plan en blanco, c es mejor idea diseñar el plan desde una cuenta de deportista ficticio para poder usar la funcionalidad del plan de entrenamiento anual para la periodización (ATP). Más adelante, usarás la funcionalidad de ..read more

Athletes all over the world trust TrainingPeaks to help them reach their fitness goals. Some of them jump in with a Basic (free) account, while others rely on the advanced features of a Premium subscription. So which one is best for you? It depends on your goals, training preferences, and desire to use advanced insights to guide your training decisions.     To help you with this decision, we surveyed over 1,500 athletes using TrainingPeaks Premium. Here’s what they had to say about Premium versus Basic accounts. Why TrainingPeaks Premium Is Worth It According to the athlete ..read more

Dr. Will O’Connor takes us through the nuances of using running power in training. Will and Dirk get into the scientific side of power meters, discuss the accuracy and data consistency from devices like Stryd and other wearables, and learn how to use critical power zones to break down the metabolic costs of running variable terrain. Will also touches on some of the lessons in his Fundamentals of Running Power TrainingPeaks University course. Will is a running scientist and former triathlete based in New Zealand. He drew on his background in organic chemistry to complete a Ph.D. in Sp ..read more

Was Sie über HRV wissen müssen Bevor wir im Folgenden versuchen werden, Zahlen anzugeben, die Athleten und Interessierte an der Verbesserung ihrer Fitness für Vergleiche verwenden können, müssen wir vorab zwei Fragen klären: 1. Was ist Deine Ausgangssituation?  Wie alt bist Du, welche geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschiede werden berücksichtigt, bist du ein Wettkampfsportler*in, ein Age-Group Athlet*in oder der klassische Weekend-Warrior, eine recht aktive Person im Alltag oder jemand, der bisher noch recht inaktiv war und nun versucht, seine Gesundheit zu verbessern? 2. Warum spielt Ihre H ..read more

Fast jeder, der mit einem Ziel und einem Zweck trainiert, hat irgendeine Form von strukturiertem Training. Ein solches Training basiert auf verschiedenen Trainingszonen, Intensitäten und Trainingseinheiten.   Die Struktur Deine Trainings verteilt sich über eine Woche oder einem gesamten Trainingsblock. Letzteres bezeichnet man in der Traininngswissenschaft als Mikrozyklus oder auch Makrozyklus. Obwohl das Training in allen Zonen notwendig ist, sollte das Training in Zone 2 einer der wichtigsten Bestandteile eines jeden Trainingsprogramms sein. Leider trainieren viele Anfänger oder jüngere ..read more

If your coach tells you to go out and do a set of hard 400s on the track without warming up, you’d question their authority. Why? Because as an endurance athlete, you know that training on cold muscles has adverse effects on your body and performance.  The same is true when it comes to strength training. If you think you’re saving time by rushing through your strength sessions, think again. Starting your workouts on cold muscles can sometimes do more harm than good. Plus, you’re only cheating yourself on potential gains if you aren’t properly warmed up.  If you’re going to take the t ..read more