In my last race report, I hinted that I would be elaborating on some of my recent training ideas. This isn’t exactly a new idea for me– it’s just particularly acute for me this time of year. Add to that a suggestion from a friend, a recent post by Joe Friel, and my desire to simplify my training routine and voilà, I have the foundation for a new training regimen. I can’t quite say that this is the best training philosophy ever, but it is the one that will be guiding my training for 2016. Read on if you would like to shake things up a bit as well. Continue reading
Training
An Example of Using Muscle Oxygenation During Interval Workouts
A little over a week ago, I ran some hard intervals at the track with my muscle oxygen sensor. I really should have been watching my muscle oxygen values a bit more closely as they would have made the workout a lot more effective. Here are my lessons learned– and how you can use the same strategy in your workouts. Continue reading
Training Different Kinds of Runners
Every week, I get flooded with emails promising to make me a better person. Nothing new there. Among the promises to cure baldness, erectile dysfunction, and the other ravages of old age, there are also emails that promise to improve my running. It is the last ones that pique my interest. And, in the past, I’ve swallowed the bait. I’ve downloaded their training plans. I got excited as I embarked on my new plan, all the while dreaming of crushing a new PR in the 10-K. And I usually didn’t improve at all– or I got injured. Continue reading
Comparing Power Meter Data on a Bicycle
I have been playing with multiple power meters on my bike recently so that I can use a different power meter with my new disk wheels. This has been a project since well before the ITU World Championship in early October. The results of this comparison will be the subject of a future post. Today’s post is about something much geekier– how to actually compare power meter data. Continue reading
Training Tip: Using Short Recovery Intervals in Your Training
This post covers two completely different training ideas that share a common link– very short recoveries. They are both super-potent but in different ways. First, I will talk about high-intensity intervals (HIIT). Then I will also tackle using short recoveries in a very different context– long aerobic “broken” intervals. If there is one “ah hah” moment in my coaching and athletic training over the last year, it’s been all about using short recoveries.
An Idiot’s Guide to Using a Muscle Oxygen Sensor
For the last few weeks, I have been utterly geeking out on using my BSX Insight Generation 2 muscle oxygen sensor. If you’ve been following the buzz about muscle oxygenation, you’ll notice people talking about how this device will revolutionize sports training because it delivers what heart rate monitoring never could– an objective view into our bodies to see how we are responding to exercise stress. But it’s awfully complicated getting simple answers. This post pulls together a bunch of hours of crawling different websites and watching countless videos on muscle oxygenation. Continue reading
Chinese Liniments Revisited
A few months back, I started experimenting with different Chinese liniments and I’m quite impressed with the results. While everyone is different, I think some of theses things could make a big difference for older athletes out there—and maybe a few young ones too. Continue reading
Running Well Off the Bike
“It always comes down to the last run,” my old coach used to warn me. Yet many triathletes and duathletes will admit that they have miserable final runs. Their legs turn to blocks of concrete and their pace falls far short of their potential. A lousy run seems to be a rite of passage for most multisport athletes– and it takes a very long time until the run finally starts coming together. This short blog post will hopefully shorten the learning curve. Continue reading
Recovery Showdown: R8 Roll Recovery vs Hyperice Vyper
Here’s my review of two awesome recovery products– the R8 by Roll Recovery and the Vyper vibrating foam roller by Hyperice. If you’re serious about recovery, this post may help you decide which product is right for you. Sadly, I could keep only one. Continue reading
Enhancing Recovery with a Floatation Tank
I’ve been underwater with work recently so I haven’t posted in a few weeks. Rather than post something startling, I’m opting for a gentler reintroduction to the blogging world. I’ll be talking about floatation tanks (aka sensory deprivation tanks) and their role in recovery. Continue reading
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