Posts Tagged ‘endurance’
Should you measure your training load?
The benefits and pitfalls of using technology to monitor training. There are many different ways of measuring the work you do in training. If you are doing a single discipline sport like swimming or running or cycling then you could use a simple metric such as distance covered. But using just one ‘easy to measure’…
Read MoreSteve Magness on the Volume Trap
“How many miles should I run”? Is the question that endurance coach Steve Magness gets asked the most when presenting at workshops. His seminar at this year’s GAIN covered volume and other training parameters which apply to many different sports. “There is no difference between 99 miles and 100 miles, but people want to get…
Read MoreMiddle distance running: science, myths & practice
“Why get obsessed with details if they don’t matter yet?” Steve Magness, at GAIN 2016 presenting on “Current concepts of endurance training“. I have been privileged to meet up with Steve for 3 GAIN conferences, and his thoughts have greatly shaped the work I do with our Middle Distance Running group. Here are some of…
Read MoreWhat is the difference between the Yo Yo Tests?
Happy National Yo-Yo Day
The Yo-Yo may have been around for nearly 1000 years, but today a new form of Yo-Yo is a regular fixture in Sport’s coaches’ fitness testing toolbox.
To celebrate National Yo-Yo Day, Matt Durber looks at the 3 different variations of the yo-yo test.
Read MoreHeart rates, wattage and VO2 max testing.
“Heart rate should be an indicator not a dictator”
says Bryan Fish the Development Coach for the US cross country ski team.
This nugget of information came out at a breakfast conversation at GAIN. I know very little about the long endurance sports, so was fascinated to hear what Bryan had to say.
He expands further here.
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