Coach's Corner
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Summer Flux. How to train between events
By taking time to plan our your week without cramming will help you prepare for your next event. Prioritize your aerobic workouts over the hard ones. Save your hard efforts for race day. Don't worry, your legs will know how to hammer when needed.
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Tales from Track Center in Rio
We calculated the difference and found that this lightweight wheel would save 0.5 seconds over the first lap. You might be saying what, seriously 0.5 seconds? That’s nothing for nearly 50,000 dollars. We lost the world championships in 2014 by 2 seconds.
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Foundations of your Strength. What you can do to improve your personal training plan.
Breathing and core bracing is the start of every exercise we will ever do. You need to be able to utilize your diaphragm while breathing resulting in the ability to brace your core properly.
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Baseline Testing, What Should You Do?
Some of you simply need a refresher on your FTP power as it's been a few years since we did a proper assessment. Some of you want to know your LT1 which is the best zone for fat burning and aerobic training. If you have these numbers already, what about your metabolism? The Resting Metabolic Rate has had a resurgence with individuals looking to improve their digestion and metabolism. -
Maurten and Gruppo Sports Drink Review
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of consuming a drink mix or gel containing CHO with sodium alginate and pectin on performance, oxygen consumption, rate of perceived exertion, blood glucose and lactate concentration, and respiratory exchange ratio (RER), and GI distress during a cycling or walking/running 60-minute steady state test followed by a ramp incremental test.
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Getting over the Post Race Blues
You have just completed a major goal, but what comes next? All that planning, work and dedication has seen you accomplish something you can be proud of, but where do you go from here?
