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Endurance and Adventure Sports Training!
Welcome to the Endurance and Adventure Sports Training! Here you'll find everything you need for mountain biking, triathlons, skiing, orienteering and more...
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Why 'Endurance' Training Lacks Staying Power
Alwyn Cosgrove
The biggest mistake endurance athletes make in their training program is falling into the trap that their sport is about who can go the longest. It's not. It's STILL about who can go the fastest. They give medals for the first athlete to cross the5K/10K/ marathon/ ultra marathon finish line -- not the athlete who crosses it and can keep on going. There's a reason it's 26 miles and 385 yards. There's an END point. And whoever gets there the fastest will be the winner. . . .
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Three Tests All Runners Should Do
Carson Boddicker
Distance running is a tough sport. To compete at the highest level requires a precise mix of endurance, power, speed, reactivity, and durability. Because so many qualities are important, care must be taken to improve each quality to the optimal level to facilitate performance. Sadly, however, middle and long distance runner's programming is often skewed so far towards one quality that optimal development of physiological traits across the board is not possible. Typically, the coach only uses race times as a gauge for performance gains and losses. This is a misguided approach. Certainly, better race performance is the ultimate goal, however, it is foolhardy to consider them to be the only worthwhile testing procedures. Before delving into the exact testing procedures, we should first attempt to understand testing. . . .
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Training the Endurance Athlete
Michael Boyle
Training endurance athletes can be a goldmine for personal trainers and strength coaches if you can understand their mentality. Truth is endurance athletes have a lot of qualities that make them desirable clients. They are generally motivated, in need of help and often affluent. In fact, triathletes, runners and rowers far outnumber team sport athletes in the adult population.
The first question you need to ask yourself in order to understand the endurance athlete is "Why are they an endurance athlete?". The answer generally comes in one of four parts. . . .
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Should Most Women Run Long Distances?
Michael Boyle
I really like Physical Therapist Diane Lee's quote 'you can't run to get fit, you need to be fit to run". In fact I've used it in numerous presentations and articles. It really resonates with me. Simple, to the point.
I'm going to take the idea one step further. I'm not sure most women should run. When I say this in seminars it really pisses off the female runners. However, the truth is I'm not worried about female runners as much as I am worried about coaches and trainers encouraging or worse yet forcing females to run. If you are a female runner and healthy, read on but realize that you may be the exception, not the rule.
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