If you make it, you gotta clear it…. Or else you will hit the wall. This is the name of the game when it comes to going farther longer in sport. Unless you are a Olympic Weightlifter or Thrower in Track and Field, you need to perfom work for more than :20. And while doing Tabata programming s one way we can have some fun with “threshold training’ or ‘Lactic Acid Buffering’, there is a lot more to it. If you follow my programming, we are in a Muscular Endurace Cycle at the moment. This cycle is formulated to develop your bodies ability to produce more work for longer… Follow along to understand a bit more behind the thinking and where we are going.
170220 "3 Little Known Facts about Hydration that ALL Athletes Need to Know"
This week I got poked. Yep, I sat back and let the nurse have her way with me. She was gentle but damnit if she couldn’t get the vein to comply! All told she jabbed me 3 times before sending me home, blaming me for being dehydrated. Now I know I probably could have drunk more before going in but my veins are also notorious for collapsing upon entry. Either way, I went home thinking about OUR performance as Athletes and how much hydration is tied to how well (or not well) we do in sport or competition.
120819 "Top 5 Hacks to get the Most out of Anaerobic Training"
Every athlete that is at the top of their game believes that their training methodology is the best. I know because I AM one of those guys. How everyone balances training intensities is truly a matter of trial and error, of the athletes they test their program against, and of the countless variables that pertain to a specific outcome. There is one thing that science downs dispute, Anaerobic (Threshold) training delivers the most juice for the squeeze. But what it is and how it should be approached is as varied as you could imagine. So Here are my top 5 hacks to ensure you are getting the most out of Anaerobic Training.