Training

Along with PowerTap, I’m hosting a series power certification workshops for coaches this winter. Athletes are welcome also, but these technical sessions that may well be beyond novice and many … [Read more...] about Power Certification Workshop

Quite a while back I received the following question from a reader. It’s a good one, but it seems there is never enough time. I’ll just give a brief answer here along with links to related blogs I’ve … [Read more...] about Base Intensity Question

Other than workouts, the most basic element of planning for the athlete is laying out the week’s training routine. There are a lot of individual variables to take into account when doing this … [Read more...] about Training Week Design

This seems to be magazine-interview month. I recently received another set of questions from a cycling publication. The focus was on aging athletes. This is a favorite topic of mine given my … [Read more...] about Q & A: Recovery and the Aging Athlete

Today I received several questions from BIKE, a European-mountain bike magazine. I thought they were good ones so I am sharing them—and my answers—with you. Question: What are the biggest changes in … [Read more...] about Q & A for Cyclists

 Once again I must apologize for the long gaps between posts. I’ve got a backlog of topics I want to write on (running shoes, periodization, and strength training, to name but a few pressing … [Read more...] about Compression Garment Update

In 1980 when I started coaching adult athletes (I coached high school before that) it was strictly with local athletes (Northern Colorado). I'd meet with them and conduct the workout. This was … [Read more...] about The Origins of On-Line Coaching

If you follow sports other than your own at all you’re undoubtedly aware of Tiger Woods’ problems in the last two years. I won’t go into details here, but the bottom line is that he’s been playing … [Read more...] about Self Belief

It's Ironman week in Kona, Hawaii. I don't have any athletes racing this year so I won't be there. I've had several first-timers do the race over the last 22 years. Here are some tips … [Read more...] about Hawaii Ironman Novice Suggestions

Today I received a note from an athlete wanting me to predict his future fitness relative to power. I’ll get out my crystal ball and take a look. Here’s his question… Q: My power avg. jumped from 190 … [Read more...] about Question on Power & Weight

Again, I’ve got to apologize for the big gap between posts here recently. The recent sell of our home in Boulder and move to new temporary quarters combined with two book projects and travel has left … [Read more...] about Should You Use Carbohydrate-Protein Sports Drinks?

The chart you see here is for one of my senior athletes from his 2009 state time trial championship, which he won. He didn’t do the race in 2010 due to an early season crash. His 2011 state TT is … [Read more...] about Time Trial Case Study

Once again I must apologize for a big gap since the last post to my blog. It was a busy time last week as I followed the USA Pro Cycling Challenge around the mountains of Colorado with our … [Read more...] about Excellence (Repeat)

Let’s get back to interval training. I apologize for the long delay in posting Part 5. August has been quite busy with my annual bike tour in the Colorado mountains, selling our home in Boulder, and … [Read more...] about Intervals, Part 5

I’ve beat around the intervals bush long enough. Let’s get to what I’m sure you’re most interested in: types of intervals and how to best incorporate them into your training. This is a rather massive … [Read more...] about Intervals, Part 4

Reader Jeff Yielding asked a good question here yesterday. He noted that in Part 2 I said, “If you keep cutting your volume while continuing to train with high intensity, at some point performance … [Read more...] about Intervals, Part 3

In Part 1 of this series on interval training I tried to make the case that intensity, not volume, is the key to high performance. Most athletes measure their progress toward race goals by adding up … [Read more...] about Intervals, Part 2

Assuming you are now in your Build period of training with fewer than 12 weeks until your first A-priority race, now is probably the time to focus on interval training. I want to get into more detail … [Read more...] about Intervals, Part 1

One of the common problems of triathletes in long-course races and runners in marathons is “stomach shutdown.” This commonly happens starting around half way into the bike leg or sometimes as the run … [Read more...] about Stomach Shutdown

I was asked by a magazine today to briefly describe overtraining. That’s a timely question as this is the time of year when endurance athletes are likely to experience this. While most athletes seem … [Read more...] about Overtraining

The accompanying Performance Management Chart (PMC) from WKO+ software is for a road cyclist I coach (click to enlarge). It shows his entire season from last September’s transition period (when he … [Read more...] about Real World Peaking

You may recall that I broke my pelvis in a bike crash back in early April (be careful around car doors that may open!). Since then I've received several emails from other athletes who have also … [Read more...] about Coming Back from Serious Injury

Someone just pointed out to me that I forget to explain what "TSS" is in my post yesterday. Sorry about that. This gets rather hairy with further definitions needed, which I'm not going … [Read more...] about Oops! What Is TSS?

Many successful endurance athletes are type-A personalities. They are driven to succeed. While this is necessary to some extent, too much drive and motivation can lead to disastrous training and poor … [Read more...] about Question: Why am I so Tired?