Sep 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
The retrospective analyses of athletic careers I’ve reviewed here seem to suggest that the Polarized training model, consisting of a large amount of low intensity training peppered with small doses of high intensity, might be the preferred intensity distribution for...
Aug 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The what, when and why of every single training session in your program should be clear to you. What The “what” is simply the detail of the workout to be performed…the paces, heart rates, effort levels, duration, rest intervals etc. There are unlimited combinations of...
Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Let’s look at a couple of papers this week that further stress the importance of high volume low intensity exercise for endurance athletes, as well as highlight the responsibility of the research subject (you!) to follow the protocol for best results. I’ll dig a...
Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
As we all know, elite cross country skiiers tend to be lazy, unfit slobs and as such, the training data of Bente Skari presented in the last Almanac post may not be applicable to runners… So let’s take a quick look at the intensity distribution of a pretty...
Jul 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
To illustrate some of the concepts presented recently, let’s look at a great example of the power of record keeping, a methodological scientific approach to training and the possible value in n=1 reports. This slide from one of Stephen Seiler’s excellent...
Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
“I am a scientist, I seek to understand me” – Guided By Voices As an athlete searching for your lifetime best performance you (and your coach) are wise to think like scientists. Proper scientific method involves proposing a hypothesis and then...
