Middle-aged athletes – men and women – are used to facing criticism or skepticism from our sedentary peers. It’s a midlife crisis, vanity, an attempt to recapture our youth, a way of denying that we’re getting older, and the list goes on. What they fail to understand is that we don’t train to hold on …
Accomplishing ambitious goals in endurance sports requires planning. CTS Coaches prepare elite athletes for success at the world’s premier events, as well as first-timers to take on challenging personal goals, and all athletes between these two extremes. The specific workouts and plans vary widely, but the underlying process is rooted in the same fundamentals of …
Topics Covered In This Episode: What detraining is and why you need it What happens when you lighten your training load How to detrain correctly Absolute vs. Relative Chronic Training Load (CTL) Physical and psychological consequences of lowering CTL Coach AP’s Recipe for Detraining How much CTL should be lost during detraining phase? Host Adam …
Topics Covered In This Episode: What you need to know about protein How much protein athletes need daily Why ultradistance athletes should ingest protein DURING runs and races Purposes and recommendations for post-workout protein intake Importance of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) for endurance athletes Food sources of leucine HOST Corrine Malcolm has been a …
Communication is important. In fact, it may be the single most important part of any coach-athlete relationship. Years of data and race reports only tell a part of the story. The rest of the narrative, the most important parts, are found in an athlete’s words and subjective descriptions. Coaches gain access to a trove of …
by Chris Carmichael, CTS Founder and Chief Endurance Officer Whether you’re a road cyclist, mountain biker, or triathlete, if you spend time on two wheels you will inevitably crash. Experience helps make bicycle crashes less frequent, but even the most experienced riders sometimes fall. I was reminded of this recently when longtime CTS Coach …
Topics Covered In This Episode: What you should think about before hiring a coach Some of the biggest benefits athletes see working with a coach How the coach-athlete match process works How to know if a coach is a good fit for you Pros and cons of having a local coach Guest Dominic Guinto has been …
For performance-oriented cyclists, five-minute power is an important metric because staying with the group – or leaving them behind – often depends on these shorter efforts. Improving your 5-minute requires strenuous training, but the rewards are absolutely worth the work. Here’s what you need to know about training for 5-minute power. Components of 5-minute power …
Topics Covered In This Episode: Stages of sleep nREM vs. REM sleep How you sleep when physically tired vs. emotionally fatigued Health implications of sleep deprivation Role of sleep in injury prevention How do you know if you’re getting enough sleep Keys for optimizing sleep hygiene HOST Corrine Malcolm has been a CTS Coach for …
Back pain is a common complaint among all adults. Although active individuals (including runners) are less likely to experience lower back pain than the sedentary population, plenty of athletes and runners suffer from low back pain on a regular basis. Some of the causes relate to our activities of daily living (or lack thereof), but …