About this episode: In this week’s episode, Hillary Allen interviews exercise physiologist Dr. Allen Lim. They discuss the inner workings of how you lose sodium during exercise, why dehydration is so different for every athlete, and how it affects your performance. Episode Highlights: Sodium loss is partially genetic Sodium intake should drive thirst Where water …
By Lisa Bourne CTS Contributing Editor My love affair with cycling started very innocently back in the 90s during hours of sweaty, techno laden spin class (of all places) and has led me on the most beautiful, and sometimes most painful, adventure of my life. My happy place is traveling with my bike and there’s …
By Coach Renee Eastman, MS, USAC Level 1 Coach, NASM Sports Nutrition Coach Good eating and hydration practices on the bike are some of the simplest ways to get more out of your training rides and event performances. This topic has been covered on this blog before (like in this article: Nutrition for Rides of …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning This past week, I launched a crowd sourced data gathering project aimed at acquiring race files from a number of prominent ultramarathons around the world. The aim of the project is to find out exactly how ultrarunners pace themselves, as well as how much hiking vs. …
About this episode: In this week’s episode, Hillary Allen interviews Will Benitez, a nutritionist who owns On Pace Wellness and works with athletes to optimize their nutrition for performance and health. Will and Hillary talk about making nutrition work for you, why highly individualized nutrition is important, and what simple nutrition changes can help you …
About this episode: In this week’s episode, Adam Pulford interviews Erin Carson, strength coach and owner of RallySport in Boulder, Colorado. Adam and Erin find similarities in their strength approach for endurance athletes and talk about making athletes more durable, helping athletes do their sport stronger and longer, adding strength training to your toolbox, and …
By Alison Tetrick, CTS Contributing Editor The juggle is real. Am I right, or am I right? We wake up and pour ourselves that cup of ambition while watching yesterday’s to-do list drain onto another post-it note. The inbox overflows as you paddle through the rising tide. You longingly look at your bike on the …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Over the weekend, elite ultrarunner Ruth Croft won the coveted Tarawera Ultramarathon in course record time and in the process, beat out the entire field of men and women. As is the case whenever a female ultrarunner bests the entirety of the field, the age-old debate …
By Chris Carmichael, CTS Founder and Head Coach A few weeks ago, major media outlets splashed out headlines declaring that “fat but fit” is a myth because a new study suggests that being fit does not protect people from the heart health risks associated with carrying excess bodyfat. The problem is, saying people can either …
Oh, how we trail runners love and loathe running uphill. Deviations from the horizontal plane elicit agony and euphoria all at the same time. Agony from the heart pumping, legs screaming feeling of increased effort; and euphoria from the accomplishment of reaching the summit. I prescribe intervals to be done uphill roughly 80% of …