By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS From a coaching perspective the fall is perhaps the most important time of year. Sure, we can help athletes make big improvements in performance during the spring and summer, but the fall is where you can continue making progress, maintain what you have, or lose almost …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning For many years I have retained a copy of Mosby’s Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests that I fully admit was ‘permanently borrowed’ from an old coaching colleague of me. It’s a medical reference manual that is far above my educational pedigree. It’ll as dull as …
(September 14, 2020 – Colorado Springs, CO) CTS, the leader in the endurance coaching industry, has partnered with Planetarie, pioneers within the CBD industry for their water-extraction technologies that produce a cleaner and purer extract from the hemp plant. “When we advise athletes about nutrition we recommend minimally processed whole foods, and Planetarie’s game changing …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Interest in fitness, health, and performance is greater than ever, and people want information and instruction they can trust. I have dedicated my life’s work to helping people achieve their goals and reach their full potential, and one of the biggest lessons I have learned is …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS When the bombs started falling, the 7-Eleven Pro Cycling Team was on the Spanish island of Mallorca, getting ready to start the Vuelta a España. On April 15, 1986, on the other side of the Mediterranean, United States forces launched an air strike against Libya …
About this episode: In this week’s episode, Hillary sits down for a second interview with performance nutritionist Will Benitez to talk about how to optimize your nutrition during tough training blocks. Guest Bio – Wilfredo Benitez, MScN, M.Ed.: Wilfredo (Will) Benitez is a performance nutritionist located in Portland, Oregon, USA and is the owner of …
What goes up must come down. In the case of ultrarunning, coming down can be the more painful of the two. Running downhill leads to a lot of muscular damage (more on that later) and wrecked legs. As a result, some coaches spend a lot of time specifically focused on preparing an athlete’s legs for …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Stage 5 of the 2020 Tour de France was one of the rare instances of a road stage without a breakaway, something we typically don’t see unless the peloton is riding in protest or mourning. Thankfully, it wasn’t for either of those reasons. But that …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Earlier this year I read thought provoking editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine penned by professors Jeremy Lewis and Peter O Sullivan, both specialists in physiotherapy and rehabilitation. In it, they question the current treatment patterns commonly used for musculoskeletal pain (note the editorial was …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Ever since the early 2000s, when live Tour de France coverage debuted in the United States, my daily routine for July included listening to or watching the Tour each morning. Sometimes it was just playing in the background, other times I was glued to the …