By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning, Author of “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning” If you are going to use interval training to accumulate time at intensity and target specific areas of your fitness, you need a way to figure out how hard you are working. Prescribing intensity based on either heart rate or …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS Climbing is the most intimidating aspect of many cycling events. When events or tours post their route details (or even virtual routes these days) a lot of people get hung up on the vertical gain. In many cases, they’re more concerned about the amount of climbing …
About this episode: In this week’s episode, coach Adam interviews former professional NFL lineman, avid cyclist, and CEO of Amp Human Jeff Byers. They discuss optimizing performance, myths about lactic acid, Amp Human’s clinically proven PR Lotion, and sodium bicarbonate’s role in fighting fatigue and enhancing recovery. Read More About Jeff Byers and Amp Human: …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Let’s face it, for many ultrarunners have been feeling stuck in a rut over the last several weeks. You might be getting bored of the same loops, running by yourself, and slipping your mask on and off as you pass other runners. And all that has been …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS As ‘stay at home’ orders gradually ease in various places, more cyclists are making the transition from training indoors to getting back out on the road and trail. If you have been doing the majority of your training for the past few months on a …
By Chris Carmichael CEO/Head Coach of CTS I always try to reduce the number of components or tasks in a cyclist’s workouts. I’d rather you do a few things very well than a bunch of things not so well. This means I keep warm ups simple, prescribe easy-to-execute (but sometimes very strenuous) interval sets, …
About this episode: In this week’s episode, coach Hillary interviews one of the world’s greatest endurance and adventure athletes, Rebecca Rusch. She is a 7x World Champion, best-selling author, Emmy Award winner, activist, and Be Good Foundation founder. Guest Bio – Rebecca Rusch: Rebecca Rusch is the “Queen of Pain” with a heart of gold. …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a runner named Eluid Kipchoge ran under 2 hours for the marathon distance. Remember that? Yeah, that was less than 6 months ago. Rife with asterisks and caveats, the sub two-hour marathon was only the tip …
By Chris Carmichael, Founder and Head Coach of CTS As COVID19 has forced athletes to delay their goals for the season and train solo instead of with groups, many cyclists have built a stronger-than-normal base of aerobic and lactate threshold power through interval workouts and indoor training. And even though we don’t know when we’ll …
By Nina Laughlin, CTS Pro Coach, Land Run 100 Champion & 5th place SBT GRVL Potholes, sand, mud, and loose gravel. Baby head boulders, tire-slashing rocks, ruts, and roots. If these lists seem random, think again. Gravel riding is full of challenges and gravel race organizers like to think out of the box, so it’s …