CTS Partners With PureClean Performance® As Their Official Beet-Infused Performance Products Partner

(February 20, 2019, Colorado Springs, CO) – PureClean Performance®, a leading producer of physician-formulated natural performance products, is excited to announce a new multi-year partnership with CTS, the premier endurance sports coaching and camps company in the nation. PureClean Performance® will serve as the Official Beet-Infused Performance Products Partner of CTS, providing performance products and …

Performance Enhancing Habits for Athletes

By Mara Abbott Olympian, CTS Contributing Editor There always seems to be a long list of ways we can improve, as athletes and as humans. That’s exciting: It means we have untapped potential and opportunities for growth. One of the most simultaneously thrilling and onerous facets of pro athlete life is that every single choice …

CTS Announces Newest Coach: 6x National Champion, Olympic Medalist, and World Champion Cyclist Mari Holden

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 12, 2019, Colorado Springs, Colorado) — Olympic medalist, World and National Champion, UCI team director Mari Holden is joining CTS as one of the company’s newest coaches. A CTS-coached athlete during much of her racing career, Holden recently graduated from the rigorous CTS Coaching College and is studying Long Term Athlete …

CTS Partners with SOLOS Smart Glasses To Give Coaches and Athletes Access To Cutting-Edge Technology

(February 7, 2019) – Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) SOLOS™ Smart Glasses and CTS are teaming up in 2019 with a new partnership that will provide CTS coaches, athletes, and training camp participants access to innovative, high-performance SOLOS Smart Glasses. This partnership will bring together a company at the leading edge of performance-enabled wearable technology with …

8 Week Sprint Triathlon Training Plan For Your First Triathlon

By Paul Ruggiero, CTS Triathlon Coach If you’ve always wondered what it’s like to cross the finish line at a sprint triathlon (swim < 1000 yards, bike around 10-20 miles, and run about 3 miles (5km)) you’ve come to the right place. Training for your first sprint triathlon doesn’t need to be complicated. The sprint triathlon …

Athlete Survival Guide to Cold and Flu Season – Updated 2019

This week I worked with my long-time co-author, Jim Rutberg, to review and update this article on keeping athletes healthy during cold and flu season. Every year I encounter athletes who have a false sense of invincibility because exercise=health. And while being an athlete and consuming an athlete’s diet does generally improve your health, training …

How To Be An Athlete For The Rest Of Your Life

By Mara Abbott, Olympian and CTS Contributing Editor “Most of what I do, I don’t consider to be a ‘workout’, but more like the fun of the day,” my dad told me last week as we discussed his post-retirement athletic adventures. As an incurably goal-oriented competitor, and also his daughter, this carefree quip was both …

The New Ultramarathon Runner’s Four Year Training Plan

By Jason Koop CTS Coaching Director Author “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning” All athletes would be well served to take at least a four-year view of their training and goals. Sure, athletes will have goals and events within the coming 12, 9 or 6 months, and it is necessary to get ready for those events. …

What to Do When Training Goes Wrong

By Mara Abbott Olympian, CTS Contributing Editor Last week, a friend sent out a distress cry on Facebook. She had been scheduled to do a long run, but her body wasn’t having it. “I did not expect to feel like I wasn’t going to make it through the run. I did not expect …

Become A Stronger, Fitter Athlete In Less Time With Endurance Coaching