About this episode: In this week’s episode, Hillary Allen interviews athlete Laura King about how she kept her identity as an athlete during pregnancy and now in motherhood. Episode Highlights: How to balance pregnancy and motherhood with your athletic identity Giving yourself permission to meet your own needs Disproving myths around athletes and pregnancy Guest …
About This Episode: In this week’s episode, Coach Adam Pulford takes us through the basic training principles you should be using to guide the structure of your training plan. Episode Highlights: The 6 basic training principles Fitness vs. performance The different periodization models The single most important part of recovery Resources mentioned in the show: …
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 …
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 …
About This Episode: In this week’s episode, Hillary Allen interviews Emily Carr, Doctor of Physical Therapy. Dr. Carr discusses the need for runners to implement strength training and talks about the common injuries she sees in runners. She stresses the importance of seeing a physical therapist even when you’re not injured to uncover the nuances …
About This Episode: In this week’s episode, Adam Pulford interviews Adam Ster a movement specialist, healer, and guide for the athlete. They talk about how Ster’s “Protocols” help athletes/everyone recover and prevent injury and why this form of self-care is so important for the endurance athlete. For this episode, open your mind to Ster’s form …
About This Episode: In this week’s episode, Hillary Allen interviews Levi Younger, Rolfer and Somatic Therapist. Levi and Hillary discuss the practice of Rolfing, treating Hillary after a textbook healed injury, components of injury recovery, covering the emotional process of recovering from injury and treating the body as a more holistic system. Episode Highlights: Combining …
About This Episode: In this week’s episode, TrainRight Podcast co-hosts Adam Pulford and Hillary Allen sit down to talk about how cyclists and runners should approach base training. Episode Highlights: Building the aerobic engine The traditional base training model New approaches to base training Balancing volume and intensity Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, …
About This Episode: In this week’s episode, Hillary talks with North Face professional runner Kaytlyn Gerbin about her start into the world of ultrarunning, her approach to recovery after 100-mile ultramarathon, and some of the changes that need to happen to make trail running a more equitable sport. Episode Highlights: Deciding when to sign up …