By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning I’ve done a lot of things in my nearly 20-year coaching career. I have worked with all types of athletes from team sports, cycling, triathlon, as well as ultrarunning. I’ve seen athletes through thick and thin, wins, losses, PRs and DNFs. Along the way, I’ve given out …
By Mara Abbott, Olympian, CTS Contributing Editor Last Sunday morning, I lay curled up on my living room floor, eyes locked on my phone, waiting for my mom to wake up and call me back. A couple days earlier I had thrown myself into a bout of goal-oriented, perfectionistic gardening; a feat I shortly thereafter …
By Dr. Rick Cohen, MD Creator of PureClean Performance In Part 1, I discussed how nitric oxide works to have a positive effect on health and performance, as well as how to assess your NO levels. In Part 2 I’ll show you how you can increase your NO levels through lifestyle adjustments, consumption of nitrate-rich …
By Dr. Rick Cohen, MD Creator of PureClean Performance All athletes want to improve performance, so we optimize our training, get plenty of sleep, and focus on the foods we eat. Even so, there’s an important nutrient many athletes still don’t know enough about: nitrates. More specifically, it’s what your body can do with …
Chris Carmichael, CEO/Head Coach of CTS A recent article on the top 3 myths about post-workout protein and recovery started a lot of discussions between our athletes and their coaches. Those conversations revealed even more myths that people still believe about post-workout recovery. This week let’s look at the age-old idea of elevating your legs …
By Chris Carmichael CEO/Head Coach of CTS Ever since writing this article on what athletes need to know about cannabidiol (CBD), we’ve been having a lot more conversations with athletes and researchers about CBD. One of those researchers is Joanna Zeiger, MS, PhD. If that name sounds familiar, you probably remember Joanna from her …
By Mara Abbott, Olympian, CTS Contributing Editor Last week, a Seattle Times article revealing that 1980’s cycling legend Rebecca Twigg is now homeless ricocheted around Bike World social media. In many of the posts that crossed my feed, it arrived adorned with a single word: “Shocked.” My only shock came upon reflecting how wholly unsurprised …
(April 24, 2019) CTS announced Muir Energy, a San Diego real food and plant-based nutrition company, as the new Official Energy Gel Partner for all CTS Training Camps and Bucket List Events. The two companies both share in the value of creating the highest-quality products, without compromise, that empowers athletes to improve performance and achieve …
(Colorado Springs, CO – April 8, 2019) CTS, a leader in the professional endurance coaching industry, today announced the launch of the CTS Athlete House in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The CTS Athlete House serves as a basecamp for endurance athletes of all types visiting from all over the world and offers athletes the opportunity to build an …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Sleep matters for a lot of reasons, and may even matter as much some of your training! For starters, the physiological repair and growth that actually makes you better happens when you rest, but predominantly when you sleep. It improves motor learning (learning a new skill) and …