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What Triathletes Need to Know By Coach Lindsay Leigh The fall and winter months can be a great time to make some upgrades to your bike, and switching to tubeless tires could be the upgrade you’re seeking to gain an advantage. Tubeless tires offer several benefits, including improved rolling resistance, reduced risk of flats, and[…]
By Coach Alison Steiner Miller Cortisol is a beautiful thing. It’s your body’s main stress hormone that, along with adrenaline, creates the fight-or-flight reaction during times of panic. This reaction includes increased blood pressure and breathing rate, a narrowed focus in your brain on the here and now (thus decreasing your memory function), deprioritizing other[…]
The Performance Costs of Stress By Coach Maria Simone Work is buried. The kids have a social calendar that rivals yours. The dog needs to go to the vet — again. And somewhere in all of it, you’re trying to train for something that matters to you. You drag yourself out for a workout and[…]
By Coach Lindsay Zemba Leigh As endurance athletes, we are always searching for that extra edge—be it better nutrition, more effective training, or innovative recovery strategies. While many athletes focus on heat adaptation only in the lead-up to warm-weather races, the true power of heat acclimation lies in its ability to benefit performance year-round. Integrating[…]
Injury Prevention and Recovery for High-Volume Training By Coach Maria Simone It’s that time of year when our training volumes are ramping up faster than a squirrel on an espresso binge. While we’re all excited to push our limits, let’s take a hot second to chat about keeping our bodies in one piece and bouncing[…]
Maximizing Endurance Performance By Coach Lindsay Zemba Leigh As endurance athletes, we rely on a combination of physical skill and mental strength to excel in our sports. Key to our success is a well-balanced nutrition strategy, with a particular emphasis on the strategic intake of carbohydrates. In recent years, a groundbreaking shift towards higher carbohydrate[…]
Tips for Pre and Post Season Swim Training By Lindsay Zemba Leigh Most of us are wrapping up our racing season now or in the weeks ahead and will be entering the post-season, and eventually pre-season, otherwise known as SWIM SEASON! That’s right! The fall and winter months are not the time to back off[…]
By Coach Alison Steiner Miller The holidays are behind us and we have entered the most fraught time of year. The headlines are everywhere: “New year, new you” “30 day reset” “X miles a day challenge” “Gym January.” There’s so much pressure to set resolutions and make big life changes, and much of it revolves[…]
Set Goals, Make a Plan and Then Attack that Plan By Coach Maria Simone It’s the new year, and time for the tradition of setting resolutions for the year to come. Ugh. Please don’t set resolutions this year. But Wait! you exclaim. Shouldn’t I reach for my big dreams in the new year? ABSOLUTELY! But,[…]
By Coach Maria Simone In high school, our crew team started each session with a warm-up routine that included 3 sets of 20 tuck jumps. Coach called them “jumpies.” We stood with feet shoulder-width apart, jumped as high as we could, tucking our legs toward our chests, and repeated the movement as quickly as possible[…]
