Whether you’re a runner, walker, cyclist or swimmer, a rower or weightlifter, human performance can always be improved. You can even outperform yourself! Here’s a health and fitness checklist to…
On this show we dive into a fully holistic and integrative chat about what it really takes to be your best self with health and performance! Mark Cucuzella shares his…
An objective measure of aerobic progress and an early-warning test for potential training problems. Among the important benefits of using a heart monitor is the ability to objectively measure your…
Until recently, lactate in the blood from lactic acid from the muscles was thought of as a waste product that caused fatigue and muscle soreness. A revolution has occurred in…
By Mark Allen Welcome to The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing. Hopefully, the information you find in these pages will change your life. It did for me when…
An excerpt from "The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing," by Dr. Philip Maffetone Periods of significant levels of fitness in endurance athletes—the highs and lows that frequently occur…
For more than five hours of rigorous racing, Walter relied on water only, and his stored body fat for fuel. Hal Walter won the 29-mile World Championship Pack-Burro Race in…
With an elite field of great endurance runners lining up for the 2015 Boston Marathon, there’s a chance we will see a sub-two hour time. No doubt 1:59:something will be…
What Runners Should Know About Getting Their Body in Balance For the past several decades, video analysis of human movement has been used in virtually all sports by coaches, athletes,…
Excerpt from: "The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing, Chapter 9" by Dr. Phil Maffetone. While most professional athletes get paid to train and compete, the vast majority of…
An excerpt from "The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing" by Dr. Phil Maffetone. Call it hitting the wall or bonking, but when your brain and body feel like…
An Interview with Simon Wegerif, creator of “ithlete” app that measures stress and recovery on a daily basis. For many endurance athletes, the racing season is here. And with the…
It was my great privilege to have closely worked with one of the greatest triathletes of all time, Mark Allen. His resume included six Hawaii Ironman championships, ten Nice International…
Achieving ultimate energy for athletes—-answering questions on ketosis, carbohydrates, and fats. The notion of getting fast on fat is the other side of a key issue in endurance science. “Want…
Many athletes understand the jargon and function of the equipment they use, whether it’s bike components, shoe design, or sports drinks. But when it comes to the more important tools—the…