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Mar 7, 2021

Sea Level to Summit: 5 Tips for Flatlanders Training for the Mountains

It has been my experience that as an endurance athlete you either love or hate the mountains. Typically, that is determined by where you...

Oct 27, 2019

Top 5 lessons I Learned During My First Ultramarathon

I was anxious at the starting gate of the Piney Woods Ultra. I was about to begin the longest run I’d ever attempted. Though I felt...

Oct 12, 2018

Easy Does It: Top 8 Ways To Actively Recover

For many athletes, one of the hardest things is not completing scheduled hard workouts, but rather working in adequate recovery time into...

Sep 15, 2018

Goal Setting: How to Successfully Set and Achieve a Goal

Setting goals are important for progression, achievement and growth in life. This could be anything from an athletic endeavors to life...

Sep 14, 2018

Top 3 Ways To Gauge Training Intensity and Performance

Today all too often athletes overexert themselves during their training and life in general. Rather, than taking into account life’s...

Mar 16, 2018

It's All About Heart: How to Calculate Training Intensity Through Heart Rate Zones

When setting goals for training many athletes will take a random approach rather than a realistic fact based approach. This might be...

Dec 28, 2017

Nutrition 101: Proper Fueling for Endurance Events

Proper fueling is essential for achieving peak performance. Without it, no amount of fitness or training will help. With that said, there...

Sep 26, 2017

Tools of the Trade: Top Three Traits for Endurance Athletes to be Successful

Looking back over time there have been certain traits and skill sets that come to the forefront that I have noticed both personally, in...

Aug 24, 2017

Defeat The Heat: Lessons learned from a former Army Ranger

After a long week preparing for a live fire exercise, we finally make it to the desert-like land where the action is about to take place....

Mar 1, 2017

Sport Specific Programming vs. Non-Sport Specific Programming

Over the years while training with many different types of athletes, I have seen many different types of programming. While each has a...