Tag: endurance coaching
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The Taper Nobody Gets Right
Tapering is one of the most researched parts of competition preparation, and one of the most frequently mishandled. Here is what the evidence supports as a default, why a fixed formula still produces inconsistent results, and the adjustment most taper plans skip.
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The Lactate Threshold Myth: Why Most Coaches Set Training Zones Wrong
Lactate threshold is treated as a single number in most training plans, when it is actually two distinct physiological transitions. Here is what LT1 and LT2 represent, why the zone between them is commonly misclassified, and why zones need to move as an athlete adapts.
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What VO₂max Can and Can’t Tell You (And Why Coaches Need to Stop Obsessing Over It)
VO₂max tells you the ceiling of an athlete’s aerobic engine. It does not tell you how close to that ceiling they can race, or how efficiently they move. Here’s what coaches are missing.
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What Elite Coaches Do Differently (And Why Most Coaches Never Figure It Out)
What separates elite coaches from everyone else isn’t experience or talent — it’s systems. Four principles from peer-reviewed research that define world-class coaching practice.
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HRV Explained for Coaches: What It Actually Measures, When to Use It, and When to Ignore It
HRV is a genuinely useful coaching tool. It’s also widely misunderstood. Here’s what the research says about when to act on it, when to ignore it, and how to combine it with RPE for a clearer picture.
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The 12-Week Athlete: What Happens When You Let Data Override the Plan
The athletes who improve most over 12 weeks aren’t the ones who follow the plan most faithfully — they’re the ones whose coaches adjust when the data says to. Here’s what the research shows.
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Kristian Blummenfelt and the Science Behind the World’s Most Dominant Triathlete
No athlete in triathlon history has held the Olympic, World Triathlon, Ironman, and 70.3 world titles at the same time. Here’s the physiology and training science behind how Kristian Blummenfelt did it.