This course from Dr. Brian Butki and coach Grant Holicky shows coaches how to prepare athletes mentally for race day with Race Day Cognitive Plans, visualization drills, and plug-and-play cues to help athletes achieve their IZOF.
The popular phrase “sleep high, train low” does not fully capture the best practices of altitude training. In this course, coaches learn the physiology, timing, and strategy that makes altitude training more effective.
Experts in medicine, biomechanics, and physical therapy join Dr. Griffin McMath and Trevor Connor to decode the causes of neck pain in cyclists and the strategies that keep athletes strong, steady, and pain-free over the long haul.
These are the activities you can expect to be able to do—and not do—in the first six weeks postpartum.
Dr. Ray Browning joins us to answer a question that even some exercise physiologists get wrong: what is the difference between efficiency and economy?
We talk with Dr. Jennifer Harris about the critical role that parents play in junior athlete development, and why that role is too often ignored or left undefined.
We unpack what pain really means in endurance sport and how ultra-athletes use interoception, mindset, and adaptive coping (vs. maladaptive spirals) to finish stronger—less suffering, more control.
Certain memories—bad race experiences, crashes, or results that don’t meet expectations—can linger, get “sticky,” and rob athletes of the enjoyment of sport. A novel treatment method could help us get over them and rekindle our joy.
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss whether there are issues with coming down from altitude, how to do a fatigue week with limited time, and whether or not to use auto-pause.
Physiologist Jared Berg talks with us about how he uses both in-lab and on-the-road testing to determine what type of work an athlete should focus on.
Understanding the basics of mindset, motivation, and mental skills can go a long way in coaching your athletes to better performance. This course explores the fundamentals of sports psychology for endurance athletes.
Athletes who can’t do workouts or often bonk during races might be chronically under-fueled. This course featuring Dr. Emily Kraus and Siren Seiler-Viken teaches coaches how to spot the warning signs, understand the science, and use proven strategies to keep your athletes healthy, resilient, and performing at their best.
This course from Joe Friel, Dr. Vladimir Issurin, and exercise physiologist Rob Pickels shows how “traditional” and “block” periodization methods work best, when to use them, and why they are best implemented for different athletes and training goals.
Strength training for endurance athletes is one of the most powerful ways to improve performance. This course shows coaches how to recognize common strength imbalances, design year-round programs, and recommend functional strength work.
Science shows that polarized training supports long-term performance gains. See how to coach athletes using this 80/20 polarized approach.
Discover what happens to your body when you stop training. Dr. Iñigo Mujika explains detraining effects and how athletes can manage time off.
No American skier has rewritten the record books like Jessie Diggins. She’s figured out how to take down the Norwegians at their strongest sport—and she shares how she did it.
Zone 2 training has become all the rage, but a 2025 review is taking a step back and questioning whether it really produces the gains we thought it does.