In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss the value of training fatigued, how to support a pregnant athlete, and what we can learn from parents who are professional athletes.
Finding another month or two in the legs may be more about careful management of fatigue and having a little more fun.
Three-time XTERRA world champion and owner of MelRad Coaching, Melanie McQuaid, joins us to discuss how to judge fatigue, the effects of overtraining, and the “crossover effect.”
We address questions on how to train grit for race situations, if you can safely override the central governor, and training for a five-day stage race.
Guest coach Julie Young answers questions from listeners on fatigue, peaking, returning from injury, and sports nutrition.
There are many different physiological causes of fatigue, but how much of fatigue is really in our minds?