Read the full post on The Science of Running. Do you try out workouts before you give them to athletes? In this episode, we talk about the importance of experimenting on yourself…
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Episode 199: Winning the Self-Improvement Game
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Often in coaching, we obsess over the physiological and the physical. We go over and over the workouts. In this episode, we go…
Episode 198: Mastering the Art of People. How to Successfully Navigate Working with Different Personality Types
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Coaching is the people business! We have to help individuals see their capabilities and put them on the journey towards achieving their potential….
Episode 197: The Finishing Kick: How to Develop It
Read the full post on The Science of Running. How do we improve the finishing kick? In this week’s episode, we give you a framework for developing your athlete’s kicks, along with…
Episode 196: Starting from Scratch. How to Grow a Successful Program from the Ground Up!
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What do you do when you take over a program that’s in need of help? In this weeks episode, Jon and Steve go…
Episode 195: The Art and Science of Speed Endurance Workouts
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What is speed endurance? In this weeks episode, Jon and Steve go over this vital but often misunderstood ingredient to your training. Steve…
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Episode 194: Champions in The Making- Winners are everywhere. They just need coaching.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Arthur Lydiard once said, ‘There are champions everywhere.’ And for good reason, his most famous pupils were local athletes. In this episode, we…
Episode 193: General Vs. Specific Training?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. This week we break down a classification for training, from general to specific. What is general training? How does it set the foundation…
Episode 192: You Don’t Need As Much Vo2Max Work as You Think!
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Vo2max work! 800s at 3k pace, 1ks at 5k down to 2-mile pace. We all know the workouts. We include them all of…
Episode 191: Strengthening Your Coaching Weakness
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What do you suck at as a coach? In this episode, we go over identifying your weaknesses and shoring them up to allow…
Episode 190: See God Workouts: Reckless or Indispensable
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Have you ever done a workout where you went to the absolute well? That’s a ‘see God’ workout. Going until there is nothing…
Episode 189: The Norwegian Model of Lactate Threshold Training
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Norway has had a lot of endurance success lately. From the Ingebrigtsen’s to triathletes winning major events, the small country of Norway has…
Episode 188: Updating Outdated Coaching Ideas
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Jon and Steve take on popular ideas that have stuck around but need some updating. From energy system domination to various forms of…
Episode 187: The Power of the Barbell Strategy: Why protecting against the downside will protect the upside
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile, he introduces the concept of the barbell strategy. At one end of the barbell, you’ve got low-risk low-reward,…