When it comes to training and the desire to improve your performance most athlete inevitably have to face a certain question at some point: Train with a coach or train myself??!! Our answer is simple – Train with a coach – but the way to get there is not an easy one and you have… [Read more…]
January 25, 2011
We had this post up a long time ago but it’s still very important to get used to the idea of incorporating more core strength workouts into your routine – especially once the race season is upon us! So get used to the idea early in the season! Put your mind to it! Mid/Late-Season Core… [Read more…]
January 19, 2011
We’ve all “know” what to do to recover after a good training session. We’ve read it somewhere, a friend told us something about it or that annoying dude who keeps catching up with you on your favorite training run and just can’t shut up and enjoy the beauty of the run… …still so many of… [Read more…]
January 14, 2011
When surfing the net and several endurance forums it becomes very apparent that there is a lot of issues out there with achilles tendon problems. There are many different ways of approaching treatment and there are several potential causes for the problem. Causes can range from prior injuries to muscular dysbalances, from overtraining to wrong… [Read more…]
January 12, 2011
We talked about the 10 Top Tips for winter running before – but why run during winter at all is the question?! Not all of us but a lot have the opportunity during winter to enjoy the benefits of snow….Some of you might be thinking ‘Benefits, what on earth is this guy talking about?’ but… [Read more…]
January 11, 2011
For 2011 we’ve prepared a training tip for each week of the year – ok, we are running a little late with tip 1 (thanks to the season planning) but therefore you’re getting 2 tips this week. Each tip is designed to make you a faster, stronger and less injured athlete in 2011 and in… [Read more…]
January 6, 2011
Here is a great blog from our mate Ironbrandon in New York City about winter training, how to prep yourself for it and how to stay on top of your health: It’s not necessarily the cold, it’s the wind! Get yourself a good windproof layer. It’s amazing how cold 30° F can feel when it’s… [Read more…]
August 27, 2010
Natural running – what is that? Is it a revelation, is it getting back to the roots, is it a genius marketing idea? I believe it all depends on the way you look at it! The questions has to be: How natural does natural running have to be? According to ‘thefreedictionairy’ part of the defintion… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
Swimming for triathletes (Series of 4 Parts) Part I. The difference in „pool” and open water swimming. 1st of all when we talk about swimming in triathlon, we have to split it into POOL and OPEN water category. Very often I see athletes hammering out super fast times in the pool and yet they totally… [Read more…]
November 9, 2009
For a while I wasn’t sure what to think after the docs finally figured out what’s wrong. I knew for years that I wasn’t myself ever since I had glandular fever (Eppstein Bar Virus) in 1999 – 2000. It had indeed struck me fairly bad with 3 infections leading up to the actual breakdown, 3… [Read more…]
February 4, 2011
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