This article is a summary of the key points discussed by Joe Friel in his book 'Fast After 50'. If you have been training for several...

What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)? HRV is the variation between heart beats. A high HRV score (more variation) indicates you are in a...

Below is a summary of recommendations for fuelling for endurance sports. Please be aware that this advice is general in nature. Please...

Ben Crowe is a mindset coach who has worked with Ash Barty, Steph Gilmore, Dylan Alcott and the Richmond Football Club. He is a former...

This triathlon lesson is not designed to name and shame, but highlight some unhygienic practices we are all guilty of at some stage, and...

Common training metrics include heart rate, power, rate of perceived exertion, pace and speed. Training Peaks and your smart...

Sleep is vital for recovery from training and a determinant of athletic success. Factors such as early morning training, long haul...

Iron has several roles in the body including the transport and delivery of oxygen, and energy production. It is also key for both...

Consistency is the backbone of an endurance training program. If you take a look at the world’s best endurance athletes you won’t find...

Many of us are familiar with physical fatigue, from training, from work. Mental fatigue can also contribute to your overall ‘fatigue’...

Taper is a period of time before an event where training load is decreased. This can be a reduction in training volume (time/distance) or...

Polarised training is completing majority of training at low intensity, with small amounts of training at moderate & high intensity....

Sport nutrition / supplementation is a lucrative industry. There is plenty of ‘advice’ available for athletes including fad diets etc. As...

Caffeine is one of the few legal (since 2004) performance enhancing (ergogenic) drugs.