A number of the athletes I coach asked about the difference between testing functional threshold power on the bike indoor versus outdoors. There certainly is a difference between testing on a trainer as opposed to on the road, and the reasons are varied. Here is my perspective. Have a listen.
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Our new, FREE ebook, Unleash Your Potential 101is full of information and videos to help you earn the TRUTH about what it really takes to be as fast as you can be, while also becoming a durable and injury resistant athlete. This ebook is the first step in your athletic re-education. . . . → Read More: Unleash Your Potential 101, Break Through with Our FREE eBook!!!!
The core of our mission is to get each individual athlete functionally strong, stable, and mobile in the way THEY, personally, need to be so they can train and race to their potential—at a FAR LESS risk of injury. Hand-in-hand with that goal is our work re-educating athletes to the importance of strength training as it relates to PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT. . . . → Read More: Ask Coach Al: Performance Enhancement Through Strength Training
Runners who breathe deeply and diaphragmatically can run at a faster pace with less effort. Breathing deeply, in and out through the nose and mouth not only gets more air into the lower lobes of your lungs, it also helps you maintain better posture and a relaxed composure. The next time you watch a good cyclist climb powerfully yet relaxed, you can be sure proper, rhythmic, deep breathing is part of that easy-seeming form. . . . → Read More: Every Breath You Take, Part 2: Three Steps to Deep, Power-filled Breathing
A round up of race results from the Pursuit Athletic Performance team! We have an outstanding group of runners, cyclists and triathletes doing AMAZING things. Here’s a sampling of the latest results. . . . → Read More: Our Athletes Are Rockin’ It! Recent Race Results
From our work with hundreds of athletes, we know many of you use inefficient breathing techniques that reduce movement quality, health, and performance. We are taking the time to walk you through the reasons why you should make a conscious effort to train your breathing, and change shallow breathing patterns. . . . → Read More: Every Breath You Take, Part 1: Do You Know How to Breathe?
One of our great clients, Glen Elliot, does a terrific job explaining the frustration most runners face when trying to improve their form. Here’s how he fixed the problem. . . . → Read More: Runner, Once Frustrated, Learns How to Refine His Form
Coach Al Lyman tells the story of working through a triathlete’s crisis in confidence about his run preparedness for Ironman Coeur d’Alene coming up in June. . . . → Read More: Training for an Ironman? Read This
John says he thinks of us as “the holy grail,” and what he has been searching for for many years. We are truly flattered. We also know that what we do WORKS. Take a look at his before and after video, and see an athlete who is ready to respond to training, get faster, and be much more resistant to injury. . . . → Read More: Triathlete Calls Us The Holy Grail! Watch His Amazing Improvement