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Category: General Training

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  How to Maintain a Workout Program

  Many clients ask me to help them establish and maintain a workout program. In my experience and in helping many clients through this desire, I have seen some common reasons why sustaining a workout program can be difficult. However, not to worry – solutions are there for you if you have a better understanding of…

  March 19, 2022

  General Training, Life/Health Coaching, Mental Aspects and Preparation

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  Training Advice for Everyone

  One of my swimmers is moving out of the area. He and I have been working together for over 2 years and he’s made incredible progress. Here were some suggestions to him on how to approach training without our regular interactions: Progress is rarely linear all the time. You should expect setbacks and reversals of…

  December 5, 2019

  General Training, Mental Aspects and Preparation, Swimming, Training vs. Life

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  On Builds to Races, Recovery, and Endurance Training

  One of my clients is working towards a challenging marathon swim. I thought I’d republish part of an email here that captured some thoughts I’ve had over the years about building to a race and recovering properly: As mentioned, building towards races can take many forms. It can be a linear build to a peak…

  April 26, 2019

  General Training, Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement

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  Energy Systems

  I first learned about the different energy systems in the book 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferriss. He had inserted an ultrarunning/marathon program by a Crossfit practictioner named Brian MacKenzie (see Super Running: Is Crossfit Endurance The New Way To Train? who had crafted his training program based on training the 3 energy systems present…

  May 15, 2012

  General Training