How to Build a Training Routine That Sticks
Most training routines collapse the first hard week. Here's how to build for your worst week (not your best), anchor sessions to existing habits, and last.
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Goals, Planning and Progress
Most athletes set goals in January and have forgotten them by March. These posts cover how to write goals you will still care about in six weeks, how to structure a training block, what to do when progress stalls, and how to review a season honestly once it is over. They also cover the off-season, which is where a lot of next year's progress quietly gets made. Start with how to set training goals that hold up.
Train Hard vs Train Smart: What's the Difference?
Train hard vs train smart: hard work is effort and volume, smart work is specificity, load management and learning. Why you need both to improve.
Read more →What Is a Training Block? Meaning, Length and Examples
A training block is 3-6 weeks of training built around one goal like strength or endurance. Here's how periodization works, and how to plan your own.
Read more →How to Deal with a Training Plateau
Plateaus are normal. Every athlete hits them. But how you respond matters more than the plateau itself. Here's how to break through.
Read more →Why Am I Not Improving Even Though I Train Hard?
Effort without direction is just fatigue. Here are the common reasons athletes plateau despite consistent hard work, and what to try instead.
Read more →How to Set Training Goals That Actually Help
Most training goals don't change how you train. Here's how to set process goals that actually tell you what to do on Tuesday.
Read more →Goal Setting and Journaling for Sports Performance
Research shows goal setting improves athletic performance by about 13%. What makes goals effective, and how a performance journal keeps you on track.
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