Eating Before your Workout – Carbohydrate vs Protein vs Fasted
What's the best time and what to eat before a workout to maximise your session.
Daniel Plews
Training intensity distributions: From Polarized to Pyramidal models, specificity is key in Long Distance Triathlon
In the Ironman community, there is a lot of talk about training intensity distribution. In this blog, I am going to cover some of the basics around training intensity distribution, which is one of the key concepts you need to navigate in building up to your race. What is training intensity distribut
The first aerobic threshold: Understanding and practically determining yours for endurance training
As endurance athletes, we spend a lot of time talking about our ‘thresholds’; “what’s your FTP?” is as ubiquitous in endurance circles as “what’s your bench?” is in strength sport. FTP – or functional threshold power.
Recovery from a Zwift race: A physiological perspective
We, as endurance athletes in the world of the COVID-19, indoor-training dominated world, are perhaps more than ever having to make day-to-day decisions on how and when we should train, and how and when we should race. Many of us have had our A and B races canceled this year, or have had to shif
Exogenous ketones: Something to add to your recovery drink?
Exploring the potential of exogenous ketone supplementation for enhanced recovery and performance in endurance training.
Why low intensity training needs to be of low intensity
If any of you have listened to Dan’s chat with Triathlon Taren on his podcast recently, you would have heard him talk about the importance of getting your zone 2 intensity right and ensuring that level 2 endurance training is at the correct physiological stress, i.e. below the first ventilatory (or
My Training Numbers to 8:24 at the 2018 Ironman World Championship
A detailed account of my Ironman World Championships 2018 winning performance, highlighting the effective strategies, high consistency, and intense training volume behind a new age-group course record.