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Our articles cover a wide variety of topics including inspiration, nutrition, training and wellbeing. .


Endurance Training Glucose vs Ketosis - How to manage your fuelling
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Endurance Training Glucose vs Ketosis – How to manage your fuelling

Nick Grange, world record holder and multi-event winner, explains how he fuels during training, gives hints & tips and discusses the products he uses. Join us as we break down
Category: Top Tips, Videos
Getting the most from your Long Slow Distance (LSD) Progression Training
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Long Slow Distance (LSD) Progression Training

Nick Grainge, the multi World Record Holder & winner of Paras 10, Commando 30 and Fan Dance, covers what works for him when it comes to getting the most out

Category: Fundamentals of training, How-To, Top Tips, Videos
VO2 Max, What is it and Why it's so important
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Understanding VO2 Max

Unlocking Your Potential: Understanding VO2 Max and How to Elevate It Welcome to Elite Outdoor Fitness, where we’re dedicated to helping you reach the peak of your physical and mental

Category: Fitness and Health, Fundamentals of training, Top Tips
Essential Guide to Cortisol and Fitness Training
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Essential Guide to Cortisol and Fitness Training  

Content Definition   Cortisol and Stress   Cortisol and Fitness   Conclusion and Top Tips   Definition of Cortisol  Cortisol is a steroid hormone that your adrenal glands produce and release. Adrenal glands are

Category: Fitness and Health, Nutrition and sleep, Top Tips, Wellbeing
Recovery After Extensive Training Video
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Recovery After Extensive Training

Have you been training for an extensive period of time?! If so, a good recovery is vital. But how and when do you do this effectively!? Here, Nick explains the

Category: How-To, Top Tips, Videos
Nick explains the principles of recovery post-event or race
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Post Event Recovery

So, your training has gone well, you’ve done a successful pre-event de-load and competed in an event. What next?! Here, Nick explains the most effective ways to recover following a

Category: How-To, Top Tips, Videos
With so many of us suffering with colds and viruses at the moment, Nick wanted to share some tips on when and how to get back in to your training following an illness video
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Training After a Cold or Virus

Your training is going well, then suddenly you’re knocked off course with an illness! As annoying as this is, it happens to all of us at some point. With so

Category: How-To, Top Tips
Top Tips Weighted Bergen Fitness Video
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Weighted Fitness or Bergen Training Tips

Bergen or weighted fitness training is incredibly effective in supporting you to meet your overall fitness goals, but you need a strategy! In this video, Nick covers some expert tips

Category: How-To, Top Tips, Videos, Weighted fitness
Implementing Strength and Conditioning Training video
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Implementing Strength and Conditioning Training

Strength and conditioning training is essential in supporting you to meet your overall fitness goals, but how do you ensure you maximise your efforts?! In this video, Nick covers some

Category: Fundamentals of training, How-To, Top Tips, Videos
Tips on Fell Running Alternatives
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Fell Running Alternatives

If you’re looking to push your runs, but struggling to find the time as your fitness progresses, or you live in a flat area of the country, this is a

Category: How-To
how to taper correctly before an event
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How to Taper Correctly Before an Event

Tapering correctly before an event is vital for maximum results. In this video, Nick explains what tapering is, along with the best techniques to correctly taper before an event.  

Category: How-To, Videos
How to pass a bleep test
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What is a Bleep Fitness Test and How to Train to Pass

What is a Bleep test, how to train for one and top tips on how to pass from Nick Grainge, Founder of Elite Outdoor Fitness. A number of organisations like

Category: How-To, Videos
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Poor Year of Training and Racing? Why, By Nick Grainge

Year of Success 2021 was a great year for me. I had trained well, and I had raced well. I had increased my LSD mileage to build back up over

Category: Fundamentals of training, Inspiration
Tier Programme - Summer 2022
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EOF Tier Programme (Summer 2022)

Ready for a new challenge? Sign-up to the Summer Tier Programme now.

Category: Challenges
Commando, Para Pace
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How to pace Commando Shuffle and PARA’s 10

Nick explains his journey of how he trains for Paras 10 and Commando Shuffle 30 miler, to allow him to pace correctly on the day and have the confidence to rely on his pre-training – Nick went on to win the Individual men’s Paras 10 and Commando shuffle as a team.

Category: How-To, Videos
Increase you mileage
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How to increase your weekly mileage

Nick explains how to increase your weekly mileage, how this can affect your overall fitness gains, how you can deploy progressive tactics with supplementary training, am pm sessions and managing your expectations.

Category: Fundamentals of training, Top Tips, Videos
As seen on the Bought the T-Shirt podcast
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See us on the Bought the T-Shirt podcast

Nick talks to Chris Thrall on the Bought the T-Shirt podcast about Elite Outdoor Fitness and his time in 23 SAS.

Category: Fitness and Health, Videos
Tier Programme - Summer 2022
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EOF Tier Programme (Winter 2022)

Ready for a new challenge? Sign-up to the Winter Tier Programme now.

Category: Challenges
1 mile Bergen Weighted hill reps
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1 mile Bergen Weighted Hill Reps

Nick explains how to incorporate Bergen hill reps into your training program and what adaptations these sessions will make. How this also effects what components of physical fitness you are

Category: Fitness and Health, Fundamentals of training, Types of Training, Videos, Weighted fitness
vo2 max
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How your body works against your VO2 max

Nick explains how difficult it is to establish your current and constant VO2 Max and how smartwatches use this in the background. He explains how your body works against your

Category: Fundamentals of training, Types of Training, Videos
Bergen Training
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Bergen Training Multi System Taxing

Nick explains how Bergen work and weighted fitness can tax or cause effect against multiple systems compared to non-weighted events and training. The importance of recognising this effect and practicing within your training

Category: Fundamentals of training, Types of Training, Weighted fitness

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