Nick gives and insight into one of his shocker sessions normally performed twice, this is one of the basic routines to increase capacity mid-way through his training cycle.
Category: Fitness and Health
All the great articles from the ‘Fitness and Health’ category of the Elite Outdoor Fitness blog all in one place.
Racing Pressure
In this audio, Speedy shares his experience of racing pressure as a young international runner.
Basic Strength and conditioning Progression
Nick explains how to progress when training, specifically in strength and conditioning. Most people don’t reach their potential when starting from the basics.
Antagonistic training and becoming lean
Nick explains how basic strength and conditioning training will help you lose weight, get lean and feel good without spending lots of time training.
What Motivates you in training – Nicks overview
Nick shares his reasons for training, his motivation throughout his life and how he focusses on his own training goals .
How not to train
Nick describes how not to train, specifically talks about EOF structure and the principles of training to ensure your training correctly and maximising the benefits.
Motivation and consistency
This is probably the most important factor to consider when wanting to get fit or progress as an experienced athlete.
Lifestyle changes
In this article we look at the small increases in fitness and health that can be hugely beneficial.
How, when and why
In this article Nick covers the how, when and why of training.
Can’t sleep after a training session?
Can’t sleep after a training session? You are not alone. Here’s how to make sure your sleep and recovery isn’t ruined by your training sessions.
Components of Physical FitnessÂ
It is fundamentally important to understand what you want to achieve and then set out a plan on how you are going to achieve this goal.
Benefits of Bike hill reps
Providing insight into why and how bike hill reps can work as a cross training session for runners. Working slow and fast twitch muscle fibres at all levels. Breaking tempo sessions down into T1, 2 and 3.
Body systems
When we train there are a number of different systems in the body that are all working together to aid what we are trying to achieve.