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
Implementing Strength and Conditioning Training
Category: Fundamentals of training
All the great articles from the ‘Fundamentals of Training’ category of the Elite Outdoor Fitness blog all in one place.
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
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.
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
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
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
Shoulder Impingement
Nick shows a good way to reduce, fix or help discomfort of shoulder impingement
Bergen Tempo Training
Nick talks through how, when and why you would add Weighted fitness training to your running cycle, how capable you need to be to cope with this addition to your training and when to implement it.
Masters Training: Prioritising Health
In this article Rob looks at how your physical prioritises might change with age…
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 09
Part 9 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 08
Part 8 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Basics progression of speed work using HR max
Nick explains how to progress your speed work and where to start in adding them into your training sessions.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 07
Part 6 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 06
Part 6 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 05
Part 5 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 04
Part 4 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 03
Part 3 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 02
Part 2 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 01
In this series of videos – we take a look at ankle and knee mobility. But before we do, we need to understand the importance of your internal joint mechanisms.
The 4 main compound movements to support running
Nick explains the importance of understanding what 4 main exercises work which primary muscle groups.
Basics How to do press ups and pull ups
Nick explains how a novice or someone coming back into strength training can approach the basic movements to force strength without putting too much pressure on joints.
Fuel and Water Intake
Nick explains the importance of having good balance with food and water intake pre- and post-training. Recovery being as important as the training.
Shoulder Warm-up
Nick explains his routine for basic strength and conditioning upper body warm up.
Accountability
In this video Nick explains the importance of adding accountability to your training to ensure you are accountable or feel accountable for the training and progress you are making; how
