Making Your Secret Sauce: Emotional Management in Endurance Sports For some types of events, it is common for organizers to provide an elevation profile. You see this a lot in ultra…

April Push-up Motivation! The April Challenge is PUSH-UPS. There are two objectives in this challenge: 1) break through the target threshold level and 2) be consistent: do at least 10 push-ups every day…

A breath of fresh air — March Breathing Challenge My March Challenge for you is to take in a breath of fresh air. Well, lots of breaths of fresh air!…

Strength & Conditioning Training Gear for Runners in 2018 In my upcoming book, Hill Running: Survive & Thrive, I stress the importance of strength and conditioning training to improve a…

February Motivation! The February Thruster Challenge is BACK for a seven-year anniversary edition. It’s a month of thrusters, in a very doable progression, and with a cool dual purpose! We…

A Home Gym You’ll Actually Use For those new to functional training, such as CrossFit, and looking to build out your own garage gym or home gym and training space,…

Functional Training Gear in 2018 CrossFit and functional training in general continue to boom. Particularly in the off-season, many triathletes, runners, OCR athletes and other multi-sport athletes want to try…

Our Monthly Challenge series continues in 2018 with a great mix of classics and new activities! We’re starting this year with the PLANK, as I love the symbolism of launching…

Dealing with adversity Let’s talk about adversity, how you react to adversities and unexpected events, and how to thrive we they arrive. How about a quick look at some common mental…

12-WOD Salute to 2017 My December Challenge for you is a celebration of our year of monthly challenges and your efforts to do one, many, or all of them. This…