to progressively give you an overload stimulus that builds speed, endurance and strength. There are five different training stresses - frequency, duration, intensity, volume and workload. All are important but the most important is intensity. If you train too hard
to improve my pace, I added a special ingredient to my training. Hard work! Hard work in the form of group speedwork sessions every week. And during my training for the London Marathon this year, while adding a speed session or two, my office nickname
hard on the day. Saying that, I'd be grateful for any tips on controlling last-minute jitters as we line up on August 6.For now, I'm determined to push aside my nerves and just focus on training hard and smart. And as the proud owner of a beautiful bike
Post chest infection, everything is back on track this week. Despite the rain, training is back in full flow and there are now about seven of us in the office attending a weekly sprints session on Tuesdays. Even though I did go a bit white towards
until it feels hard. Maintain that pace for another five minutes, or go slightly faster if you can. Cool down for five minutes.You've got...30 minutesYou should: Combine an envelope run with body-weight resistance training"Maintaining muscle mass
When an email pinged into my inbox from Gatorade, inviting me to train with elite GB cyclists at the Manchester Velodrome and do a (gross-sounding) 'sweat test', it took seconds for me to say yes.And so last Monday evening I left London for a much
, three months or a year later, they die. So I'm just letting him enjoy doing what he wants to do."Old school approach Bolt's straightforward approach to training and competing remains the same: train hard, prepare well, know you've done your best
of mental toughness is teaching the mind to do what it doesn't want to do - such as pushing through discomfort in a race. "I tell my athletes to give me their best even on their bad days," says Hebert. "This trains the mind to handle adversity and teaches
'll get there. In training I usually break it down into 20-minute blocks. No matter how hard you go, 20 minutes is 20 minutes. You have to have a bit of a sadistic mind to put yourself through all that I suppose. There are some days when morale just isn
wanted to prove that I could push hard come rain or shine - or rain and yet more rain in this case.Starting in Peckham we made our way through Crystal Palace, Beckenham, Croydon and almost out to the M25 before heading back.All the training I've put
