When it comes to enhancing running performance, most runners focus primarily on logging kilometers and improving cardiovascular fitness. However, an often overlooked aspect of training is strength training. Incorporating a well-designed strength training program into your routine can yield significant benefits, including improved running economy, increased power, injury prevention, and enhanced overall performance. In this … Continue reading Unleashing your potential: The importance of Strength Training for runners
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Unleashing your potential: Understanding VO2max for runners and strategies to improve it
For runners aiming to reach peak performance, understanding and improving VO2max is essential. VO2max, or maximal oxygen uptake, is a measure of your body's ability to utilize oxygen during intense exercise. It is a key determinant of aerobic capacity and plays a crucial role in determining your running endurance and overall fitness level. In this … Continue reading Unleashing your potential: Understanding VO2max for runners and strategies to improve it
The “ACE” system for Orienteering
In my time as a professional coach, I have been able to notice how a large number of orienteers (even at a high international level) have not internalized a structured system or method on how to do orienteering. Experience tells us that many of these athletes simply do orienteering "by feelings" without going through a … Continue reading The “ACE” system for Orienteering
O-Duel training for the highest intensity
As the start of the season approaches, and the conditions in the forest gradually improve (although this winter does not seem ready to go away easily), it is a good time to start focusing on high-intensity technical training, so that the runner recovers and improves all his psychic-technical routines in situations close to the competition … Continue reading O-Duel training for the highest intensity
The learning phases
Mistakes are part of the learning process, and the appropriate approach to them with a positive attitude helps us to improve desirable behaviors until they become automatic. When, for example, we make frequent directional errors in the use of our compass, two options open up: 1) Negative thoughts that do not help us improve; or … Continue reading The learning phases
Hot to react against a mistake?
Making a mistake is always a difficult and stressful situation, especially when we are in a very decisive phase of the race (for example, last leg of Tiomila, leading by 30", pre-last control,... and you find the control but... It's not yours!) There are different ways to react to this situation, and both attitudes and … Continue reading Hot to react against a mistake?
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