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Core Exercises vs Conventional Strength Training
How do core exercises impact cycling power output compared to conventional strength training?
Learnings from Athlete Training Camps
Discover what makes training camps effective for athletes, including goal clarity, potential trade-offs like disrupted routines and sleep, and the crucial role of rest.
Sweat and Sodium
What role does sodium play in endurance performance in light of how our bodies react to heat and effort?
Hydration and Performance in the Heat: An Introduction
How does understanding sweat rate and hydration strategies impact performance and health in endurance sports?
Continuous Lactate Monitoring: the next big thing in Sport Science?
Continuous Lactate Monitoring is on the rise in endurance sports - here’s all you need to know
To Drill Or Not To Drill? That Is The Question!
Can drills and deliberate practice effectively improve swimming and running technique for long-distance athletes?
World Sleep Day Tips for Athletes
Key sleep advice about optimising recovery and in-race sleep management in honour of World Sleep Day.
The Charles Schulz Philosophy
Who are your most important influences and what can we learn from Charles Schulz and Snoopy about this?
The Science of Winning
Some key learnings from Jan Olbrecht’s “The Science Of Winning” and how they apply to endurance athletes.
Defining Moments
Explore the profound impact of coaches, family, and support teams in shaping the defining moments of both elite and amateur athletes.
Serial Winning Coaches
Learning from Serial Winning Coaches - research by Cliff Mallett and Sergio Lara-Bercial.
Heat Mitigation Strategies For Endurance Athletes
A review of various strategies to cope with the heat during endurance running races.
The Impact of Heat on Endurance Performance
How does heat impact endurance performance? Are there benefits to acclimation/acclimatisation and how can you implement such a protocol?
How Accurate Is the Sleep Tracking on Your Watch?
Reviewing sleep tracking devices and their pros and cons for athletes.
Pushing through the pain cave
New research on the pain cave for male ultra runners, reviewed by TMR Sports Pyschologist Dr Josie Perry.
Optimising your Goal Setting
Goal setting for athletes can be split into 4 critical stages to enhance effectiveness - here’s how.
Using Ketones to improve recovery & Adaptations
What are the benefits of ketone supplements on exercise recovery and adaptations for athletes?
The Power of Tiny Gains
Small incremental gains can make a huge impact on your performance - here’s how.
Optimising Recovery
What recovery tools are really worth the investment? A review of various devices and their merits.