To Eat or Not to Eat, That is the Question?
What should I eat before training?
A common question from athletes.
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Philip Hayes
- May 27, 2021
- 6 min
Avoid GI Issues: How to Fuel Racing and Training
One of the toughest challenges faced by athletes is determining what to consume during exercise. There is so much information out there....
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Philip Hayes
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
Reflexive Performance Reset
Every now and again you come across something that really blows your mind. The Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) is a system of...
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Philip Hayes
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
What is the Aerobic Threshold?
The Aerobic Threshold (AeT) is an important ceiling for endurance athletes. It marks the uppermost exercise limit before when energy is domi
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Philip Hayes
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
FatMax, What is it and how do you train it?
Fat combustion is the bottleneck of endurance performance in sports like running and triathlon. You can create strategies to increase your e
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Philip Hayes
- Nov 11, 2020
- 5 min
What's Important?
Today one of the biggest issues athletes face is time. Maintaining a balance between family, work and training can be challenging. With limi
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Philip Hayes
- Nov 6, 2020
- 5 min
Make Zwift Sessions More Interesting
Nowhere to hide: use indoor trainer sessions can be a great way to boost your bike performance.
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Philip Hayes
- Jun 21, 2020
- 5 min
Nutrition: Racing and Training
One of the toughest challenges faced by athletes is determining what to consume during exercise. Selecting a nutrition strategy tends to...
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Philip Hayes
- Jun 21, 2020
- 2 min
Nutrition: Some Basics
Nutritional requirements during training and racing tend to be a lot different. Determining what works for you tends to be a little bit...
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Philip Hayes
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
FTP Testing Tips
FTP testing is one of if not the most common benchmarks in cycling. It usually involves a 20 to 30min time trial and then you take a % of...
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Philip Hayes
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min
Zone 2 Training: What's the Big Deal?
Why Zone 2? Nearly all athletes training towards a specific goal follow some form of structured training. Training is spread out using...
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Philip Hayes
- Apr 16, 2020
- 4 min
The Female Athlete and the Menstrual Cycle
This article is a brief overview of the female menstrual cycle and endurance sports. In this piece the aim is to discuss the stages of...
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Philip Hayes
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
Them Zones, Them Zones Need.......
Training zones are widely used by most athletes to control training intensity. Sometimes we take them in blind faith and follow a...
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Philip Hayes
- Mar 2, 2020
- 3 min
What happens when we train
Training zones are designed to help athletes control the intensity of training. What we sometimes lose sight of is the bodies...
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Philip Hayes
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
Training zones what are they and why do we use them?
Training zones are widely used. They are used to determine and guide training intensities in order to illicit training adaptions in the body
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Philip Hayes
- Nov 21, 2019
- 4 min
The Off Season: Time for Reflection
It’s the end of the season, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a time to take a bit of a break, recharge the batteries and a...
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Philip Hayes
- Sep 11, 2019
- 2 min
Watch Setup: Power
SETTING UP YOUR WATCH Now that you have the basic concepts when using power (see here) it’s time to set up your watch for training and...
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Philip Hayes
- Jun 14, 2019
- 3 min
BUT I BURN OVER 9000 CALS: REPLENISHMENT VS. REPLACEMENT
Nutrition and endurance sports can be a little over complicated at times. Magic nutritional strategies/formulas are created trying to...
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Philip Hayes
- Jun 14, 2019
- 4 min
FUEL YOUR TRAINING, FUEL YOUR PERFORMANCE.
Nutrition tends to be one of the most discussed topics when it comes to triathlon. It also tends to be over thought and over complicated....
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Philip Hayes
- Jun 14, 2019
- 3 min
DETERMINE YOUR CARBOHYDRATE COMBUSTION RATE AND FUEL YOUR PERFORMANCE
I recently spent some time with an athlete who is looking to get back into training after some down time in the off season. Coming off...
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