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We Are All An Experiment of One: Find Out What YOU Need The Most and Then Get...
TEAM Pursuit Athletes at the 2013 Timberman Half Ironman triathlon! In order to be able to run as fast and as long as you would like to and remain injury-free while doing it, your running body must be...
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037: More Listener Questions! [Podcast]
[powerpress] Dr. Strecker and Coach Al Lyman Today’s podcast brings Coach Al and Doc Strecker back together again to discuss and answer some listener’s questions. (Thank you everyone for sending in...
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Variety Is Greatly Overrated. Here’s Why! (Including TIPS On How To Progress!)
Despite what some believe, strength is NOT the goal with the movement training we do. Strength is a symptom ….a symptom of moving well. In a similar vein, speed training is not the optimal path toward...
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Feeling Stuck? (TIPS On How To Manage The Inevitable Ups and Downs)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the wind in your...
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039: More Listener Questions! [Podcast]
[powerpress] Did someone say running shoes? In today’s podcast, we respond to some listener questions on running shoes. This is always a popular topic for discussion regardless of the circle of...
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040: Listener Questions: Downhill Running and Nutrition [Podcast]
[powerpress] Flatten the course! In today’s podcast, we once again respond to some listener questions. We really appreciate it when you contact us and ask great questions – keep them coming! Going...
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044: More Listener Questions: Comparing Ourselves To Others; The Psychology...
[powerpress] Doc Strecker pushing toward the finish! In today’s podcast, I jump right into some great questions posed to us by some listeners. As we’ve said before, we really appreciate it when you...
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045: Butter, Brains, and Better Health and Performance! [Podcast]
[powerpress] Today’s podcast is positively packed with powerful pearls of wisdom that are applicable in team sports, triathlon and life! Coach Al and Dr. Strecker start off with a discussion of the...
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3 TIPS to Jumpstart YOUR Running This Fall!
Team Pursuit Ultra-Runner Deb Livingston, at the start of the “Trails To A Cure” trail race! Now that FALL is officially here in the northern hemisphere (or so it seems based upon those early morning...
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Four TIPS For The Aging Endurance Athlete (Hint: Yes, You Can Still Keep...
Coach Al (showing his back-side) at a Pisgah Mountain 50k trail race aid station. Keeping it young! Today, more than ever, athletes are performing at a high level well into their 50s, 60s, and beyond!...
View ArticleWould You Like To Improve Your Running Technique?
“You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.” – Jerry Garcia “Should I ‘sta’ or should I ‘mo’? – The Clash [divider style=”0″] Here at Pursuit Athletic Performance, we believe there is a RIGHT or...
View ArticleWould You Benefit From More Hip Mobility?
“If your mobility is compromised enough to make you compensate, the sensory input that you have to your reflexive behavior is askew—you have an overload of information or an underload of information....
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Be Careful WHO You Get Your Running Advice From…
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein “Caveat Emptor” – Latin for let the buyer beware [divider style=”0″] Hi Everyone! Coach Al here....
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Minimum Standards: Can You Hit “X” Of Something To Ensure “Y” Result?
Team Pursuit triathletes reviewing some basic skills at our fall 2014 “Re-Set Camp.” Hi Everyone! Coach Al here. On the heels of our “Team Pursuit” Re-Set Camp this past weekend, a team member emailed...
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From Coach Susan Ford: End Of Year Statistics
Coach Susan Ford If you have Facebook friends like mine, your newsfeed is filled with end of year stats on number of miles of swimming, biking and running done this year. It’s great! People are active...
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TIPS For The “Roadie” Who Wants To Hit The Trail More (And Not Get Hurt Doing...
Coach Al with elite ultra-runner (and trail runner extraordinaire), Debbie Livingston If you are one of the many runners or triathletes who routinely run on the roads because the trail isn’t...
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Triathlon in 2015: The Challenge of Changing Beliefs and Perceptions
Coach Al on the run at the 2004 Hawaii Ironman World Championship Hey Everyone. Coach Al here. Thanks for joining me today. I want to to share with you today some thoughts on the challenge of changing...
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Are You Ready To Break The Cycle?
In response to a recent survey I sent out to some athletes on our mailing list, many told me how frustrated they are with an on again-off again running injury cycle. Quite a few also said they have...
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Triathletes: Swim Technique – The Two MOST Common Mistakes…
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein [divider style=”0″] Coach Al along with elite swim coach and Masters World Champion, Karlyn...
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056: Visiting with Podiatrist Rebecca Rushton [Podcast]
[powerpress] Rebecca Rushton, BSc, author of the Advanced Guide to Blister Prevention Today I am pleased to welcome podiatrist Rebecca Rushton of Esperance Podiatry in Esperance, Australia, to the...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Margin Of Error?
Whether we like it or not, when it comes to things like movement quality (mobility, flexibility, stability), running shoe choice, and training volume or intensity, to name a few, each of us has our own...
View ArticleAre You Getting Enough Rest?
So let me ask…. Are you training 7-days a week, thinking that you need to hit-it every day in order to improve? Do you feel you get enough rest in between training sessions, or that a complete day of...
View ArticleWhat Is Your MOST Important Tool For Recovery?
My short post yesterday on 1 day of scheduled rest each week really got many of you thinking, at least based upon the feedback I received. (Yes, I love hearing from you, so keep your replies and emails...
View ArticleDo Skills Really Matter?
Happy Monday! So listen, I know you work hard every day, but I have to ask, is all that hard work you are doing, actually working? For example, do you consider the training you do “practice” with the...
View ArticleIt NOT About The Plan.
Recently, at a race where I was volunteering, I was chatting with a fellow runner. A week earlier he had finished his second 100-mile ultra. He was feeling very good about having finished, and why...
View ArticleAre You A Porsche Or A Cadillac?
Anyone who knows me well, knows I’m a car nut. I’ve always loved classics and muscle cars, and I love to go fast. So when I have the chance to draw an analogy between cars and running, how could I...
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Are You Ready To Break The Cycle?
In response to a recent survey I sent out to some athletes on our mailing list, many told me how frustrated they are with an on again-off again running injury cycle. Quite a few also said they have...
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There is NO Tomorrow.
Today’s post is important – I hope you can take a minute to read it. It’s important for one simple reason – because as the subject line says, there is no tomorrow. Now that might sound extreme or...
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Is It Possible You’re Dehydrated?
I’m coming at you today with a short piece on all things hydration. (I know what you’re thinking, not another article about water and how much I should drink!) In all seriousness, I decided to write...
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The Coaching Advice I Give Most Often
Endurance athletes pride themselves on pushing through the most challenging, gut-busting workouts. Anyone who is on Facebook sees those “inspirational” memes where the message is always to...
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Would You Like To Improve Your Running Technique?
“You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.” – Jerry Garcia “Should I ‘sta’ or should I ‘mo’? – The Clash Effective training is usually about hammering away at the basics. And that usually isn’t...
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A Long Arduous Journey Back To Running
Elise VonHousen will go for her first run this weekend. It’s been a long time since the last one. She’s worked incredibly hard over the past few months to get to this point in time, where she’s ready...
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Want To Be More Injury Resistant? Don’t Waste Your Time With This Exercise.
So here we are, it’s almost April 1st! Did it seem to you that the first three months of the year have just flown by? Let me ask you two straight forward, honest questions: 1. Would you be interested...
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Is It Possible You’re Dehydrated?
Since we’re now well into the month of June and the warm (hot?) weather has returned to the northern hemisphere and in particular, my old home of New England :), I thought it would be a great idea to...
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Can an “old” injury literally haunt you for years?
Let’s say you’re walking down the sidewalk one day and you get a tiny little pebble inside of your shoe. You feel it instantly, and it hurts for a moment. You might even yell, “ouch!” So you stop. Take...
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Here’s Why I am Such a “PITA” Sometimes…
I can be a big-time stickler for details – a proverbial pain-in-the-ass if you will :), when it comes to how we perform the basic and fundamental exercises that are designed to help us improve....
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Thinking about racing Ironman or 70.3 in 2021? Don’t make THIS mistake!
2020 was one heck of a difficult year on so many levels. For triathletes that like to race, it’s been very challenging as most of the races that were supposed to happen, didn’t. Those lost races are...
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