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Are you helping or hurting your chance for a great race with your pre-race meal?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jul 19, 2019 | Ask Coach Al, Ironman, Musings from Coach Al, Musings on Training, Nutrition, Triathlon

I’ve seen it happen so often over the years – you’ve trained hard for weeks and months, doing everything you can to be ready to have a great race. And then your stomach goes south – at the worst possible time during the race. It sucks when that happens. There’s...

Would You Like To Improve Your Running Technique?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Apr 24, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Injury, Run Form, Running, Running Injury, ultrarunning

“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 sexy. – Moses Bernard In this age of social media, it’s not...

Rock Your Wall!

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Apr 20, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Coaching, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Mindset, Mobility, Mobility, Musings from Coach Al, Musings on Training, Stability

I love the analogy of building a wall when it comes to how we should build our fitness, don’t you? In some important ways, our body is a lot like a house… If you’re going to age gracefully and remain durable as you prepare for your races this coming season, you’d...

The Coaching Advice I Give Most Often

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Apr 12, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Authentic Movement, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Injury, Musings from Coach Al, Running, Running Injury, Virtual Online Gait Analysis

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 push-push-push! We like to think of ourselves as tough and willing to push...

Stuck In Injury? Now Is The Time To Do Something About It!

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jan 5, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Authentic Movement, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Musings from Coach Al

Believe it or not, we’re approaching mid-January. The sub-freezing temperatures have settled on the northeast and Midwest, and the snow is piling up. Whether or not it feels like it (can you say 15+ inches of snow and counting yesterday, if you live in the...

Motivation and Stress: An Inverse Relationship?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jul 19, 2017 | and Life Balance, Mindset, Musings from Coach Al, Recovery

So often we go through periods in our lives, where for one reason or another, stress and anxiety levels are higher than we want them to be. Seek balance as a path toward optimal training. This post is only available to...

060: MORE on Mindsets for Optimal Performance with Stanford Researcher, Omid Fotuhi [Podcast]

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jun 11, 2016 | Ironman, Mindset, Podcast, Running, Triathlon, ultrarunning

[powerpress] Hey everyone! Coach Al here. Today I am once again honored and pleased to welcome back onto the podcast, Dr. Omid Fotuhi, runner, triathlete, and project manager for the Stanford University Interventions Lab. It has been almost a year since we last had...

059: “Slipped Away,” with Special Guests Jean Mellano and Ron Hurtado [Podcast]

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jun 6, 2016 | Ironman, Podcast, Swimming, Triathlon

[powerpress] I’m honored to have two special guests on the podcast today: Jean Mellano, author of the memoir Slipped Away, and veteran, founding member, and executive director of the Airborne TriTeam, Ron Hurtado. Some background: I first met Steve Tarpinian in 1996...

What is Your Preference?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Feb 29, 2016 | Ask Coach Al, Core Stability and Strength, Functional Strength Training, Kettlebells, Musings from Coach Al, Triathlon

I’ve always found it fascinating how certain things end up developing a huge following, often becoming so popular they almost develop into cult status. In the fitness world there’s a million examples, and no better example than when it comes to building strength....

FIVE Years – 22 Minutes

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Dec 29, 2015 | Ask Coach Al, Coaching, Marathon Training, Musings from Coach Al, Running

Hi Everyone…Coach Al here. I’ve got an important message for you today, one that is hopeful and empowering and will help you be happier and better in 2017 and beyond! Back on October 7th of last year, I was at an Entrepreneur Magazine conference in NYC and had the...