On this episode of Ask The Coaches with Tawnee and Lucho, we have a special announcement for our fans and more. Intro Banter Why Lucho doesn’t own a snow blower (yes, he was still under snow at time of this recording, in spring). The value of manual labor like shoveling your own snow. Lucho learns Read More

Lucho and Tawnee are back on for Ask the Coaches episode 363. Anonymous asks: Mental Toughness 101 How would you define toughness? (Admittedly, this is inspired by my recent start to reading Steve Magness’ book Do Hard Things). What the coaches say: Listen to OMM 17 in which Tawnee outlines how mental toughness can certainly be Read More

  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66342-w https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11427289/ Intro Banter Talking strength training Tawnee’s go to set: SL RDLs, KB windmills, Turkish Get-ups (TGU), Pullup bar (dead hangs + pull-ups) KB windmills are a bit tricky to get form right and do them safely, good tutorial here. Questions Recovery 101: We talk about our favorite underrated physical recovery tool(s)/strategies that Read More

In this episode, Lucho and Tawnee go into detail about coach-athlete relationships based on their more than three decades of combined experience. Getting the most from a coach-athlete relationship. We describe how we do it in our own personal coaching practices and what we have found that works, including a good rhythm, communication, expectations, needs, Read More

Be sure to check out our new clean-living “non-toxic” Living List at enduranceplanet.com/shop/products, where everything we’ve included are brands and products we own and use in our home and for our family. It will be an evolving list and it’s certainly not exhaustive, these are just some examples and things we have come to use and Read More

Be sure to check out our new Living List at enduranceplanet.com/shop/products with all the non-toxic products and products free of harmful chemicals that Tawnee has researched and uses for her family in their household for a healthier home environment and healthier family members. If you’re thinking of making some like changes to clean up your Read More

Intro Banter Lucho’s NH Ragnar recap Brian asks: A Weird(?) Goal + ‘Do Anything Fitness’  Hi! I’ve been listening to endurance planet since (I think) 2015 when I started getting into distance running. I peaked and burned out on running in 2019/2020 when I ran my fastest times and the work I was putting in was… Read More

Intro Banter: Lucho running Ragnar New Hampshire! Lucho’s boys continuing their MTB racing Endurance Conspiracy mention Mark asks: Gravel and CX specific workouts? Hey guys! Cyclocross season is upon us, I’ve been dabbling in races the past couple years and feel like I’m falling short in these hard efforts. Basic question: what are a few Read More

Intro: Lucho and Tawnee share their “hangups” with training and the things they tend to grapple with, despite years of learning, knowledge and how they coach others (why are we this way haha?!). Lucho gets obsessed with mileage and volume, tracking via training peaks. Tawnee worries about health consequences of training too much and repeating Read More

Intro Banter: Recent episode with Phil Maffetone on music and NOT listening to music during exercise. How meditative a long workout can be when you keep the headphones off and tune into your body. Lucho shares about his recent MAF test comparison of running at altitude/hilly vs. running at flat sea level (and being 2min Read More