In this “Best of 2014” episode of Ask the Coaches, Lucho and Tawnee answer your questions on: Racing an Xterra, 70.3, and Ironman in one season: When to ride the MTB vs. road/tri bike? Is a 3hr ride a 3hr ride regardless of the bike? Three-year plan to try and qualify for Kona in the Read More

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This episode is brought to you by UCAN Superstarch, find out more and SAVE 15% off your purchase at enduranceplanet.com/ucan. On this show Tawnee and Lucho cover tons of topics and answer your questions. Including: Tawnee shares a strength-training circuit, and she and Lucho catch up on the latest. MAF & weather. How weather “extremes” Read More

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Lucho and Tawnee join to answer your questions on: . -Racing an Xterra, 70.3, and Ironman in one season: When to ride the MTB vs. road/tri bike? Is a 3hr ride a 3hr ride regardless of the bike? -Three-year plan to try and qualify for Kona in the 40-44 age group for a reasonably well Read More

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We’re joined by Dr. Phil Maffetone for another jam-packed episode in effort to get you fitter and healthier than ever. On this show we discuss: -Choosing a clean coffee -Getting in sync with your body for better performance and  tools to do so -Mastering the relationship among heart rate/breathing/movement when running (and in sport) -How Read More

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Legend of the sport, Chris Legh, joins us from Bike Works in Kona to talk about the hurdles he’s faced in his career including 1997 when he suffered severe dehydration in Kona, and later on the heart condition he dealt with in Ironman racing and what he did about it. Despite those hurdles, Chris has Read More

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It’s another jam-packed show with Dr. Phil Maffetone that’s hard to summarize into one paragraph! In this show we covers tons of useful topics including a recipe for the “Phil Maffetone Energy Bar” and why we don’t see it on shelves today, dealing with “failure” in a race, is there really such thing as a Read More

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Figuring out why you’re fatigued and how blood testing can give answers and insight, what’s keeping you from hitting Zone 5 HR on your bike hill repeat workout, how do you deal mentally with injury close to race day, using MAF vs LT testing to determine HR zones, trouble getting HR up unless sugar is involved, using Read More

Dr. Phil Maffetone joins the show for lots of good MAF talk, and he also provides answers to your questions on how to effectively train at MAF but then race at higher intensities, tips to train muscles for faster paces, the mental side to racing, can two runs a day at MAF get the same benefit Read More

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We are joined again by Dr. Phil Maffetone to talk about his philosophy on sports nutrition (and much more on the honey and fruit juice method of fueling), why he thinks VO2max is an insignificant number, how he feels about LT vs. MAF for testing and HR zones, how to train when your MAF pace Read More

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Legendary coach, health and fitness expert and the father of aerobic heart rate-based training, Dr. Phil Maffetone, joins the show for a insightful chat on an array of topics and to answer your questions on aerobic/MAF training, incorporating speed work, the ideal diet and racing fuel for endurance athletes, should we be strength training, and more. Read More

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