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Can less be more? – Weekly Newsletter – 307

Training structure and planning

Can less be more? Peak Performance Issue number: 307 June 19, 2017 Although it was a long time ago, I still remember my early days in the fitness industry, which were divided between triathlon training and working as a gym instructor and personal trainer. One of the most vivid memories during that period was of […]

Latest Edition of Peak Performance – 60 Day Trial

Endurance training, Other

Mind how you go! This Month in Peak Performance – 60 Trial! “When the horn sounded for the start of the 2017 Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon, Joyciline Jepkosgei went out hard. So hard in fact that she wound up running what most of us would consider a dismal set of positive splits. In percentage terms, […]

Get your priorities right!

Endurance products and technology, Nutrition for endurance athletes, Other, Recovery nutrition

Latest edition of the Peak Performance weekly newsletter! Peak Performance Issue number: 306 June 12, 2017 Providing your training is structured correctly and you’re getting plenty of rest and recovery, regular training and higher levels of fitness should result in you having more energy than the average couch potato – not less. However, there may […]

Drowning in hydration advice

Endurance health and lifestyle, Other

The past couple of weeks have seen our first taste of real summer weather, with temperatures climbing to nearly 30°C in the Scottish Highlands! While training in fine summer weather is undoubtedly more enjoyable than slogging through long, cold and dismal winter, it does bring its own challenges – the main one being to keep […]

School fined for pupil injured in PE class

Risk Assessment & Insurance

An English School was fined £10,000 after a pupil suffered a life-threatening injury during a PE lesson. A 14-year-old boy was hit on the head with a shot put during an athletic session at The Jude School in Kent. He required emergency brain surgery and spent a month in hospital before returning to school with […]

Ultramarathon burn victim wins AUD$10m payout

Risk Assessment & Insurance

An ultramarathon runner who suffered life-threatening burns when a bushfire tore through an event in Western Australia is believed to have reached a AUD$10 million settlement with the race organisers. Turia Pitt, 26, suffered burns covering more than 60 per cent of her body while running in the 100km race in WA’s Kimberley region in […]

Cyclist awarded AUD$1.6m after being hit by another cyclist then struck by car

Risk Assessment & Insurance

An Australian cyclist has been awarded AUD$1.6 million after being knocked from his bike by a fellow cyclist then run over by a car. The man was left with painful injuries including a broken pelvis and a broken bone in his spine, as well as internal bleeding. The accident happened on Capital Circle in Canberra’s […]

Risks of sauna-induced weight loss

Weight management

Sauna-induced dehydration is an effective way for athletes competing in weight class events to lose weight rapidly before competition, according to a new study from Spain. However, female athletes may find the weight loss benefits cancelled out by a decrease in explosive power. Athletes competing in such events as weight-lifting, judo, karate, boxing, rowing and […]

Running and body fat – walking the tightrope of optimum performance

Weight management

How to lose fat through running Although it’s immediately apparent that there are substantial differences in physical characteristics between sprinters and long distance runners, elite runners at all distances come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and there are perhaps too many exceptions to make all but the broadest generalisations. Generally speaking though, sprinters […]

Midnight snacking may make athletes fatter

Weight management

The later you stay up at night, the higher your risk of tacking on unwanted body fat. That’s the somewhat strange story which has emerged from recent research carried out in France. The new French studies were carried out because previous research had uncovered two startling facts: (1 ) When factory workers change from day […]

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Peak Performance

High-performance training tools, tips and advice for endurance athletes

What’s new

Can less be more? – Weekly Newsletter – 307

Latest Edition of Peak Performance – 60 Day Trial

Get your priorities right!

Drowning in hydration advice

School fined for pupil injured in PE class

Ultramarathon burn victim wins AUD$10m payout

Cyclist awarded AUD$1.6m after being hit by another cyclist then struck by car

Risks of sauna-induced weight loss

Running and body fat – walking the tightrope of optimum performance

Midnight snacking may make athletes fatter

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