Hydration, Fueling and Performance Advice for Athletes
Staff picks
The art of gut training: plan, prepare and execute
Pro endurance athlete Dougal Allan shares an insight into how he trains his gut to be able to tolerate more carb on race day.
Why sodium is crucial to athletes performing at their best
Many athletes understand that replacing the sodium lost when they sweat is important for maintaining performance, but they don't really know why. Here's why...
How to START hydrated and why that's so important.
Drinking a strong electrolyte drink to optimise your hydration status before long/hot training sessions and events can significantly improve your performance.
The Comeback Kid: How Hayden Hawks fuels and trains for Western States
Tim Heming sits down with Hayden Hawks to find out how one of the best pro runners in the world prepares for the Western States 100-miler...
4 recovery lessons from a long term injury layoff
Runner Tina Muir shares the lessons she's learned from the first four weeks since undergoing Haglund's Deformity removal and Achilles surgery...
Buddy up or go solo? How to decide your best approach to training
Sports psychologist Lucie Hanes has a unique perspective on training alone vs solo as she competes at the elite level in both ultrarunning and rock climbing (more social...
The art of carb loading for endurance athletes
Pro athlete Dougal Allan shares his experiences of trial and error to nail the perfect pre-race carb load...
Should you deplete your carb intake before you carb load?
Registered Dietitian Lexi Kelson explores whether there's any merit to underdoing a carb-depletion phase prior to your carb load before a race...
Call of a lifetime: The rise of gravel star Danni Shrosbree
Danni Shrosbree talks to endurance journalist Tim Heming about her rise from swimmer, rower, and triathlete to gravel riding prominence...
Pro performance gains for time-starved athletes
Dr Bryce Dyer analyses the trends that are popular with professional athletes and considers whether us mere mortals should be following suit...
How understanding lactate can benefit your performance
Lactate kills your power output and ruins your chances of a PB, right? Well, no actually, and we now know why thanks to input from Tadej Pogacar’s former coach, Inigo San Millan…
5 predictions: how endurance sports will look in 2030...
Triathlonish founder, Kelly O'Mara, makes five predictions about how the world of endurance sport will look in 2030...
Active vs. passive heat training: which is best?
Pro endurance athlete, Dougal Allan, details his approach towards active and passive heat training when preparing for races in hot conditions...
Could heat training enhance your performance in all conditions?
Lexi Kelson discusses an optimal approach to heat training and explores whether your performance in all conditions could benefit...
Elite athletes' heat training protocols
We asked elite athletes to share their heat training protocols leading into hot races...