How to Calculate Rest Periods Using Your Heart Rate
James Breese shares some of our research and recent findings on using heart rate as a personalized method of recovery in between high-intensity training intervals.
Cardio
How to Cycle Faster, and Stronger Than Ever Before
If you feel like you are just barely hanging on when riding for fun, maybe it’s time to make a few adjustments while training on your own so you can get that performance improvement you want.
Don’t Fear Assessments, Embrace Them!
This episode explores the reason why improving your health, strength and fitness comes down to doing regular assessments and unfortunately there is no such thing as a ‘quick fix’ in fitness and health.
Secrets of Elite Obstacle Course Racers with Taylor Starch
Taylor Starch who shares his incredible wealth of knowledge about how the human body functions and what that means for the way we should be training for obstacle course racing.
How to Get Into Running and Stay Injury Free
Discover the Strength Matters methodology for determining whether you can and should be running and then also what to do if you are ready to run but want to avoid injury.
[Case Study] How I Lost 20kg and Became Pain Free with Jeroen Westra
In this episode, Jeroen shares his toughest challenges of the process and how he overcame them. He also notes the specific reasons he believes he lost weight successfully this time (and is keeping it off) when he has failed with diets in the past.
How fit are you really? Strength & cardio tests for people over thirty.
In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing basic tests and assessments that can help you understand where your current strength and cardio levels stand and what you need to work on.
Over 30? Here’s How To Approach Cardio Training…
You hear a lot about the importance of cardio, but how do you get started with cardio if you’re a beginner over 30? You may have noticed that it’s harder to do things that you previously did easily. You may even be telling yourself that you “used to be able” to do those cardio-related exercises, but not anymore.
Metabolic Intensity For General Health With James FitzGerald
What is metabolic intensity, and why doesn’t it belong in the average person’s training program? This is just one of the topics that are addressed by today’s guest. James Fitzgerald, the founder of Opex Fitness, joins the podcast today to talk about broccoli, metabolic intensity, and training for health and longevity.
How To Get Fit For The Ski Season
If you’re considering a ski vacation or participating in other winter sports, you want to be physically prepared so that you don’t wind up in the medical center. In today’s episode, we’ll discuss James Breese’s experience with winter sports and mountain training.
