In cycling, crashes are an inevitable part of the sport. Ride your bike for long enough and at some point you’re going to fall off either from pushing the limits of tyre grip, a mechanical failure or something completely outside of your control. A study by Eley et al. (2019) which aimed to characterize…
Last year we brought you a feature of client testimonials and reflections from our first year in business. We’re back again this year with some select client testimonials from athletes we work with here at Premier Endurance! Read more below. (Cover Photo Credit: Donal Kelly) David Walshe Give us some background about yourself. I started…
So, the last race of the year is under our belts – there’s nothing more on the horizon and motivation is starting to waver! It’s been a tough year. For athletes we coach we always recommend a 2-4 week off season period to decompress after a year of training from both a physical and psychological…
I’m sitting on the couch in the middle of the day, a weekday, I should be working – I’m not. The Tour de France is on the TV. We have Irish and local interest this year, in a major way. Sam Bennet is fighting for stage wins and the Green Jersey. He’s been knocking on…
Warming up is something we all do, it is a given, but do we know why we do it? Does it work? What type of warm up is best? This paper from Barranco-Gil et al. (2020) set about trying to answer some of these questions. Background Within this study the authors highlight the fact that…
A good portion of athletes we work with here at Premier Endurance combine work, family and training in pursuit of their own personal goals. A further subset of these athletes work shift patterns both irregular and regular. The shift worker represents a unique challenge in terms of training prescription and recovery. While this challenge…
Second up in our series of webinars is our deep dive into the popular recovery methods used in endurance sport and the research behind them. Here we chat through sleep, nutrition, active recovery, foam rolling and much more from both a practical and evidenced based perspective. Video can be viewed below.
This webinar will focus on the ideas and methodology around setting appropriate goals along with how we structure our training around work and home life! This webinar will be delivered by head coach Jamie Blanchfield you can read a little more about Jamie here
Continuous professional development (CPD) has gained legs in the past few years. Oftentimes we may feel the need to do every course, webinar and attend every conference under the sun! While this may be a bit of an exaggeration it captures the feeling of multiple coaches (and athletes) I’ve chatted with. Don’t get me wrong,…
Psychological resilience has been popularized within the elite athlete population for as long as we can remember. Our top-level athletes are heralded for possessing superhuman forms of mental toughness and psychological resilience when it comes to their performance and training regimes. Yet, little has been discussed in relation to high performance coaches and their…