“It is the Athletes’ personal duty to ensure that no Prohibited Substance enters their bodies. Athletes are responsible for any Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers found to be present in their Samples.” – WADA Code. it is estimated that up to 9% of all the positive doping tests nowadays are caused by elite…
Decreased costs of genetic sequencing has resulted in companies selling genetic information direct to customers (DTC) (Harris, Kelly, & Wyatt, 2013). DTC testing markets itself with a variety of services namely, ancestry testing, health testing and carrier testing (Phillips, 2016), in certain cases DTC genetic testing claims to test for the creative, musical, linguistic, and…
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