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A male cyclist with a prosthetic leg rides out of the saddle toward the camera.

Workout of the Week: Fast 40s

Steve Neal’s intense interval workout involves high reps and variability in rest so you can always push yourself harder in the next session.

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Workout of the Week: Yoga 

Yoga is more than just stretching—it’s great for active recovery, flexibility, stability, and core work. 

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Best Practices in Endurance Sport

Over a century of training and racing, coaches and athletes have continually experimented with the balance of volume and intensity. Today’s best practices look to maximize both a high volume of training and a small but potent dose of high-intensity work.

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The History of Run Training

The timely combination of running facilities and stopwatches gave running a leg up on other endurance sports, inviting more structured training and innovation.

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The History of Cycling Training

The early European cycling scene was convinced that more miles and more racing made champions. By the 1980s, a new generation of pros was redefining the goal and the roadmap to get there.

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The Evolution of Endurance Training

Coach Joe Friel recounts the relatively short history of endurance sports to identify the athletes and coaches that influenced how we train and race today.

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Athlete Profile: Levi Lukacs

Lukacs recently attempted the Guinness World Record for the longest single-event triathlon, raising thousands of dollars for cancer research in the process.