Are you guilty of basing too much of your performance analysis on your data? In this article coach Aidan Callaghan emphasises how, especially in this early part of the year, your focus should be on other things. Find out how data can support your training but not derail your motivation.
You’re out for a long run. The pace feels good, the weather is perfect, and you’ve found that clarity of mind that comes with focusing solely on your exertion and moving dynamically through space. Life is GOOD! You love this shit! The endorphins are popping and you feel positively brimming with good will and happiness. You pause to cross a road and glance to check your total run time – but you didn’t start your watch!
In this article Heather Wurtele explores the quirks of memory versus reality and how you can use the mind to improve your training experiences.
In this article Sam Wordley highlights some of the reasons he and his coach use Xhale, and some of the benefits he feels the platform gives him. Xhale has always focused on the communication between an athlete and their coach, developing specific functions to encourage engagement for the athlete. There are numerous ways this can benefit your development as an athlete, and your coaching process if you are a coach.
As most triathletes either take a break this time of year, or are getting started on their winter training, it is a great time to put in place a macro structure for your coming training year. In this article Passion Fit coach and professional athlete Lydia Dant explains how she reframes the different parts of the training cycle, and what an athlete should be focussed on in each training phase. This is a great place to start for your own periodisation.
It’s likely if you are on social media that the algorithms are showing you targeted marketing about AI coaching platforms for sports. The machines themselves touting AI as the panacea for athletes and coaches. Perhaps you have been wondering what it can do. Caroline Livesey delves into what it currently can and cannot do.
If you are thinking about taking on a coach, but you are struggling to understand if you need one and how they can help then look no further. Mark and Caroline highlight some of the reasons you might want to get expert help, and how a coach might help you not just with training but with finding balance in your life in general.
Have you ever wondered if recording your training in a platform like Xhale can help you to progress?
Well, we have countless examples of this in action over the years we have been running the Xhale coaching and training platform. As a coach, Caroline Livesey gives us some great examples here of the ways in which recording what you do can enhance your progress, and be a positive thing for overall well-being.
In this article Passion Fit athlete Lauren Turley discusses the taper. While there are a million ways to approach the actual training load taper – and each athlete will be different – there are many other considerations for this phase before your race which Lauren outlines here.
In this article we show you how to use the workout builder for bike and run sessions. Once you have built the session in Xhale you can easily sync it to your Garmin so you can follow it once you are training.
In the second of our Race Ready articles, Sam Wordley talks you through how to get specific about the demands of the race you have chosen. Reading the race manual and checking your kit matches the demands you are about to face can leave you with more time and less nerves so you can relax in the days leading up to the event.
As athletes near race season, Xhale coach Caroline Livesey here takes you through how you can make the most of your pre-race days with a recce of the race course, and what you should be looking out for.
Whether professional or an age-group athlete, understanding how to optimise recovery and developing a plan to achieve this are critical to your progression. Here, Dr Sam Shepherd explains why getting the right nutrition will help you to recover better and reap the rewards the of training. He delves into what key principles you should follow when it comes to recovery and tips on how to implement these into your training plan.