In this article Caroline Livesey explains why RPE is a key metric for her coaching, how it is integrated into Xhale, and how it might be useful for you as a coach. If you want to know more about this feature then this is the place to start.
How functional is your FTP?
Training zones based on blood lactate levels are unique to each athlete. In this article Simon Vincent presents why lactate testing is more reliable than FTP, and how to use it in constructing training programmes and assessing your athletes.
Does Winning Matter?
After the Tokyo Olympics, Passion Fit coach Tom Ward looks at the modern culture around winning, glorification of winners, and discusses why this might not be the most important feature of sport after all.
Just one more rep
Xhale co-founder and triathlon coach Mark Livesey presents the founding reasons for the creating of Xhale. He remembers some of his early experiences with coaches and instructors in the military. He quickly realised that the “old” style of coaching – breaking soldiers with “just one more rep” – did not develop resilience and instead caused unnecessary stress and resistance. Through these experiences he developed his own coaching style based on communication and the coach/athlete relationship. These are the principles on which Xhale is founded.