The run-up to the Christmas period is busy. Routines change, social commitments increase, and training is often the first thing to slip. Many athletes describe feeling tired, but in reality most of this fatigue isn’t physical. It is social and mental fatigue. Here Caroline Livesey gives you a helping hand to manage the Christmas period without letting your training routine go completely.
As we roll into October and temperatures drop in the Northern Hemisphere, the indoor training season is officially here. For many cyclists, this is the time to shift focus from long sunny miles to efficient, focused sessions that build serious fitness — all from the comfort of your pain cave.
The good news? Indoor cycling has never been more effective or motivating, especially now that Zwift and TrainXhale are fully integrated. Read on for some key sessions to improve your fitness.
If you are new to running and confused by all the conflicting opinions on social media about how to get started, then this article is for you. With 40 years of experience as a runner and run coach, Christian Orr has distilled all the noise into 5 of the most effective tips.
Are you wedded to your pull buoy? Do you find progressing in swimming impossible? Maybe it’s time to change your tune.
Unless you come from a swimming background the chances are that swimming is the most frustrating part of triathlon progression for you.
There are some triathlete swimming myths that could be holding you back, and in this article Mark Livesey, co-founder of Xhale, explains why and what you can do about it.
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 considered swim video analysis? Here coach Julian Nagi explains why it is helpful for swimmers to see footage of their swimming, and how you can build it into your training or if you are a coach – make use of swim analysis experts to help your athletes to develop.
Inhibitory Analytical Syndrome (IAS) is something coach Julian Nagi has come across many times in his decades of coaching all levels of swimmers. If you are someone who struggles to swim fluidly because you are concentrating too much on all the technique queues you have been given, then this useful article may help you to progress more quickly. As Julian says “We are imperfect as human beings, and we are definitely imperfect as swimmers. The key is to find the best stroke that works for you.” Rhythm, momentum and flow are the most important words in a swimmers vocabulary and Julian is here to explain why.
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.
