About two years ago, I developed the Paced Performance Method. I’ve been coaching competitive CrossFit athletes for over 10 years, and I’ve always tried to bring ideas from other disciplines into the way I coach. Running and cycling have had a big influence on me. Interval training, Zone 2 work, threshold work, and controlled pacing […]
Read More →When it comes to fitness, strength and endurance are often treated like two completely different worlds. If you want to get strong, you lift heavy, rest long, and avoid too much conditioning. If you want to build endurance, you run, bike, row, or grind through long workouts until your lungs and legs adapt. And while […]
Read More →Endurance is one of the cornerstones of athletic performance. Whether you’re a runner, cyclist, swimmer, or you participate in a sport that demands repeated sustained effort — like CrossFit — your endurance matters. But building endurance is not just about putting in more miles. It’s also not about doing one high-intensity workout after another and […]
Read More →Going to the gym day after day and doing a one-hour high-intensity CrossFit class is great — as long as it aligns with your goals. You’ll burn calories. You’ll get fitter. You’ll improve your heart health. You’ll build some muscle. And for most people, that’s more than enough. But if your goal is to maximize […]
Read More →Today, let’s talk about one of the workout styles featured in Dominate the Bike: A 12-Week Program for Power, Speed, & Endurance: Variable Rest Intervals. As the name implies, variable rest intervals are interval workouts where the work period stays the same, but the rest period changes. Here’s an example: 8 x 3-Minute Tempo BikeEasy […]
Read More →I’ve been around the sport of CrossFit for a little over 10 years now. I can remember back to a time when anything but high-intensity, train-to-the-point of-near-death type workouts were the end all be all of training. Easy workouts like long Zone 2 runs were mocked as anti-fitness. I even remember a few posts that […]
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