Racing & Strategy Older triathletes often feel they need more recovery, yet cutting intensity drives much of the age-related decline. What studies of masters athletes show about recovery, hard sessions and lifting, and how the week can change.
Racing & Strategy Should you lift heavy in the follicular phase and back off in the luteal phase? What meta-analyses of strength across the menstrual cycle and the few phase-based training trials show, and what to track instead.
Racing & Strategy Some athletes lift on race morning or the day before to feel sharper. The research comes from team-sport and power athletes, with a handful of endurance trials and nothing in long-course triathlon. What it shows.
Racing & Strategy Myth: A gym session the day before a race makes you faster.
Racing & Strategy Myth: After 50, drop the hard sessions and the gym.
Racing & Strategy Myth: if you can handle the heat, humidity doesn't matter.