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How to Periodise Your Endurance Training
The research behind block periodisation, intensity distribution, and building fitness that peaks when it matters.
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Training Load Management: Why Easy Training Wins
Three decades of research across running, cycling, rowing, and skiing. The best athletes spend 80% at low intensity. Here is why.
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Training
One Hour on the Trainer Does Not Equal Two on the Road
Indoor cycling is harder than outdoor. That is proven. But the 1:2 conversion ratio is lazy and wrong.
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Opinion
Tyre Kicker Performance
Jesus, that's a grand car. Kicks the tyre. Walks away. Never drives it. The athlete who researches everything and trains nothing.
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Opinion
Evidence Based Has Lost All Meaning
Everyone claims to be evidence based now. A look at the satirical papers that prove you can cite studies to argue almost anything.
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Training
Hyrox Is Not New Science
The tools are different. The training is not. Breaking down why Hyrox demands the same physiology that endurance sport has trained for decades.
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Training
You're Doing 80/20 Wrong
What Seiler actually found, why sessions and time are not the same thing, and where amateurs get polarised training completely wrong.
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Science
It's Lactate, Not Lactic Acid
The name is wrong. The function is wrong. Everything you've been told about "lactic acid" is based on century-old bad science.
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Training
Stop Thinking, Start Lifting
What the research actually says about heavy strength training for cyclists. The numbers, the charts, and what it means for your racing.
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Training
The coaching personnel behind my performances
Working with Alex Welburn and Chris Lowe — science meets real-world application.
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Racing
"I'm not riding this Rás for sixth place"
Racing the 2025 Rás Tailteann. Going for the win or blowing up trying.
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Feature
"It's the first time I've ever cried when I won a bike race"
Winning the 2022 Rás Tailteann — ending a 14-year wait for an Irish champion.
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