Training science, coaching, and the 80/20 method — from Matt Fitzgerald and the 80/20 Endurance coaching team.
You’ve put in the training. You’ve done the work. So why does race day sometimes feel like it’s working against you? For many endurance athletes, the missing piece isn’t fitness or nutrition — it’s what’s happening between the ears. In this free live session, mental performance expert Carrie Jackson, M.A., CMPC breaks down the psychobiology…
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You’ve heard it before. “Just toughen up. Everyone gets nervous. Push through it.” Good advice — if you want to keep underperforming at the starting line, blow your pacing in the first mile, and make terrible decisions in the back half of a race you trained months for. The truth is, race anxiety isn’t a…
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Is HYROX a strength sport or an endurance sport? Most athletes assume it’s the former — and most athletes are leaving performance on the table because of it. In this Tuesday Teaching session, 80/20 Endurance co-founder and bestselling author Coach Matt Fitzgerald makes the case that HYROX is fundamentally an endurance race — and that…
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80/20 ENDURANCE — ATHLETE STORY “I Didn’t Do Anything Extraordinary. I Simply Followed a Well-Designed System.” How Brad Jansen returned to Ironman 70.3 Geelong at 55 — and finished 65 minutes faster than he did at 42. In 2014, Brad Jansen crossed the finish line at Ironman 70.3 Geelong in 6:30:39. He was 42, placed…
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By Jim Vance When athletes think about recovery, they usually think about the big rocks: sleep, nutrition, hydration, rest days, and managing training load. All of that matters. But there is another piece of recovery that often gets overlooked: mental strain. Recently, I stopped wearing a phone-connected smartwatch and went back to a watch that…
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Endurance sports like running and triathlon demand a lot from the human body, bringing a constant underlying risk of overuse injuries. For many athletes, the intuitive approach to getting faster is pushing hard day after day. However, doing too much hard training is not only the most common mistake in endurance sports, but it is…
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By Jim Vance Jeff Galloway wasn’t just a coach or a runner — he was a gateway into the world of running for thousands of people who might never have believed they could do it. Yesterday, the running world lost Jeff at age 80 after a hemorrhagic stroke. He competed for the U.S. in the…
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By 80/20 Endurance | Featuring insights from Elizabeth Inpyn The supplement world is a strange mix of useful tools, expensive “maybe” products, and marketing that’s designed to bypass your critical thinking. For endurance athletes, the stakes are higher than wasting money. Poor-quality supplements can create real health risks, and in some cases even lead to…
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The Norwegian training method has reshaped endurance sport. Known for disciplined structure, controlled moderate intensity, and consistent aerobic development, it has produced Olympic champions and world-class triathletes and runners. Now, you can apply that same approach in the pool. Our Norwegian Training Swim Plans are structured swim training plans built for triathletes and swimmers who…
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Should You Break Up with the 7-Day Training Week? For more than 4,000 years, humans have organized life around the seven-day week. The rhythm traces back to ancient Babylon, where early astronomers divided the lunar cycle into quarters. That seven-day pattern stuck. It shaped religion, work schedules, school calendars, and eventually, modern life. As endurance…
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