Flow in Sports: The Keys to Optimal Experiences and Performances---1-06-2009 Members Only Podcast Time again for Human Kinetics Corner...our members weekly opportunity to hear insights from some of the great books published by Human Kinetics. The experience of flow is still one of the least understood phenomena in sport. And yet it is one of the richest, most memorable experiences an athlete will ever know. Some call it a natural "high." Others refer to it as being "in a zone." Whatever it's called, flow is an elusive and very sought-after psychological state that athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists have tried to understand, harness, and employ to their benefit since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi first coined the term back in the early 1970s. Now, in the first book devoted exclusively to flow in sports, the pioneering legend Csikszentmihalyi and sport psychology researcher Susan Jackson attempt not only to explain the phenomenon but also to identify the key conditions associated with its occurrence. . . . keep reading Joe and the Ultra List---1-5-2009 Before most people knew what the internet was there was the Ultra List. The creation of a man named Joe Jurcyzk, the Ultra List is a thriving online community in which the discussions are lively and always come back to hitting the trails. Today on Endurance Planet we hear from the ultra runner and online pioneer about his sport and the community he helped create. . . . keep reading Breakaway Friday: Desire 1-2-2009 Frances Willard writes in How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle "All failure was from a wobbling will rather than a wobbling wheel." It's quotes like that which make up Bill Strickland's The Quotable Cyclist from Breakaway Books. On today's Endurance Planet, a Breakaway Friday edition, we hear from the chapter entitled Desire from the Quotable Cyclist. It's good food for thought as we begin the New Year. . . . keep reading More

Competition 29.0 - Dropping The Hammer (NEW!) Join Coach Troy and the athletes from the Freehold, New Jersey cycling and multisport community for a grueling yet effective 'classic' interval workout designed to boost your speed and anaerobic power! Competiton 28.0 - Aero Base Builder VI (NEW!) Effectively build your aerobic foundation with 'aerobic interval training' in this Aero Base Builder workout with Coach Troy! Competition 27.0 - Threshold Test & Suffer Fest (NEW!) A great threshold building workout designed to boost your anaerobic threshold and sustainable power output for time trialing events including triathlons! View our entire stock of training videos!

Strength Training for Endurance Athletes---November 25, 2008 One of our members recently asked about strength training for endurance athletes. "Can it improve performance?" The answer is, "You bet it can." In this article, Championship Triathlon Training authors George M. Dallam and Steven Jonas address the issue of how to improve your run with strength training. . . . keep reading Training the Mind Excerpted from Championship Triathlon Training Many areas of life can produce psychoemotional difficulty or anxiety. Whether it be flying in an airplane or speaking in front of a crowd, people admire those who can perform without apparent difficulty. It's often assumed that demonstrating such skill and enjoyment in a task must be a God-given talent and not something you can achieve for yourself. Yet a large body of scientific evidence suggests that this is not the case. Those who do things with less anxiety and more pleasure than others often have certain psychological skills specific to the situation. . . . keep reading Burnout by Coach Ryan Ross Have you ever known a fellow multisport athlete who has gotten burned out? I've been there. Burnout can be an ugly thing. Picture this: A guy is standing on the side of the road. His bicycle tire is flat. He is seriously thinking about throwing that bike into the ditch and leaving it there. . . . keep reading More