Repeatability… What’s That?
Many years ago when I first began designing training programs for individuals I often would write percentages for effort. Such as 85 to 90% effort. Years before that even, I believe I would even [...]
An Overdue Letter To A Friend
Jason, First off, I want to thank you for your near 8 years of service at OPT. I can’t believe it has already been that long. I should have told you this before the end of November, but I never [...]
Understanding FTP: What It Measures And What It Misses
Functional Threshold Power I first heard of the acronym FTP maybe 10 years ago. At the time I was deep into coaching CrossFit, not so much into trying to completely understand what was going on [...]
A New Lens For Analysis
Preamble I am going to write about 2 competing priorities in training for the fitness competitor (i.e. CrossFit, Hyrox, IF3, etc.). Namely, training to compete versus training to improve your [...]
Work: ?
This post is broken into 3 parts: 1 – Genesis 2 – Application 3 – Exercise Physiology Part 1 – Genesis What is a Work: Work interval? Quite simply, it is the [...]
A Discussion on Heart Rate Monitors
Why do people use Heart rate monitors when exercising? I asked ChatGPT this exact question. The top 2 reasons Mr. GPT gave were 1) Monitoring Intensity and 2) Optimizing Workouts. Let’s focus on [...]