Strength For Endurance Podcast

Nov 01 2024 170 ep. 27 mins 61

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The Strength For Endurance Podcast explores the wins, challenges and lessons experienced in the pursuit of successful endurance performance. Each episode your host and well respected strength coach Kriss Hendy will discuss what it takes to truly reach your potential, whether your sights are set on your first 10km or the professional stage. Kriss will be regularly joined by inspiring guests, from sport and training to business and academia. Ultimately we'll look to answer the question 'Is it possible to achieve long-term successful performance whilst maintaining optimal health and lifestyle-balance?'.... To find out more about training with Kriss, head over to www.strengthforendurance.com

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A closer look at female athletes across their lifespan with Dr Jessica Piasecki

Nov 01 2024 54 mins

Many of us are aware that female performance can be affected at different times of the monthly cycle. But how is performance affected when we’re peri-menopausal, menopausal or post-menopausal? How do our hormones fluctuate throughout the lifespan of a woman and how can we apply what we know back into our training and performance? We spoke with Dr Jessica Piasecki, who is the As

The Importance of Performance Blood Testing for Endurance Training

Oct 24 2024 16 mins

As someone who trains alot, when was the last time you had a performance blood test? ….In fact have you ever had one? If the answer is no, don’t panic! Today we’re discussing the importance of athletes having blood tests, and specifically a performance blood test. Giving us an individualised and comprehensive insight into your currently health, it can provide us vital infor

Dr. Phil Hayes - What we need to know about Fatigue Resistance

Oct 17 2024 56 mins

Listen in to todays episode where Kriss is joined by Exercise Physiologist from Northumbria University, Dr. Phil Hayes. As a Professor, Sports Scientist and Reseacher with over 30 years experience, he gives us a fascinating insight into some of the research and studies he’s done over the years. From how fatigue effects running gait, specifically the role of muscular strength; aer

How SFE Coaches Manage Training Load with our Athletes

Oct 10 2024 16 mins

There is an art to successful and sustainable coaching. Now whether you’re self coached, training from a downloaded template or within a club, it’s vital that as athletes we don’t just follow a program blindly. How many times have you completed a training program where you haven’t had to change a single thing? Chances are you’ve had to miss sessions, the intensity has b

Project RED-S with Pippa Woolvern - Raising the awareness, prevention and support around energy deficiency in athletes

Oct 03 2024 64 mins

it’s a pleasure to welcome Pippa Woolvern to the podcast today. A former GB Athlete, Psychology Coach and athlete mentor, Pippa set up Project RED-S with the aim of raising the awareness, prevention and support of low energy availability and it’s associated problems amongst athletes of all ages and abilities. A topic that resonates closely with both Pippa and Kriss, she shares

How to Build Strong & Resilient Feet

Sep 26 2024 16 mins

Our feet are one of our most important parts of "real estate". We expect so much from them, but rarely do we train and prepare them for the distances, terrains and intenities we have planned. We can get carried away with building stronger glutes, quads and hamstrings. But if we neglact the very thing that connects us with the ground, is this work wasted? It’s time to take it b

Strategies for Maintaining Strong Run Form

Sep 19 2024 16 mins

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed these days when it comes to the “perfect run form” or what you should look like when you run. But how often are you able to take this information and advice and easily apply it to your own running? Today Kriss covers a few of the basics that you go and work on right away including Cadence, Mantra’s and Identifying Weaknesses. (00:00) Introduc

What qualities are necessary for successful open water swimming?

Sep 12 2024 16 mins

Whether you’ve been in the water your whole life, are just getting back into it or starting later in life, there’s a definite complexity to open water swimming, in comparision to that of it's pool counterpart. Of course, fitness, technique and level of experience will play a big part in how you perform. But as such a solitary sport there are many qualities, behaviours and trai

3 Key Methods To Improve Your Downhill Running

Sep 05 2024 16 mins

Many seasoned runners will know that it’s often not the uphills that break you, but instead the toll that the downhills have on the body. Today Kriss shares three key ways that you can improve your tolerance for the downhills, both at home, in the gym and during you running sessions. Tune in to find out more... (00:00) Introduction to SFE Athlete Pathway (01:21) Welcome to the S

Interpreting what Health Professionals have told you

Aug 22 2024 16 mins

Recieving a diagnosis or prognosis around an injury can come with a flood of emotions. Sadness, anger, confusion, frustration, the list goes on. Whether you’ve been in this postion yourself or seen someone who has, hearing these words can be really hard, especially when it hasn’t be delievered with the best bedside manner. Being told “you’ll never be able to run again”,