Rest or Recovery Days. What are you thought on them? Do they give you anxiety? Maybe you ignore them completely. Are you someone who knows what you should be doing, but finds it hard to actually execute. In a community full of incredibly driven, type A, highly productive and motivated individuals our biggest downfall can often be the ability to stop. However this could be actually be impacting you more than you believe. In todays podcast Kriss wants you to try and reframe things. By simply changing how you phrase and talk about rest and recovery, we can hopefully change your mindest towards it and in effect the benefits that it’ll bring to your training and performance capabilities.

The power of working with a coach goes beyond just exercise prescription, it's based upon feedback, accountability and empathy. But one of the most beneficial aspects of working with experienced practitioners is the education you can learn along the way. Having the opportunity to enhance and develop the awareness and understanding you have of yourself allows you to make decisions on a daily, weekly and monthly basis that can have significant impacts on your health and performance. Join Kriss and Sophie in todays episode as they discuss more around this topic. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

As we all search for that elusive ‘perfect race’, we come to realise that it’s far from a straight forward process. We learn from our mistakes and try to replicate the things that go well, it really is a journey of trial and error. SFE client (and todays guest) Harry, joins Kriss for great chat off the back of his ‘A’ race at UTMB’s CCC event. Over the past 12 months Harry's knowledge around his optimal training approach, management and prevention of injury and the sport of ultra running has grown enormously. He’ll be the first to admit there are many things he still needs to learn but it’s been his recent performances and the visible change in his approach towards training and competition that we can all learn from. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

Have you ever come back to running following an injury, pregnancy, a change of sport or a running break? If you have, you’ll probably know from experience that it doesn’t always go smoothly and often we learn the hard way; pushing a little too hard too soon, old injuries crop up and you’re back at square one feeling frustrated and desperate for an answer. So what exactly does it take to build back up to run performance? To have complete confidence in your ability again. Confidence that you can get your running to where you want it to be without anxiety or fear of re-injury? It’s certainly not textbook material. We are complexed individuals with a multitude of external factors to navigate, but when done with logic, accountability and patience you’ll get there, and we’ve even had clients exceed their pre-injury or pre-rest running capabilities, on a regular basis. So listen in to todays episode and find out how we do it. Interested? Contact us for either a face to face or remote consultation and we can work through your return to run plan together. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

Kriss had the pleasure of speaking with Welsh Triathlete and Coach Nathan Ford for todays podcast, who had a life changing bike accident back in August 2021, leaving him paralysed from the neck down. A little over two years on and Nathan continues to defy all prognoses. It’s clear than Nathan's athletic traits and his mindset give him the relentless pursuit to keep moving forward each day. Tune in and listen to this inspirational and humbling story of perserverance and recovery in the face of adversity. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

We all have dreams and aspirations of running the trails, entering races and experiencing the adventures we see our sporting idols having. But is this ‘want’ or desire enough to actually get us there? Is it truely realistic to keep asking your body to do the things you want it to do without giving it the maintenance it deserves? Is it naive or ignorant to think we can just keep doing more of what we want to do, but not enough of what we need to do? In this episode Kriss discusses whether our romantic relationship and passion for our sport is enough to get us to where we want to be. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

This week’s episode is a long form chat with Alex Butt, an old friend and Co owner of military strength and conditioning company Stoic Conditioning. Kriss and Alex explore a variety of topics, notably the striking similarities between individuals preparing themselves for military services and those training for endurance competitions. They discuss the minimum physical standards required for entry level for both types of athlete, the non negotiable strength and conditioning standards for a long career lifespan , and possible solutions for the prevalent injury epidemic affecting both groups. Essentially we’ve got to get you pound for pound stronger that you’ve ever been before. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

There’s an ongoing narrative we regularly come across where individuals are confused as to why they are falling short and struggling with ongoing injuries. Simply put it comes down to the fact that they are trying to do too much (whether thats too far or too fast) with too little. If this sounds familiar, we need to start addressing where you’re falling short; what areas are you're lacking conditioning and adequate strength in? Where do you break down biomechanically over time? and Where are your imbalances that are compounding and irritating your body? Essentially we’ve got to get you pound for pound stronger that you’ve ever been before. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

This week Kriss is joined by and Menachem Brodie (Strength and Cycling Coach) as they have an open and honest conversation about the current state of strength training within the endurance community. From the misleading information that puts many individuals off stepping into the gym, the keys issues that are being missed by coaches and athletes, to how strength and conditioning encompasses so much more that a set of exercises. There are some thought provoking takeway’s for both athletes and coaches in todays episode…. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting

Do you know how strong you need to be? Often you set yourself a goal, a race or a particular time that you want to reach. But to give yourself the best chance possible of achieving these targets, clarity is essential. You need to be clear on how much conditioning is needed, where you're currently at in relation to this and what pathway of work you need to put in to get there. Remember working generically will only produce generic results, give yourself clear direction, accountability and a standard to work to and the results will follow. Keep up to date with my recent coaching insights - here  P.S. Whenever you’re ready there are 3 ways you can work with us Strength For Endurance to overcome your pain and return to doing the things you at the level you want. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel - here Arm yourself with a level of knowledge you can call on at anytime. From choosing the best exercises, identifying the warning signs to prevent bigger issues developing or understanding what other factors you could be addressing to unlock your potential, we’ll give you the essential tools and resources. Join our SFE Program Pathway - here The proof is in our results and we’ve taken hundreds of individuals from a place of confusion & despair to a place of confidence and full recovery. Get the highest level of accountability, support, strategy and training starting with our 12 week program. Book a Consultation Call - here Podcast post-production by EZPZ Podcasting