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Understanding the Critical Differences: Why Junior Athletes Require Specialized Training

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Understanding the Critical Differences: Why Junior Athletes Require Specialized Training

As the world of sports and athletic performance continues to evolve, one essential aspect often overlooked is the distinction between training methodologies for junior athletes and their adult counterparts. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is a pivotal period in an athlete's life, marked by unique physiological, psychological, and developmental changes. These distinctions are crucial to acknowledge, comprehend, and integrate into training programs tailored explicitly for junior athletes.

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Taking on The Leadville Trail 100 MTB Race: Top 10 Tips for Success

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Taking on The Leadville Trail 100 MTB Race: Top 10 Tips for Success

The Leadville Trail 100 MTB Race is the ultimate test of endurance, resilience, and mental fortitude. Perhaps the most famous endurance mountain bike race in the world, the Leadville Trail 100 spans the rugged terrain and extreme altitudes of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It's not merely a race, but an experience that pushes riders to their limits. For those aiming to conquer this iconic event and earn the coveted LT100 belt buckle, here are our coach’s top 10 tips that can significantly elevate your chances of success.

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Building Success from the Ground Up: Defining the Off and Base Seasons

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Building Success from the Ground Up: Defining the Off and Base Seasons

A while back, we posted an article What is the Off Season? Do Endurance Athletes Really Need One?. Over the years, this has been one of our most viewed blog posts by athletes all over the world. As we in the northern hemisphere start to transition into the Fall and Winter months, we thought we would whip up a new article that answers some of the questions we’ve received and that dives a bit deeper into the foundation of a cyclist’s annual training cycle.

Let’s take a look at the overall structure of your annual training plan: At WPA, we divide your year, or your Annual Training Plan, into these key phases...

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Making an Athlete: 6 Habits of a Successful Athlete

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Making an Athlete: 6 Habits of a Successful Athlete

The term “marginal gains” has become a prominent buzz word in cycling media over the years. Shave a couple grams here and there, increase aerodynamics by a fraction of a percentage, utilize the latest nutritional breakthroughs, all with the goal of adding up a few tiny gains to the sum of an overall noticeable increase performance. For professional athletes in the pro peloton or athletes at the highest level of their sport, chasing these gains might be worth it in the long run. For the vast majority of athletes, however, becoming a successful athlete lies in the creation and maintenance of successful habits…

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5 Winter Cycling Training Myths: Busted!

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5 Winter Cycling Training Myths: Busted!

As odd as it may sound, from a coaching perspective, winter is one of my favorite seasons. Athletes are typically coming off a brief window of recovery following a season of intense training and racing. The tail end of race season for many athletes is a time marked by physical and mental exhaustion, burn out, and feelings of either success or failure looking back at the season. Winter, however, is a fresh start. It’s the time of year where the successes or shortcomings of the previous season are behind us, and ahead lies the promise of new races, new results, and new opportunities.

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