Strength For Endurance Podcast

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

It’s a well known fact that anyone training for an endurance sport always wishes that there were more hours in the day. Early starts, lunch time sessions and late nights to fit in all your training around work and family commitments are the norm, but failing to have any “white space” in your calendar could be what’s stalling your progress right now. Most of us find it very hard to do nothing, it’s just how we’re programmed. Yes you might have a ‘rest day’ scheduled into your week but you then decide it’d be nice to catch up with a friend and you go for a 2 hour walk. It’s very easy for us to fill the white space with things we consider not to be training; walking, climbing, hiking etc but this IS classed as training load and if you’re needing to rest or get over an injury this is going to be detrimental. Sound familiar? Listen in to todays podcast as Kriss explains more…. 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 production by EZPZ Podcasting

A great client catch up today with Laura who just completed Trail Verbier St Bernard by UTMB. A 140km course with 9600m of vertical climbing through the Swiss Alps - it’s definitely not one for the faint hearted! Laura takes us through her race which under 38 hours In a race where over half the field DNF’d and temperatures reached 40 degrees in places, Laura shares with us her preparation, the race highs and lows (literally and figuritively) and how she’s managed to recover so quickly afterwards. We briefly mention Laura’s back story, which is eventful to say the least. But if you want to hear our first chat with Laura where we find out how she came back from an injury that threatened even her ability to walk, to now backing up 100km plus races just a few months apart you can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nHLgeCbyZki6nFNO1SRD4?si=33b3b7c3c9c5454d 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 production by EZPZ Podcasting

If you've followed our journey at SFE over the past 10 years you'll know that we've been through an evolution of physical training spaces, but we've always had an element of online coaching. This format and the systems we've developed have allowed us to work with hundreds, if not thousands of individuals, from all over the world and with alot of success. But often we get asked the question "How do we get results we do without being face to face?" , in todays episode Kriss answers this question and identifies what it truely is that enables us to help clients get over their injuries and achieving their best performances, whilst working remotely. Sceptical? Give it a listen!.... 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 production by Everglade Media

The key to becoming a successful and sustainable athlete is your ability to have not only good training habits (and to maintain them), but to also have the ability to upgrade them when and where necessary. This will also be largely based upon the feedback and accountability you have on a week to week basis. Strength and conditioning provides the ultimate framework for behavioural change. This is due to it’s structure and progressive nature where you have the opportunity to ‘ plug and play’ these ‘new' behaviours at will. What behaviours do you have that you know if changed or upgraded would allow you to become a better athlete, suffer with fewer injuries or improve your overall health? 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 production by Everglade Media

In todays client hotseat we hear from Martin who has been looking to run long for a number of years but who has been constantly held back with reoccuring episodes of serious back pain. Over the last 6 months he has completely committed to not only improving his mobility and the range of motion through his hips and lower back but also increasing his base levels of strength and power alongside his run volume. When working with these types of injuries progress is never linear and the key to success has been the accountability and feedback between athlete and coach. Thanks to Martin for sharing his journey, we look forward to seeing what's next...! 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 production by Everglade Media

The inspiration for todays podcast conversation came when talking to a current client who is moving on from his recent 70.3 performance and is now looking at tackling an 11 mile swim event along the length of Lake Windermere. Now as a swimmer (before anything else), SFE client Nathan isn't phased by this next endurance endeavour, however we've also discussed how he can't go into this being complacent. As a result there are specific areas of his training that we need to become 'Hyper Specific' with, as the shear demands on his body have now changed. Join us as we discuss the importance of being able to adapt your programming to your desired goals. 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 production by Everglade Media