Open Office - Monday 19th May 2025
Pacing
1. Consistency is Key
2. Know Your Limits
3. Adapt Your Approach
4. Utilise Training Tools
5. Practice and Experiment
Open Office - Monday 12th May 2025
Importance of ‘Chunking’
Traversing long distances
Proving mental break
“How far to the next aid station?”
Playing mental games - topics to think about - familiy and friends / work / create some homework for yourself
Open Office - Monday 5th May 2025
We are joined by Stuart Holliday - Sport Psychologist
Reflecting back on performance
1) Mental recovery from a target race (particularly if it's been hot like last weekend).
Both body & mind need recovery time; Adapting to you pulling the plug on the neurotransmitter sink (& coping with the blues); Full reflection & diversity before deciding the next event!
Q&A Session with Dr Ruth Masterclass - Wednesday 30th April 2025
Join Dr Ruth Wilde as she answers some of our key training questions around blood markers, supplementation, gut health, hormones and much more!
Any questions from this, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Kriss or Ruth
Open Office - Monday 28th April 2025
Heat Acclimatisation
What can we be doing to ensure we are prepared for hotter conditions
Training at different times of the day (midday heat)
Sweat testing
Lets discuss if you need to explore this more
Open Office - Monday 21st April 2025
Your behaviours will dictate your performance
Routines, habits etc
Nutrition
Recovery
Mindset management
Open Office - Monday 6th April 2025
Takeaways from speaker series event
There is a spectrum to LEA (low energy availability)
Many can experience ’mild or transient exposure to LEA’
Importance of recovery & fuelling for both health & performance
It’s not just your training program - it could be significant deficits in these areas that are holding you back
Open Office - Monday 31st March 2025
Successful training depends on three critical areas:
1 - Pre-session Fueling and Hydration,
2 - Warm-up
3 - Recovery
Neglecting these can hinder performance and limit the benefits of your workouts.
"Managing your Mind for Success in Endurance Sport” - Sport Psychologist Stuart Holliday - 12th March 2025
Join us as we hear from Stuart Holliday on the best tactics and frameworks for managing your mindset around your training
Any questions let us know
Open Office - Monday 10th March 2025
Managing Training Lad
Its going to look different for everyone
We all have a different tolerance to training, depending on:
Training consistency
Injury history
Work & family life
Bandwidth & stressors
Goals working towards
Open Office - Monday 3rd March 2025
Be curious
Explore the pain or discomfort or set back
Empower yourself to understand more about your situation
We can then adjust your programming more effectively
Nutrition Q&A - Thursday 20th February 2025
Join us as SFE Coach Lindsey works through a series of questions relating to nutrition related to endurance training
We cover a great deal of differenet topics, from pre & post fuelling, protein requirements, fat vs carbohydrate
Let us know if you have any follow up questions
Mastering Ultra’s & Trail running is all about experience - with SFE Member George Lucas
Listen in as we unpack George’s recent result at the Northern Spine Challenger event (160 miles across the Pennine way)
He shares with us some ‘training gold’ with regards to how to approach these distances
Let us know if you have any questions
Live Virtual Training Day - Saturday 1st February 2025
Join us for a whole host of amazing presentations from the SFE coaching team
Make sure to catch up with all the trainings as there is gold in all of them! :)
Any questions as always just ask
The Five Principles of Strength For Endurance - Wednesday 4th December 2024
Listen in as Kriss explains the five key principles to how we deliver our comprehensive coaching approach.
These key areas are constantly being considered by us your coaches to ensure we are preventing overtraining symptoms from creeping into your training
Each of these areas deserves its our presentation due to the importance of each of them
Let us know if you have any questions
Olympic Weightlifting Masterclass - Wednesday 27th November 2024
Listen in as Kriss breaks down the key principles of weightlifting to enhance you endurance performance
Olympic lifting can help develop your power, speed and enhance your movement efficiency, which will all translate into imporved performances out on the trail, road or in the water
Let us know if you have any questions
SFE Strength Standards - SFE Masterclass - Wednesday 20th November 2024
Listen in as we breakdown and explain the SFE Strength standards, for both bodyweight and maximal strength.
These are the numbers and targets that we want you to be able to aspire towards and achieve as part of your S&C training program.
Tune in to find out more
Periodisation - SFE Masterclass - Wednesday 13th November 2024
Join Kriss as we breakdown and learn how to plan out your next 12 months of training and events
What are the key considerations and thought processes for you to be including over these next few months to ensure a successful year of training
Tune in to find out more
Bridging the Gap - Nutrition & Recovery Masterclass - Wednesday 6th November 2024
This is the first of our new and updated 'most popular' masterclasses that we will be delivering over this month
Just getting fitter, faster & stronger won’t be enough to maintain long term training consistency.
As if this is our only focus and we neglect other areas, we will naturally start to accumulate a deficit in other areas
Tune in to find out more
Warm Up Strategy - Preparing for the work ahead - Coaching Masterclass - Wednesday 30th October 2024
(Now available in the 'New' section in the Training Lab)
Knowing the best ways to prepare your body for any type of training session is going to be key for your long term health and performance
Tune in as Kriss goes through the key coaching cues and training progressions that we as your SFE coaches would be reminding you throughout your own training sessions
Any questions let us know
Build bulletproof confidence with your single leg training - Coaching Masterclass - Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Single leg training is one of the most key features to an endurance strength program
Tune in as Kriss goes through the key coaching cues and training progressions that we as your SFE coaches would be reminding you throughout your own training sessions
Any questions let us know
Key concepts to consider when training your core - Coaching Masterclass - Wednesday 16th October 2024
Understanding how to train your core is one of the most important benefits to your S&C training, as it will literally define the strength of all your other movement abilities
Tune in as Kriss goes through the key coaching cues and training progressions that we as your SFE coaches would be reminding you throughout your own training sessions
Any questions let us know
Setting Yourself Up to Lift Heavy - Coaching Masterclass - Wednesday 9th October 2024
Join Kriss as he breaks down some of the key coaching cues and training tips for preparing and lifting heavy in your strength sessions.
One or many of these will likely resonate with you throughout your training program
Any questions just let us know
Plyometric Coaching Masterclass - Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Plyometric training can play a major role in developing your levels of Strength & Conditioning however there can often be some confusion or doubt as how to best utilise this training variable
Tune in as Kriss goes through the key coaching cues and training progressions that we as your SFE coaches would be reminding you throughout your own training sessions
Any questions let us know
Lactate Threshold Protocol - Understand what is important & how to train it - Wednesday 25th September 2024
Join Kriss for the final instalment of our Physiology series, where we discuss how to use and integrate Lactate Threshold training into our own training programs
What are the key things to know and dismiss when focussing on this aspect of your training.
As always any questions let us know
VO2Max Protocol - What to know and how to train it - Wednesday 18th September 2024
Join Kriss for the next instalment of our Physiology series, where we discuss how to use and integrate VO2Max training into our own training programs
What are the key things to know and dismiss when focussing on this aspect of your training.
As always any questions let us know
How to Train Heart Rate - Understand the benefits and how to apply this to your own training - Wednesday 11th September 2024
Listen in as we discuss one of the most popular metrics for training but also why it is often not the best method for tracking your overall health and performances
Any questions please feel free to ask at any time
The Value of RPE (rate of perceived exertion) - Wednesday 4th September 2024
Listen in as we discuss the first of our physiological analysis tools to determine the difficulty of your own training
Understanding and manipulating your levels of intensity are essential for long term and sustanable training
Any questions please feel free to ask
Lower Back Resiliency Masterclass - Wednesday 28th August 2024
Join Kriss as he walks us through a step by step process to building back your confidence and overall performance through your lower back and pelvic region
Lower back and pelvic discomfort are complex issues that most of us will have to navigate at different times of our lives, so lets make sure we have the right mindset and understanding about how we can tackle these issues head on
Any questions let us know
"Shoe Talk" - Wednesday 14th August 2024
Join us for a group discussion around all things training shoes for lifting, running, hiking, cycling etc
What are the key considerations for each environment? What would we recommend as your coaches? What have we struggled with in the past? Filter the BS in the fitness and health industry etc.
Any questions just let us know
Warning Signs Of Injury
Whether you’re a runner, a cyclist or a triathlete, this ability to endure pain can be your greatest asset - or your biggest downfall.
It can be hard to know when to ignore things and when you need to take action.
To help you act early, here’s what to look out for when it comes to the warning signs of a potential future injury, and what to do to prevent the worst from happening...
The 10 Essential Steps to Bike Fit - Foundation Bike Fit Masterclass - Thursday 15th February 2024
Join us as Wei from Foundation Bike Fit takes us through the same 10 step process they use to create an effective professional bike fit
Listen in as Wei answers some of the most common questions too
SFE Advanced Bodyweight Strength Standards
We will be sharing with you our new SFE Advanced Bodyweight Standards
You will have run through our current bodyweight standards as part of your initial testing week animist likely re-visited them a couple of times since then too for comparison
However as your coaches, we want to constantly set the bar higher for you and allow you to really discover your true performance potential
Join us as we guide you through the series of advanced mobility and bodyweight strength exercises that will take your strength and conditioning to another level.
Core Stability Checklist
This will be your Training & Lifestyle overhaul.
As we always say to have optimal performance you must have balance in all other aspects of your life.
We are going to audit keys areas of both your health and training lifestyle so you have clarity of the potential areas you can address quickly to maximise your wins.