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periodizationeventsseason-planning

A, B, C events: how to plan a season around races that matter, races that test, and races for fun

Most amateur runners and lifters treat every race the same — peak for it, taper for it, recover from it. The A/B/C tier model from periodization literature gives you a way to choose when to taper, when to train through, and when to use a race as a workout.

May 7, 20266 min read

hrvrecoveryreadiness

HRV isn't a readiness score. It's a question.

Wearables distill heart rate variability into a traffic-light number. That's not what it is. HRV is a noisy signal that asks you questions — and the answer depends on knowing yourself.

Apr 22, 20263 min read

rirstrengthauto-regulation

RIR beats 1RM percentages for real-world lifting

Percentage-based strength programs assume a stable 1RM. Your 1RM isn't stable — it moves every week with sleep, stress, and accumulated fatigue. RIR auto-regulates to what you actually have today.

Apr 20, 20264 min read

acwrrunninginjury-prevention

ACWR: the endurance metric that predicts injury before it happens

Acute:chronic workload ratio compares your last 7 days of training against your last 28. Stay in the sweet spot and your injury risk stays low. Spike above it and you're rolling the dice.

Apr 18, 20264 min read

zone-2runningaerobic

Zone 2 is simple. You're probably still doing it wrong.

Zone 2 became a fitness buzzword and now everyone thinks they're doing it. Most self-directed runners drift into tempo pace. Real Z2 is uncomfortable because it's boring, not because it's hard.

Apr 15, 20264 min read

deloadrecoveryprogramming

Deloads aren't vacations. They're how you keep making gains.

A deload week isn't a break from training — it's the structured light week that lets the hard weeks stay hard. Planned deloads prevent reactive ones. Here's the difference.

Apr 12, 20264 min read