Matt Fitzgerald
TrainingPeaks
Oakdale, CA, United States
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Past articles by Matt:
An Athlete’s Guide to Managing COVID Risks
80/20 Coach Matt Fitzgerald talks about COVID precautions and post-infection protocols for athletes and shares his own experience with the coronavirus. → Read More
Measure What Matters: Fitness Tracking in the Build Phase
Using the TrainingPeaks app, Coach Matt Fitzgerald offers a periodized approach to fitness tracking that helps you hone in on which metrics actually matter. → Read More
Easy Ways to Customize Your Readymade Endurance Training Plan
80/20 Endurance Coach Matt Fitzgerald offers easy ways to make your training plan fit your goals and your schedule. Here are some rules to remember when doing so. → Read More
The Joy of Losing Fitness: Why Endurance Athletes Need a Break
Endurance athletes may want to always push harder, but in the off-season, a true period of rest is key to success in the coming race season. → Read More
How Hard Should I Train the Day Before a Big Workout?
Understanding the importance of a workout’s intensity is vital to your training success. Here’s what to do the day before a big workout. → Read More
3 Workouts That Teach Pain Tolerance
Increasing your muscle pain tolerance can put you ahead of the competition, both mentally and physically. Here are three “sufferfest” workouts to try now. → Read More
Race Faster With Low-Intensity Training
Slowing down really does make you faster. But how slow is too slow when it comes to your low-intensity workouts? → Read More
The Key to Workout Success
Set your body and your mind on the path to success with these encouraging workout tips. → Read More
Workout of the Week: Ascending Treadmill Tempo Run –
A treadmill-specific workout, this tempo run variation builds strength, reduces impact and keeps it interesting. → Read More
How to Increase Your Aerobic Capacity (aka VO2max) –
Speed work will raise your aerobic capacity, but to improve performance, you need every piece of the fitness puzzle. → Read More
What Will Adding High Intensity Workouts to My Training Do for Me? –
High intensity training has been proven to enhance health and running performance alike. Here's why you should go fast as well as long. → Read More
Eat And Drink Away Sore Muscles –
Ice baths and ibuprofen aren’t the only ways to soothe painful legs. Nutrition before, during and after exercise can make a huge difference. → Read More
Why It’s Easier to Run Six Times a Week than Two Times –
4 reasons why running consistently helps you enjoy every run more, and get injured less often. → Read More
Why It’s Easier to Run Six Times a Week than Two Times –
Four reasons why running consistently helps you enjoy every run more, and get injured less often. → Read More
The Case for Running More Frequently –
Why you should run more miles in 2020, and how to do it safely and effectively. → Read More
Workout Of The Week: Brad Hudson’s 1-2-3-2-1 Fartlek –
Try this challenging and mentally-engaging multi-pace workout to introduce speed in a time-based, road-friendly format. → Read More
The Three Most Powerful Words a Coach Can Say to an Athlete Are “I Don’t Know”
Don’t be scared—the effect of saying “I don’t know” to your athletes is usually the opposite of what our insecurities lead us to expect. → Read More
How to Know When an Athlete Is Uncoachable
The vast majority of athletes who are coachable exhibit four key qualities, and if one or more of these qualities are missing, proceed with caution. → Read More
The Most Important Marathon Workout You’re Not Doing
Are you spending too much energy on your long run, when a medium-long run would be more productive? → Read More
How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset in Athletes
These three methods can help you easily identify and systematically steer athletes with a fixed mindset toward a growth mindset. → Read More