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Thinking about racing Ironman or 70.3 in 2021? Don’t make THIS mistake!

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | January 3, 2021 | Core Stability and Strength, Injury, Ironman, Marathon Training, Mobility, Musings on Training, Running, Running Injury, Triathlon | 0 Comments

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Can an “old” injury literally haunt you for years?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | June 16, 2020 | Ask Coach Al, Injury, Musings from Coach Al, Running, Running Injury, Triathlon | 0 Comments

Let’s say you’re walking down the sidewalk one day and you get a tiny little pebble inside of your shoe. You feel it instantly, and it hurts for a moment. You might even yell, “ouch!” So you stop. Take off your shoe and turn it upside down and shake. The pebble falls out. No big […]

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021: Why The Front Plank Is A Dumb Exercise (Podcast)

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | May 9, 2020 | Core Stability and Strength, Podcast | 0 Comments

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Is Fasting a “Fountain of Youth?”

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | April 26, 2020 | Ask Coach Al, Coaching, Goal Setting, Mindset, Musings on Training | 0 Comments

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Are you helping or hurting your chance for a great race with your pre-race meal?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | July 19, 2019 | Ask Coach Al, Ironman, Musings from Coach Al, Musings on Training, Nutrition, Triathlon | 0 Comments

I’ve seen it happen so often over the years – you’ve trained hard for weeks and months, doing everything you can to be ready to have a great race. And then your stomach goes south – at the worst possible time during the race. It sucks when that happens. There’s nothing more frustrating. Gastrointestinal intestinal […]

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Would You Like To Improve Your Running Technique?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | April 24, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Injury, Run Form, Running, Running Injury, ultrarunning | 0 Comments

“You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.” – Jerry Garcia “Should I ‘sta’ or should I ‘mo’? – The Clash Effective training is usually about hammering away at the basics. And that usually isn’t sexy. – Moses Bernard In this age of social media, it’s not uncommon to see a post on twitter […]

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Rock Your Wall!

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | April 20, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Coaching, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Mindset, Mobility, Mobility, Musings from Coach Al, Musings on Training, Stability | 0 Comments

I love the analogy of building a wall when it comes to how we should build our fitness, don’t you? In some important ways, our body is a lot like a house… If you’re going to age gracefully and remain durable as you prepare for your races this coming season, you’d be smart […]

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The Coaching Advice I Give Most Often

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | April 12, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Authentic Movement, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Injury, Musings from Coach Al, Running, Running Injury, Virtual Online Gait Analysis | 0 Comments

Endurance athletes pride themselves on pushing through the most challenging, gut-busting workouts. Anyone who is on Facebook sees those “inspirational” memes where the message is always to push-push-push! We like to think of ourselves as tough and willing to push hard and do that little bit extra, even if that “extra” results in some […]

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Stuck In Injury? Now Is The Time To Do Something About It!

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | January 5, 2018 | Ask Coach Al, Authentic Movement, Core Stability and Strength, Gait Analysis, Musings from Coach Al | 0 Comments

Believe it or not, we’re approaching mid-January. The sub-freezing temperatures have settled on the northeast and Midwest, and the snow is piling up. Whether or not it feels like it (can you say 15+ inches of snow and counting yesterday, if you live in the northeast!), spring is right around the corner, and with it, […]

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Motivation and Stress: An Inverse Relationship?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | July 19, 2017 | and Life Balance, Mindset, Musings from Coach Al, Recovery | 0 Comments

So often we go through periods in our lives, where for one reason or another, stress and anxiety levels are higher than we want them to be. Seek balance as a path toward optimal training.

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Triathletes: Swim Technique – The Two MOST Common Mistakes…

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Feb 19, 2015 | Ask Coach Al, Injury, Swimming, Triathlon

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein Hi Everyone! Coach Al here. I’ve got a quickie for you today, talking swim technique and common mistakes I see in developing triathletes. As many of you know, for novices (and even for those who have experience) the […]

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Are You Ready To Break The Cycle?

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Feb 19, 2015 | Ask Coach Al, Injury, Musings from Coach Al, Running, Running Injury

In response to a recent survey I sent out to some athletes on our mailing list, many told me how frustrated they are with an on again-off again running injury cycle. Quite a few also said they have learned the hard way that when they’re injured, they can’t train, and when they can’t train, they can’t improve.

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Triathlon in 2015: The Challenge of Changing Beliefs and Perceptions

by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Feb 17, 2015 | Ask Coach Al, Authentic Movement, Injury, Musings from Coach Al, Running, Running Injury

Hey Everyone. Coach Al here. Thanks for joining me today. I want to to share with you today some thoughts on the challenge of changing beliefs and perceptions in athletes. It’s a view from my side of the fence, the perspective of a long-time coach who has dedicated many, many years, not only to studying […]

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