The Performance Podcast with Melissa Kendter
Get fitter, faster and stronger without injury and burnout! Follow Melissa Kendter, certified Functional Strength Coach, Personal Trainer, UESCA Running Coach, and hybrid athlete with a no BS approach to fitness, providing you with the tools you need to run and lift into your 50's, 60's, 70's and beyond. My goal is to empower you with training tips and help you become the best everyday athlete you can be. I'll provide an unfiltered look into health, fitness, performance, human optimization and more → www.trainmk.com @melissa_kendter
Episodes
Have you ever ran a half marathon or full marathon and burned out the last few miles? Today we're going to take a deep dive into four ways to improve your fatigue resistance.
There are four main variables when it comes to running performance: running economy, lactate threshold, VO2Max, and fatigue resistance. Today we are focusing on that fatigue resistance to better our chances at endurance events, like the marathon.
Each person's long run will vary depending on your experience level, what you are training for, your goals, or maybe you want to get out there log some miles and build to your running fitness. Either way, there are a few key areas to consider when getting long run ready: mindset, nutrition, and running gear. Today we take a bigger dive into getting your mind ready to cover the distance and build appropriately. Whether you're just ...
How fitness goals are accomplished relates to the daily behaviors and choices a person makes. Getting moving and continuing to move, like behavior change, is a goal-driven process. The choices we make will either support or detract from the journey. And changing health behaviors becomes a complex and progressive experience influenced by a number of factors that will take effort, but the reward is always great.
Why should runners strength train? Today we cover some science-backed topics as to why strength training is a vital part of the piece of the puzzle. If you want to because a stronger, faster, and more an ache-free runner, you need to start picking up some weights. But, understanding the why and how is key to sticking with it.
Running 26.2 miles, or 42 kilometers, is a big athletic feat that requires preparation, strategic planning, and a well thought out plan tailored to you, so that you have a successful marathon build and remain injury free.
We delve into the ins and outs of marathon training, then dive into 8 tips on how to prep, both mentally and physically, to have a successful training cycle.
In today's episode we open up with an athlete's question in regards to shin splits and then take a deep dive into navigating the three pillars of the health triangle to help you unlock your potential with performance and general well-being: physical, mental, and social.
Transitioning from the half to the full - what you need to know for beginner marathon training. It's so important to tackle the shorter distances as a runner before jumping into the longer distance races. You’ll sharpen your strength as a runner, sharpen your skills as a runner, sharpen your speed as a runner, so that your in the best shape to go into a half marathon training block to then a full marathon! If you’re ready to ta...
Training fatigue is a super common component of building mileage whether it’s for a marathon, half marathon or triathlon. We’re requesting that each week the body do just a bit more, which requires breaking the body down to build it up. Theres a fine dance when training for a big endurance event of accumulation of fatigue but then balancing that with proper recovery to keep showing up week after week.
So today we delve into maratho...
Reframing our mind from food as calories to food as FUEL.
Nutrition for runners, for hybrid athletes, for endurance athletes and people putting in a lot of work is a complex topic with so many variables, but at the core, the principles remain the same.
What makes my body feel good and WHY? How will this help my body recover and how will this help my body perform at its best?
- Enough nutrient dense foods to help the body repa...
When it comes to running, when it comes to fitness, success takes TIME! There is no instant gratification, we have to be in it for the long haul. And with smart, effective training, anyone can make huge leaps in fitness and running performance over a long period of time. So in today's episode we cover just that!
To train to failure or not? In the quest for physical fitness and muscular development, one controversial topic often emerges in discussions among fitness enthusiasts, gym goers and professionals alike: training to failure.
In this podcast we'll explores the scientific evidence surrounding training to failure, what it is, the pros and cons, and examine if it’s the best way to achieve your goals.
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Can you run a marathon and keep muscle? YES. Today we're going to dive into ways to maintain muscle mass while half or full Marathon training, or just having higher training volume in general. Because who doesn’t want to become their fittest self, run stronger and stop getting injured?
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How do you mix running and weightlifting? It’s a question that’s grown in popularity over the last 6 years as more runners realize the benefits of strength training and more weightlifters understand that cardio is still necessary! I truly believe that if you want the best results for your fitness and health, that’s where the idea of hybrid athlete training comes in to play. Now the thing is hybrid training has been around FOREVER, ...
We all lead busy lives, and let's face it, at the end of the day majority of us are all recreational runners and recreational athletes with day to day priorities. So in today's episode we get into time hacks to still fit your run and training in when life gets super busy. We also end with explaining growth mindset and why it's so important to have.
Running itself might be simple - just run! But today we're going to go a bit deeper about running paces, running terms and what they mean such as: easy running, recovery runs, steady state runs, threshold/tempo runs, and VO2Max runs, so that you can maximize your efforts.
15 minutes into the podcast, we go into more detail on what easy-effort running truly is, or zone 2 training.
In today's episode we first start by talking about when you learn how to train at the appropriate level, you can change your training for the BETTER. And when you fuel and hydrate around your long runs, your performance will SOAR. Then we end with three components of a great training plan.
Have you ever looked at someone and thought: “How do they have so much ‘motivation' with running and lifting?" The Reality is that motivation is a CHOICE everyday; deliberate decisions and thoughts. On today's episode we get into tips on how to remain dedicated and setting yourself up for success with goals.
In today's 'ask you coach' episode we first touch on three ways to make training more effective, then get into how to adjust your training if you've had a poor nights sleep and two things to prevent injury and keep running strong!
Eating right will not only make you feel overall better, but can also help you run better too. Food is a source of energy, and energy is exactly what runner's need. Eating quality nutrients and hydrating well is one of the most important pieces of having a great training block and the race day you want! In this podcast we touch on how eating healthy doesn’t mean removing entire food groups from your meals or restricting your ca...
Ways running effects your body, from when you FIRST start out, to when you remain consistent with it and everything in-between. We dive into what exactly happens, the benefits and potential risks.
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