‘A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR’ The Concept of ‘Microdosing’ is unpicked by New Levels Coach Matt Long In the recent podcast, Episode 22- Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Runners of All Abilities (available at https://www.newlevelscoaching.co.uk/podcast/), internationally acclaimed S and C coach Richard Blagrove alluded to the notion of ‘microdosing’. This is a term which has entered…
DOING THINGS BY HALVES New Levels Coach Matt Long preps you for that first half marathon So there’s no turning back and you’ve signed up to that Spring Half Marathon. You might want to think about getting need a training plan thats right for you and potentially a coach but before you do that, you…
MATT LONG AND LEWIS MOSES LOOK AT THE ART AND SCIENCE OF INDOOR RUNNING: It’s big weekend ahead for some of our readership. Some of you will be heading to Birmingham to spectate if not compete at the British indoor championships. For some in our masters community, you will no doubt be heading to Sheffield…
Please see our New Levels Coaching RPE Scale which helps runners of all abilities to understand the effort levels they can train at. We always encourage runners to have a variety of intensity within their training plan, but rather than focus on ‘pace’ and ‘splits’ our recommended way of training, is always to feel. A…
In this piece, New Levels Coach Matt Long builds on the recent podcast led by Lewis Moses (insert link) by discussing how the zonal system of training can be interlinked and cross referenced with scales of perceived exertion. Borg Scales The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) has become a time-honoured way of measuring intensity…
