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Coaching Philosophy. Tomas Black, February 2025.
This document aims to list and explain the key principles underpinning my endurance sport coaching philosophy (mostly relating to how I’d...
Tomas Black
Feb 2, 20258 min read


Iatrogenesis, Ego and Delayed Gratification in Endurance Sport
I'm currently reading Manuel Sora Arjona's "The Nature of Training", a fascinating book that takes philosophical ideas from non-sporting...
Tomas Black
Jan 20, 20257 min read
Lactate Beyond the Locomotor Muscle: The Gut and Energy Intake
This is part one of a series of articles looking at the role of lactate in areas beyond the locomotor muscles. Despite the focus of this...
Tomas Black
Jan 2, 20255 min read


Periodising "exhaustive" training for endurance sport: how hard is too hard?
A brand new study (published on the 9th of October) in cyclists by Odden et al. (2024) looked at the potential link between training...
Tomas Black
Oct 11, 20245 min read


Political efficacy is at the heart of the "Norwegian Method", not physiology
The "Norwegian method" towards endurance sport has gained a lot of traction in recent years, and for good reason. The domination of Jakob...
Tomas Black
Oct 4, 20249 min read


A Neurobiological Outlook on Pre-Competition Static Stretching
The use of static stretching before running is generally not advised. Wilson et al. (2010) found that static stretching prior to a...
Tomas Black
Sep 28, 20244 min read
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