Euan Cameron is a high-level road racer who has been working with Optimize Fitness for several years, initially aiming to achieve a...

Karen Taylor National Champion Blog Karen Taylor has been working with Optimize Fitness for 7 years and has achieved many milestones,...

Heart Rate Variability is away of measuring the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and is an efficient way of assessing fatigue in an athlete...

C is a talented power and speed athlete who has previously specialised in sprints but is now looking to wards combined events. She has...

Creatine is one of those substances that has a lot of myths around it. Some people think it’s an illegal drug (it’s not) and others think...

(Check out Paul’s photography on his Instagram: @flyingfoxoir) Optimize Fitness had already worked with Paul for his first summit attempt...

The absolute favourite has to be going to and back from Stoodley Pike on a summer’s evening. Setting off from Mytholmroyd steeply uphill...

There’s a lot of talk on social media and through advertising about protein. We have protein bars and protein rich supplements for...

Iron and athletes? Lots of talk about it but what are the facts? Why is it important? Where do we get it from? How much do we need and...

We know that strength training can have fast and significant impacts on running performance and injury prevention but why? What is...

Research tells us the big rocks that predict success in endurance events are: VO2 Max vVO2 Economy VO2 Max VO2 Max is the amount of...

Performance Ø Improves Running Economy (the classic research showed 6% improvement in 6 weeks). Ø Because strength training improves...

Go faster socks? The lightest waterproof? The best Garmin with all the knobs on? Strava? No – something far cheaper, more accessible and...

The famous performance coach, Mike Boyle, once said: ‘If you’re not assessing, you’re guessing’. What do you measure in your training and...

What is it? HIIT stands for ‘High Intensity Interval Training’. It usually means short periods of intense effort separated by easier...

Rhys Jones has been working with Optimize Fitness for several years in a journey leading, hopefully, to selection for the Commonwealth...

80: 20 training is a concept that’s really popular right now but what is it, what does it do, how should endurance athletes do it and...