Training
Ride
Feel the Power: Know your Training Zones & How They Should Feel
After testing for your FTP, what are your training or pacing zones on the bike, and how should they feel?
Run
Effort, Attitude & Judgment: Your Benchmarks of Success
There are only three things an athlete can control when preparing for, executing, and evaluating races: effort, attitude, and judgment.
Run
Five Ways to Improve Your 5K Run Time
There’s just something so beautiful about the 5K, but it's a tough distance to improve your time over.
Run
All Hail the Three Day Training Week!
The majority of runners break their training cycles into seven-day blocks. However, as Matt Fitzgerald explains, there may be a more effective way to plan your training 'weeks'.
Run
Run Workout of the Week: Light & Fresh 400s
To give you a feel for what you’ll get in a Strava Training Plan, we’ve asked Greg McMillan and his team to share a favorite workout.
Multi-Sport
Beyond Mileage: Embracing an Holistic Approach to Training
Embracing a holistic approach to training will hurtle you across the physical or metaphorical finish line in a faster, healthier, and more satisfying way
Run
Think You Might Be Injured? What To Do Now
Being an athlete almost certainly means you will get injured. It’s an unfortunate reality of an athletic life. This article lists 9 tips for athletes to navigate the injury game.
Ride
Workout of the Week: Climbing Repeats for Developing Power on the Bike
To get faster and stronger on climbs it makes sense to spend more time climbing hills, doing Climbing Repeats can help you develop greater climbing power at lactate threshold.
Mountaineering
How to Acclimatise at Altitude: 5 Top Tips
If you're planning to head high into the alpine, you'll need to plan your acclimitisation schedule very carefully. Here are 5 top tips to help you acclimitise at high altitude safely.
Road Bike
Solo or Social, How Do You Prefer to Ride?
Everyday, cyclists saddle up and get out there (or ride indoors). Some like to go alone, some prefer riding with others and some are those betweeners that do both. That’s the beauty of cycling: you can just get on your bike and ride.
Run
Strava Workouts: “Last Mile, Best Mile!”
Coach and former professional runner Lauren Fleshman kicks off our Last Mile Workout of the Week (or as it’s more fondly known, WoW) to help you finish fast and strong.
Multi-Sport
Why You Can Gain Fitness On 15 Minutes a Day
Getting stronger, fitter and more efficient doesn’t have to mean hours of exercise every day. Give yourself 15 minutes, and your body can give you an unstoppable boss athlete in return.