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Being TrueSapien means actioning the desire to maximise one’s potential. To be the best we can be, in turn inspiring the same desire in others. This area provides advice and insights from experts in their field to enable and inspire self-optimisation.

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Should You Use a Running Training Plan?

Are you a runner searching for clarity amidst the seemingly infinite, and often conflicting sources of running advice? Whether you’re a beginner runner looking to build your endurance or a seasoned runner aiming for a personal best or an extreme challenge, a running training plan can help you unleash your potential. The world of running can be daunting and overwhelming, with an abundance of resources, programs, and philosophies promising to revolutionize your performance. Amidst this chaos, one question arises: Do you really need a running training plan? In this article we’ll answer the question ‘what is a running plan’, the

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Cheat Meals – Is it okay to ‘cheat’ on your eating plan?

Truesapiens….. today we are talking ‘cheat meals’. Is it okay to ‘cheat’ on your diet or eating plan? The concept of ‘Cheat Meals’ Quite often I am asked about the concept of ‘cheat meals’. What I think of them, whether clients are ‘allowed’ them, all that jazz. I’ll try to remain calm and ‘un-sassy’ (if that’s a term). But really, all I want to do is scream ‘NEVER, THE CONCEPT IS NOTHING SHORT OF RIDICULOUS AND DAMAGING’! But you know how it is here, we like to deliver knowledge, not emotionally driven posts. I also understand that everyone is an

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The Winter Training Ride That Didn’t Go To Plan – Dan Farrand

My front wheel turned to the left and before I knew it, I was no longer in control of the bike. The rest of the machine slid to the right and went from under me. Landing heavily on my left side, the momentum propelled me across the road. I knew something was very wrong as the pain in my leg was excruciating. I was unable to stand, so had to drag myself across the road to the grass verge and out the way of any passing vehicles. A socially distanced ride in the morning sun It was Christmas Eve, cold

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How To Defy The Fitness Age Barrier

Does reaching certain age milestones significantly and disproportionately limit your physical capabilities? Is it possible to defy ageing and stay fit as you get older? Or are we just more likely to allow doubt and a ‘glass ceiling’ limit our ability the older we get? ‘Don’t let those who haven’t tell you that you can’t.’ Must Athleticism Decrease With Age? Everywhere we look, we see literature that tells us our athletic ability diminishes with age (after a peak between 20-35ish) depending on the sport or discipline. The media seems to keen to brainwash us that staying fit is considerably more difficult.

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The 10k Training Plan That Will Improve Your 10k Run

Why a 10k training plan? 10k is a popular distance in the running community. From beginner runners, intermediate runners through to experienced runners. Because of this, we are often asked “How can I improve my 10k run? Why 10K? The standard progression from a 5k run is a 10k run. Many runners will then generally look at improving their times in 10k races or use it as a steppingstone distance to Half Marathons and beyond. Due to its popularity there are a plethora of 10k race events out there to choose from. Online running coaches AW Running Fitness have devised

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Interval Training – An Overview

If you’re serious about improving your running, Interval Training should be a key component to your training plan. It is simple and can be done in numerous ways. On the road, track or treadmill, varying distance or a time. it really is that simple. So What Is Interval Training? Interval Training – Interval training is a physical activity consisting of alternating periods of high and low intensity activity. That’s great but let’s put it even more simply. Run hard and run fast followed by a period of recovery repeated a number of times. The key to it is consistency. The time…...

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Running Progress. A Perspective on PBs

What is progress anyway? I’ve been thinking a lot about the notion of ‘progression’ recently, but have I been judging progression based on the wrong criteria? Runner’s Definition of ‘Progress’ Without getting too technical, ‘progress’ is defined as ‘forward or onward movement towards a destination’. As runners we tend to add an extra clause onto that, though: ‘forward or onward movement towards a destination, that is a PB, that I put a lot of effort into’. I got faster quickly when I first started thinking about, and applying, structured training for running. To begin with, PBs were all I cared…...

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How I Changed My Running Style

Soon after I started running, I got hooked on looking for ways to improve. I dived straight in to running literature. At the time, there was a huge ‘barefoot running’ movement in the running community, which seemed to stem from the success of the book, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall The book was a very enjoyable read (I have re-read it several times since). I quickly followed it up with a book by one of the authors’ influencers, Ken Bob Saxton, called ‘Barefoot Running Step by Step’. You can read about some of my early forays and experiments with…...

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‘The Secret’ To Being Fit And Healthy

Is there a ‘secret’ to being fit and healthy? Being TrueSapien is as much about challenging attitudes and beliefs as it is to be challenging ourselves physically. After all, the former is usually the catalyst to the latter, right? There is no right or wrong, only opinion based on your own core beliefs. What is important, in fact CRUCIAL, in enabling you to live your best life and setting a worthwhile example, is that you QUESTION YOUR BELIEFS, make them YOUR OWN, not just INHERIT them. In the coming months, we will be featuring insights from TrueSapien and runner James…...

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The Line – What It Takes To Hill Climb

The Line. It’s a simple line. A line you choose to cross, then a line you must cross, a line that marks the start and the line that marks the finish.The problem with a Line is that it can have so many meanings. It can also be the line attached to the hook that draws you in …. then where do you draw the line ? A line you, yourself, have drawn in the sand…. Hello. They call me Rapid, or Rapid Rich if you want to be formal. I’ve been asked to contribute to this Blog because of my…...

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Motivation and how it is effected by seasonality

With summer over, autumn upon us and winter in our sights how does the change of season affect us as human beings? There are claims our brains are affected by seasonality such as huffingtonpost.com article How Different Seasons Affect The Way Your Brain Works, but does this relate to motivation? Is SAD the only affect on motivation? With exception of the New Year boost that is apparent from every gym around the world (from my limited view anyway) it seems it just might. There are plenty of articles about SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder, where the shorter the days impact

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How To Survive An Ultra Marathon

What is an Ultra Marathon? Even non runners will be familiar with the term Marathon but what makes a Marathon ‘Ultra’? How does it differ from a standard Marathon and what does it take to complete one? Basically an Ultra Marathon is any race that is longer than a Marathon (26.2 miles). Some are several hundred miles long but most are in the region of 30-50 miles. Often off road or ‘trail’ based, popularity in these events has soared as they represent a further and enhanced challenge for se that have completed a standard Marathon. Here, TrueSapien and ‘Explorunner’ Tim…...

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