Personal essays from an endurance athlete and coach on training, coaching, and skill learning, drawing on mountaineering, ski mountaineering, ice climbing and sim racing. Readers get practical lessons, such as what real coaching dialogue looks like and how to move efficiently on rough terrain.
Website: https://www.scottsemple.com/
A science-driven endurance training newsletter covering threshold testing without a power meter, post-race recovery physiology, and performance myths like mid-race tooth brushing. Readers get evidence-based explanations they can apply to their own training, racing and fueling.
Gear & Grit reviews cycling tech such as trainers, smart trainer software and bike computers with a practical, real-world focus aimed at time-pressed riders. Each issue pairs product breakdowns with notes on training usefulness and endurance-related thinking.
Neil Damerell's weekly newsletter The Climb offers science-backed coaching advice for cyclists on training efficiently, losing weight, building strength and riding stronger with limited time. Each issue pairs client case studies with research-informed takeaways such as how to structure a few hours of training per week.
A research-oriented newsletter for endurance athletes that explains training science such as intensity distribution, periodization, and individual variation in training response. Its entries mix evidence summaries with practical framing and occasional interviews with athletes and coaches.
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