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There are different times throughout your year when you need to be able to prioritize your training in a way that is commensurate with the results you want to achieve. There will come a time in your training cycle when you will need to get really strong and focus in order to make sure the results that you want on race day are readily available to you.

There’s a lot of readily available technical advice and information how to improve your endurance training. From using supplements to equipment selection, from training advice to going as far as to leaning your genetic blueprint to customize how you eat and what supplements to take…it’s all out there. But none of them work as effectively as being consistent: doing what you need to do day-in, day-out to manage your training, your nutrition, or whatever you focus may be. The trick is figuring out how you can be consistent.

It’s not only possible to lose weight as an endurance athlete at a low-volume training time, it’s actually the best possible time to do it. There are minimal performance goals and you have plenty of extra time to spend the energy on a new approach to food organization and prepararation. Yes, it’s a huge downer to be focused on healthy eating habits over Thanksgiving and the winter holiday season…but for many endurance athletes simply not gaining the winter five pounds (forget losing) is a significant start.