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Fit and Fast: Achieving Robustness in Training

2/10/2026 • 59 min

Balancing Fitness and Robustness: The Importance of Neuromuscular Coordination in Training In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, Steve Magness and Jon Marcus discuss the concept of ‘fit but flat,’ exploring the phenomenon where athletes excel in metabolic fitness but fail to perform competitively due to a lack of neuromuscular coordination. Using examples … Play episode

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Recovery Demystified: Focus on What Really Works
Coaching the New Runner. Part 2: Individuals
Coaching the New Runner. Part 1: In a team setting.
Footwear Insights: From Training Flats to Super Cushions
Exploring the New Era of Training: Embracing Experimentation
Keeping Training Fresh: Science, Methods, and Strategies
NCAA Track Champs: Key Takeaways for Racing and Training
Consistency Creates Capacity: The Power of Simple Wins in Training
Double Threshold Training: Applying to Track, Cross-Country, and Marathon
Putting it All Together: Speed, strength, endurance, recovery for runners …
The Psychology of the Modern Athlete: The Impact of Social Media and Perce…
Mastering Your Mind: 5 Keys to Stop Self-Sabotaging
The Truth about Lactate Threshold | Your Comprehensive Guide
So You Want to Be a Champion: Part 3: How to Recover. How to Connect
So You Want to Be a Champion: Part 2: How to prepare. How to Train
So You Want to Be A Champion? Part 1: How to think How to Act.
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266: Overcoming Choking and Underperformance: The Science and Psychology …
265: Consistency wins: How to be consistent in the face of volatility and …
264: The Science of Surging: How to Pull Away from the Pack Mid-Race
263: The Workouts Come Second: Teaching Comes First
262: Do drills work? The case for and against
261: How to Write Training Part 2: Nuance, making adjustments and tweaks
260: How to Write Training Part 1 Getting Started
259: Race Day Meltdown: Strategies and Solutions for Bouncing Back When Ev…
258: Longer Long Run or Faster Long Run!
257: Workouts are only 40% of the equation. A podcast about the other 60%
256: The science of going out hard and hanging on to win
255: The importance of being good coach, not just a nice coach.
254: Hard workouts: When, Where, How and Why?
253: Race Day Anxiety: How to Confront it, Run with it, and Potentially Ov…
252: The secret to winning cross country teams. The power of the 5th man.
251: Doing Things When We Don’t Want To: The Science of Motivation
250: Winning Big When It Counts: The Psychology and The Science of Champio…
249: Fatigue: A deep dive into understanding it and revising workouts arou…
248: Community and Connection: The Core of High Performance Cultures
247: Specific Strength Training for Runners. And how it differs from gener…
246: Base Training: Progression Over Career
245: Developing Aerobic Power: A scientific approach to improving specific…
244: The Post Peak Peak: What is it and how to set it up.
243: The science of the struggle bus: How people get on and how to get off.
242: Two Feet in Reality: Tips on How to Support High Performance
241: Most common mistakes when coaching distance runners and how to avoid.
240: The Science of Zone 2: Why it’s misunderstood and how to apply it suc…
239: The Science of Overuse injuries and rehabilitation for distance runne…
238: When workouts don’t work: The art of the audible
237: Medium Dig Cycle: When and why to purposefully dig a hole in training.
236: Hard work vs. Overtraining: Finding the Sweet Spot for Optimal Adapta…

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