2026 NSCA Training for the Endurance Athlete Summit

Light Breakfast Provided

1. Learn the most useful ways to measure, monitor, and manipulate training loads in endurance training.

2. Understand the process for identifying an individual athlete’s maximally beneficial training load at a given point in their development.

3. Learn how to avoid overtraining and undertraining athletes.

Lecture

1. Differentiate endurance performance and durability requirements to guide interval and workout design.

2. Design interval sessions using capacity anchors to target desired intensity and duration outcomes.

3. Assess durability by tracking performance decay across intervals under fixed and variable constraints.

Hands-On

1. Contextualize the value of threshold training within a broader, comprehensive aerobic power training program.
2. Share a potential model that does not necessitate two threshold training sessions within a single day yet allows for the accumulation of a substantive volume of weekly threshold triaining.

Lecture

1. Analyze the biomechanical and metabolic demands placed on the shoulder complex in triathletes, with emphasis on swim volume, swim intensity, and the interaction of the swim with cycling and running.
2. Assess common shoulder injury mechanisms and risk factors in triathletes, including challenges resulting from individual technique execution, training load, and strength disparities.
3. Select and coach appropriate shoulder strength, stability, and mobility interventions that support the training and performance demands of triathletes, while also promoting long-term joint health.

Hands-On

1. Identify and discuss evidence-based nutritional interventions to improve endurance training and competition outcomes.
2. Describe implementation strategies to optimize supplement efficacy and performance outcomes.

Lecture

Hands-On

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1. Differentiate endurance performance and durability requirements to guide interval and workout design.
2. Design interval sessions using capacity anchors to target desired intensity and duration outcomes.
3. Assess durability by tracking performance decay across intervals under fixed and variable constraints.

Hands-On

1. Contextualize the value of threshold training within a broader, comprehensive aerobic power training program.

2. Share a potential model that does not necessitate two threshold training sessions within a single day yet allows for the accumulation of a substantive volume of weekly threshold triaining.

Lecture

1. Analyze the biomechanical and metabolic demands placed on the shoulder complex in triathletes, with emphasis on swim volume, swim intensity, and the interaction of the swim with cycling and running.
2. Assess common shoulder injury mechanisms and risk factors in triathletes, including challenges resulting from individual technique execution, training load, and strength disparities.
3. Select and coach appropriate shoulder strength, stability, and mobility interventions that support the training and performance demands of triathletes, while also promoting long-term joint health.

Hands-On

1. Identify and discuss evidence-based nutritional interventions to improve endurance training and competition outcomes.
2. Describe implementation strategies to optimize supplement efficacy and performance outcomes.

Lecture

Hands-On

1. Traditional team trainlng "conditioning" methods are outdated and need a paradigm shift in philosophy for achieving high performance in their athletes.
2. Scientific research shows that "relentless conditioning during practice sessions is slowing your athletes down.
3. How to establish relationships with Sport Coaches to assist in changing the concepts and methods behind their practice plans and philosophies.

Lecture