Strength For Endurance Podcast
The Strength For Endurance Podcast explores the wins, challenges and lessons experienced in the pursuit of successful endurance performance.
Each episode your host and owner of Strength For Endurance Kriss Hendy discusses what it takes to truly reach your potential and stay injury free, whether your sights are set on your first 10km or elite competition.
From strength and conditioning to injury rehabilitation and preventing overtraining, Kriss is regularly joined by inspiring guests, from clients and coaches, to lecturers and research experts.
Ultimately we look to answer the question ‘How can we achieve long-term successful endurance performance, whilst maintaining optimal health and lifestyle-balance?'….
To find out more about training with Kriss at Strength For Endurance, head over to www.strengthforendurance.com
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
How to unpack & solve your lower body injury
One of the most common sites of injury for any runner, triathlete or endurance athlete is the lower body, and more specifically below the knee. However the information and education around preventing…
My number one tip for training in 2024
It’s the lowest hanging fruit. Possibly one of the simplest changes you could make. But it’s a non-negotiable. Kriss shares the one thing that could change the scope of the next 12 months for you. A…
Our biggest highlights of 2023
From our live community events to the big wins amongst our clients. Getting over long term injuries and backing up podium performances, 2023 has been a huge success of a year. We're so proud of the …
Plyometrics for the endurance athlete
On many forums I see people discussing strength training but more often than not many still don’t know what plyometric training is, and even more so don’t know what it looks like for endurance athlet…
Creating athletes who have the confidence to say 'no'
In todays episode Kriss discusses the huge gaps in the current health and training education system - which is seeing patients who are recovering from significant injuries and just being told to star…
Off Season Survival Guide
Depending on where you are in the world, this time of year might look a little different. But regardless we wanted to make you aware of our most recent Free Resource that we've put together for you. …
What is the best method for strength training an endurance athlete?
This week we’re discussing the best method of strength training for endurance athletes, whether that’s for running, triathlon, cycling, adventure racing etc etc. Unfortunately there are still a lot …
Learning the importance of not letting your heart rule your head
We all love to train, we have a passion for living an active lifestyle, however one of the leading factors of injury is overtraining which is often due to people continuing to only do the things they…
Does ultra distance running and cycling attract less experienced and conditioned athletes?
With the ‘boom’ in popularity of ultra distance events over the last 10 years there has never been more accessibility or desire to enter these once ‘unrealistic’ races. From a physiological standpoin…
From the Archives: Can you train strength and endurance effectively at the same time?
We thought it would be fun to dip into the archives this week and have chosen to re release one of our most popular episodes, where Kriss answers the common question "Can you train strength and endur…
4 Big lessons from 2023
Off the back of another amazing SFE Training Day, we had a jam packed day of clients from far and wide coming together to learn and share. We had thought provoking masterclasses from our multi-discip…
Kriss's Top 5 Training Tips for your S&C
Wherever you are in your strength training journey we can always learn more. Tips that’ll increase the productivity and effectiveness of your sessions, adjust your mindset and ultimately optimise the…
It's not always about how much you can lift
There is a naive belief that just getting strong is going to be the answer to overcoming pain and improving your performance. With many literally taking research as gospel when it comes to strength …
Forget about recovery, think adaptation
Rest or Recovery Days. What are you thought on them? Do they give you anxiety? Maybe you ignore them completely. Are you someone who knows what you should be doing, but finds it hard to actually exe…
Allowing yourself the opportunity to be an intuitive athlete
The power of working with a coach goes beyond just exercise prescription, it's based upon feedback, accountability and empathy. But one of the most beneficial aspects of working with experienced prac…
What I learnt from UTMB's CCC with SFE athlete Harry
As we all search for that elusive ‘perfect race’, we come to realise that it’s far from a straight forward process. We learn from our mistakes and try to replicate the things that go well, it really …
Return to Run Blueprint
Have you ever come back to running following an injury, pregnancy, a change of sport or a running break? If you have, you’ll probably know from experience that it doesn’t always go smoothly and often…
Nathan Ford - Two years on and continuing to defy all prognoses
Kriss had the pleasure of speaking with Welsh Triathlete and Coach Nathan Ford for todays podcast, who had a life changing bike accident back in August 2021, leaving him paralysed from the neck down.…
Is your romantic relationship with sport holding you back?
We all have dreams and aspirations of running the trails, entering races and experiencing the adventures we see our sporting idols having. But is this ‘want’ or desire enough to actually get us there…
Alex Butt - Co owner of Military Strength and Conditioning company Stoic Conditioning
This week’s episode is a long form chat with Alex Butt, an old friend and Co owner of military strength and conditioning company Stoic Conditioning. Kriss and Alex explore a variety of topics, notab…