Strength For Endurance Podcast

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Durable training for ambitious endurance athletes.

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Strength For Endurance Podcast is a coaching-led endurance show focused on keeping runners and multisport athletes durable. Episodes translate strength work, load management, nutrition, stress, and return-to-training decisions into usable weekly habits.

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About Strength For Endurance Podcast

Strength For Endurance Podcast is a practical endurance-training show with a strong coaching spine. Its central concern is simple: how athletes keep improving without repeatedly breaking down. The episodes move across running, riding, multisport training, and ultra-distance preparation, but the recurring lens is strength, load tolerance, recovery, and lifestyle fit. It talks to motivated athletes who may already know what they should be doing and still struggle to make those behaviors stick. That gives the show a useful honesty. Good intentions are not treated as enough. Strength work has to fit the week. Nutrition has to support the output. Recovery has to be watched before it becomes a problem. The show often returns to individualized programming, pushing against one-size-fits-all plans based only on ability level, race distance, days available, or target pace. Injury history matters. So do stress, health markers, mobility, single-leg strength, fueling habits, and the amount of load a body can actually absorb. Episodes on bone stress injury and low energy availability make that especially clear, framing performance as something built from small, repeatable behaviors rather than dramatic short-term pushes. The coaching style is conversational and direct. It can circle a point several times, but the repetition usually serves the same purpose as a coach repeating a cue until it changes behavior. There is also room for personal reflection, including lessons from a first 100km event in Australia and the demands of hot, undulating terrain. Guest material broadens the frame. Bernadette Dancy brings stress management and heart rate variability into the conversation, while still emphasizing trends, questions, and context over device scores alone. The show is strongest when it connects ambition to responsibility. It wants athletes to push, but from a better-informed place. For runners and endurance athletes managing busy lives, old injuries, and big goals, it offers steady, grounded guidance on making training sustainable.

Made for: Runners, riders, and multisport athletes who want to train seriously while managing injury risk, recovery, nutrition, and busy lives. It especially suits athletes who prefer practical coaching detail over hype.

What sets it apart: The show treats endurance performance as a whole-system problem, not just a mileage or pace problem. Its recurring emphasis on personalization, injury history, stress trends, and follow-through gives it a more applied coaching feel than a standard training-talk show.

In their own words

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…

strength and conditioning for endurance athletesinjury prevention and rehabilitationpersonalized training planslow energy availability and fuelingstress management and heart rate variabilityreturning after bone stress injuryrun session purpose and pacingultra-distance training lessons

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Client Transformation: Struggling to get back to running post children, reoccurring leg niggles and a history of RED-S

Adjusting your mindset and approach to different run sessions throughout the week

How to guarantee your training is personalised

Why quality is better than quantity in your endurance strength sessions

5 Training Questions That Never Get Asked But Are Essential To a Injury Free & Successful Year

How we can measure and manage stress in order to optimise training and performance. Dr Bernadette Dancy

Are your Club sessions doing you more harm than good?

Tips to improve your run mechanics on longer runs

Is low energy availability the reason you are struggling to train at your best?

How to return to training post stress fracture?

How to prevent getting injured in your marathon build?

Restarting training after time away/injury

What's the ideal approach to S&C when training for ultra distances

Cross-Training & Alternative Workouts

How to master double training days?

Copying social media exercises - should I and what do I need to consider?

Signs it's time to refresh your training program

Best 'bang for your buck' S&C exercises

Should I train today? Injured, fatigued or just unmotivated

Why prioritising your warm up & recovery is the key to success

What does the off season mean to you?

Why upper body strength is important for runners and cyclists

Why Training Load Management Is So Important During Injury Recovery

The implications of GLP-1 drugs on endurance performance with Nicola Marsh R.D

Training easy is the biggest lie you are telling yourself

Injury? Poor performance? The Devil is in the Details

Did you find running later in life? What you need to be considering to prevent injury

Navigating Hip Pain & Returning to Long Distance Performance

Traversing The Haute Route Pyrenees with SFE Client Peter

A pro-activate approach to lower back & SI Joint pain

National Cross Country Mountain Bike Champion on just 4 hours training a week - Phil Pearce

Do you have a highly physical job but also want to excel in endurance sport?

Why are people still 'tip-toeing' around S&C in the endurance community?

Going vegan, diet fads and influencer advice that can be detrimental to the endurance athlete

Case study: How to achieve success in both your corporate career and the endurance world

How To Train For An Ultra Marathon Without Getting Injured

How to follow through on good intentions (actually doing what you say you're going to do)

How do you walk away from a 50km trail race(with 8000+ stairs) with no muscle soreness? - Ange's Story

How we've helped so many clients overcome knee pain and get back to running

Running the Coast to Coast Path with Oliver Tilling -192 miles and lots of Turkish delight

Sometimes injuries just happen...it's how you respond that matters

Finding the love of running again with SFE Client Jess

5 signs that your training program is going to be successful & sustainable

Can we influence how quickly we recover from an event ready for the next?

Are you a runner also training for Hyrox? What to consider...

How to progress reps, sets & load when strength training for running?

How to progress your strength training for running?

Your strength training should evolve throughout the year

How To Prevent the Most Common Running Injuries

Can I get back from injury in time for my next event?

Matt Dixon from Purple Patch Fitness: The autonomy of smarter decision making

Mental Fitness Training for Endurance Performance with Stu Holliday

5 benefits S&C can have on your endurance performance

Lawrence Van Lingen: Helping high performance individuals move better and understand their injuries

Why is it important to periodise your endurance training?

What you might be missing when establishing training thresholds for a program

More about The Endurance Speaker Series 2025

How to stay strong in the saddle

Subjective Feedback - The Power of Reflection

Why we don't publicise our endurance programming

Pre & Post Pregnancy Considerations for Athletes with Alison Rose & Claire Merrett

Discussing the less common symptoms of low energy availability (RED-S)

Specific Skills For Trail Running

The Six Narratives of Injury with Ciara Everard

How to strength train when you are time poor?

Trying to solve a complex problem with one simple solution

A closer look at female athletes across their lifespan with Dr Jessica Piasecki

The Importance of Performance Blood Testing for Endurance Training

Dr. Phil Hayes - What we need to know about Fatigue Resistance

How SFE Coaches Manage Training Load with our Athletes

Project RED-S with Pippa Woolvern - Raising the awareness, prevention and support around energy deficiency in athletes

How to Build Strong & Resilient Feet

Strategies for Maintaining Strong Run Form

What qualities are necessary for successful open water swimming?