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Slept 8 Hours and Still Tired? Look at What Happened Before Bed

by Arnold | Oct 20, 2026 | Lifestyle, Sleep

You were in bed by ten, you got up at six, and your watch still gives you 58 points and a heart rate that stayed high half the night. Eight hours in bed and you feel like you slept four, the classic case of 8 hours of sleep but still tired, so you start blaming your...

Why You’re Tired When Your Training Hasn’t Changed

by Arnold | Oct 13, 2026 | Training, Sleep

Nothing in the plan has changed, same easy rides and same two harder sessions as last month, but your legs feel heavy on the stairs, the easy pace suddenly costs something, and it takes you half an hour to get out of bed. The training log has no answer, so you blame...

“I Think I’m Overtrained”

by Arnold | Oct 7, 2026 | Sleep, Training

“I think I’m overtrained.” Every now and then an athlete says it to me, and I take it seriously, even when it’s far more likely to be mild overreaching. The terms overreaching and overtraining get mixed up easily, but the signs underneath are...

What I Gave Up to Train More

by Arnold | Sep 30, 2026 | Lifestyle, Training

People often ask me how to find time to train as much as I do. The honest answer starts in an office a few years ago, where I was the Hungarian country manager for a sports retailer and, by coincidence, most of our marketing team were runners. The same hobby at very...

Why Volume or Intensity Is the Wrong Question

by Arnold | Sep 23, 2026 | Training

People ask me fairly often whether they should train more or train harder. It’s the old volume or intensity question, and when I hear it, I usually think of one cyclist I train. He has barely done an extreme workout in his life. He rarely rides longer than three...