https://www.doctorsofrunning.com/ In my opinion, this is the best way to find a shoe that works for you. Now is the time of year where they do the "best of" series, so if you are in the market, I would recommend starting here. If you know you like a certain type of shoe, they have a similar shoe note on each profile. From there, I would strongly recommend going to a running store that has the shoe to try it on or making sure that you have a good return policy with online orders. I have had several shoes where everything indicated I "should" like it and absolutely hated the shoe. If you dive into this a little bit, you will start to understand why I don't like to give my opinion on "good" shoes for people to run in

Today we finally unpacked a topic that confuses a lot of athletes: how heart rate zones, lactate thresholds, and V̇O₂ training actually fit into CrossFit and hybrid conditioning. We covered the differences between Zone 2, Threshold, and V̇O₂ work, why HR is reliable on machines but not under load, and how to use readiness data without overthinking it. Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed. The questions, examples, and back-and-forth made the session fly by, and I’m really enjoying how easy it was to get this posted and how organized everything feels inside this platform (thanks @Haley Ruth for getting these up so fast!!). The full episode is ready for you in the Office Hours archive. @Brandon Smith @Christian Laws @Eamon Coyne @Reshef Gold

Over the last few weeks I've had a couple of questions about "what the scaps should be doing" during overhead pressing / jerks / snatches. Thankfully, Catalyst athletics has done an incredible job explaining this (far better than I could)... but wanted to share it for everyone since it's been a common question recently

Team, The first pieces of the Competitors Course are now live, Chapter 1, Module 1: Mindset, including Sections 1 and 2 on building your Mental Toolkit and developing your Willpower. (Just the written content, I will drip the video content over the next week) These first modules focus on the tools that shape everything we do later in the season, how you think during training, how you handle adversity, how you respond when things get hard, and how consistently you follow through on the habits that actually move the needle. Before we get into pacing, strategy, and game-day execution, we start here... because these skills determine whether any of that work sticks. Take time this week to go through the modules. Understanding these tools will change the way you train long before you ever step on the competition floor. Please send me ANY AND ALL feedback! Thanks! -Kyle

Team, Most of us learn how to handle competition: the nerves, the travel, the logistics, through trial and error. I’ve always hated that approach. It’s too slow, and the cost of learning is often a wasted season. The Competitors Course is my attempt to end that guesswork. It is a structured path to ensure your hard work actually transfers to the floor. This is the next evolution of the TTT Competitors Manual. It focuses entirely on the variables outside of training: mindset, recovery, travel & logistics, that dictate whether or not you can actually express your fitness on Game Day. I’ve posted the full intro and a rough release schedule in the Private Client Vault.