

Key Components for High School Peak Performance
PEAK PERFORMANCE ƒ CONSISTENCY X CONTINUITY X COMPETITION. Removing or compromising any of these three will impair your training and...


How I Use the Jack Daniels Formula: Goal-Setting, Part I©
My “Personal Inventory” Phase of using the Daniels’ VDOT Chart is a relatively easy exercise. It simply involves identifying and...


Running Career Life Cycle©
One aspect of Peak Performance rarely discussed in coaching circles is the runners' "Career Life Cycle”. This cycle is basically three...


How I use the Daniels' Running Formula, Part II
“It's not how many miles you run, it's how you run the miles...” Ric Rojas In this installment, I describe how I use the Daniels' Formula...


Ric Rojas 2016 Winter Catalyst Explosive Power Training at Barbell Strategy
Runners, Many of you have requested more information on my Catalyst Power Lifting Program. Coach Randy Hauer and I have developed a...


How I Use the “Daniels' Running Formula”- Introduction
Last year I was invited to participate on the coaching panel at Colorado Springs’ “Garden of the Gods 10-Mile” race clinic along with...


Ric's 10-Point Training Essentials
Over the years, I've developed a "10-Point" approach to training that encompasses the spectrum of training and racing components. These...


Ric's Speed Essentials©
The Matrix below illustrates the building blocks for speed development. The challenge is to configure the elements over the course of a...


Ric's 7-Tier Interval Training Matrix
If I had nickel for every time I heard the phrase, “I hate the track and I’m not going there!” from a runner, I would be a wealthy man....