Strength First Athlete
Abel OrozcoStrength First Athlete is for the hybrid athlete, the person who wants to get stronger and go farther and refuses to believe they have to sacrifice one for the other.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 52 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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The Maintenance Floor: How to Keep your Strength through race season
Maintain strength during race season with the research-backed minimum dose: one session a week at or above 70% of your one-rep max, never any lighter than that.
Late May, 2025, nine weeks out from Ironman Ottawa. I was standing in the gym...
I told you I built the whole year around strength...
AI + Garmin
I never thought about doing this, but since I’m working on launching my paid tier here on Substack and the more I did research on social proof related to my coaching business, the more I saw the need to pull my Garmin histor...
The finish line at Parliament Hill, one year later
August 3rd, 2025. I come around the last corner along the Rideau Canal with maybe 400 meters left, and I hear the announcer before I see the finish line, saw my family and friends and after fourteen-plus hours after jumping into the Ottawa...
The numbers that really tell you if you're progressing
OK, let’s see…you’ve been training for 3 months, getting those reps in, driving to the pool for a swim, commuting to work by bike, carrying clothes, lunch laptop, lock (what I do…) And let’s not kid ourselves, I do it, you do it…you go ahea...
Cortés burned 11 ships...
What does “burn the boats” mean in training?
“Burn the boats” comes from Hernán Cortés, who in 1519 ordered his own ships destroyed after landing in Mexico, removing retreat as an option for his men. Applied to training, it means eli...
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I coach hybrid athletes who lift and race, without one wrecking the other. Evidence-based PT, Ironman finisher, husband & dad of two. I help hybrid athletes race their next Endurance event without losing the strength they built in the gym.
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