Coaching in public.

I'm Ivan Sanz, founder and head coach at Page Street Performance. Twice a month I write about what I'm actually seeing on the floor — training, recovery, fuelling, and the gap between what people think is holding them back and what really is. Every issue, free to read.

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How to plan a week of food around your training Four food groups, one that moves with the day. One big shop, one big cook, a top-up. And how to keep your strength while eating a little less.
We had a plan. One year in Berlin: the version that read like failure, and the version that was on track all along.
I took everything off the bike. Street clothes, no computer, nothing on the bars. And if you're running the Berlin Marathon, I'd tell you the opposite.
The one person I couldn't crack. He's watched me coach for years. He'd nod, and say yeah, and change nothing.
Your comeback doesn't need to hurt. The punishing session that's supposed to prove you're serious is the most expensive thing you can do.
You can't cram fitness. Ten days out, he wanted to train more and eat less. Both would've cost him the race.
You're eating too little to grow. Cut carbs to "limit sugar," and you cut the fuel growth runs on.
I hate gyms. The discomfort is real. But it doesn't get to own you.
You can hit every metric and still lose. A different definition of performance — and why the metrics miss it.
The week isn't pass/fail. Training stress and life stress run through the same recovery system.
You don't get stronger in the gym. The session places the order. The body fills it over the next 48 hours.
What if your nutrition just needs to match your training? Your body needs different fuel on training days than rest days. Most people eat the same regardless.
Hard sessions don't mean what you think they mean The signal was there. You just read it wrong.
You're working hard in the wrong direction. Why consistent effort still stalls — and what's actually missing.

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