Peak Endurance Performance & Physical Therapy - Madison

Peak Endurance Performance & Physical Therapy - Madison Here at Peak Endurance we help active adults and endurance athletes to either get back to or continue performing the activities that they love.

We specialize in working with runners and endurance athletes on either a rehab or performance basis.

03/18/2026

Core bracing for heavy lifting can be confusing 😩

The most common cue is to push or puff out when you tighten your core. However, that produces excessive pressure forward and downward in the abdominal or core cavity🙁

Instead, try this cue: take a 360 degree belly breath (or a breath into your lifting belt), then tighten your core like someone is going to punch you in the stomach! 😮‍💨

👀 Notice how Erienne’s core cinches inward instead of puffs out when Jennifer winds up!

03/17/2026

🏃‍♀️ Running requires coordination and single-leg control

Forward side to side hops are a great way to work on this 👍

Perform 10 hops on each leg - 1-2 sets.

There’s a myth out there that you shouldn’t move your knees past your toes in order to protect your knees 🤔Moving your k...
03/16/2026

There’s a myth out there that you shouldn’t move your knees past your toes in order to protect your knees 🤔

Moving your knees past your toes does indeed put more forces on the knee. However, this is a completely natural position that occurs frequently in day-to-day tasks.

If you don’t have knee pain that requires adjustments to how you move, then don’t adjust how you move. In fact, strengthening your knees in this knees-over-toes position will make your knees more resilient and less likely to have pain in this knees-over-toes position 💪

Five ⭐️ FridayIt was so fun to be a part of Kiera’s postpartum running journey. We are excited to see what’s up next for...
03/13/2026

Five ⭐️ Friday

It was so fun to be a part of Kiera’s postpartum running journey. We are excited to see what’s up next for her!

Think as for the review Kiera. You’re crushing it!! 👏

03/12/2026

🦵 On-the-Go Leg Burner

⏰ Time needed: 5-15 min

☑️ You’ll need: just your body!

💪 Complete 20 reps of each of the following for 3 rounds:

👍 knee straight heel raises
👍 knee bent heel raises
👍 toe raises
👍 single-leg trunk twists (10 on each leg)
👍 pogo hops

03/11/2026

Meet Bonnie (Dr. Erienne’s Mom)! 👋

She’s 67 years young and was diagnosed with borderline severe osteoporisis 2 years ago. She was told to be careful and not lift anything heavy and to go for walks instead of run to protect her brittle bones. But she wasn’t given any help on how to BUILD her bones 🤔

BONES NEED LOAD TO BUILD! 🦴 If they are not loaded, they get weak and brittle.

She has been on a supervised progressive loading program for the last year and is thriving! She is stronger and has less pain. She is even running! 🏃‍♀️ And last month she learned how to safely deadlift and added speed work with a clean and jerk. Talk about loading the spine in a functional way! Way to go, Bonnie! 👏

03/09/2026

Do you have to lift to failure to get strength gains? 🤔

No. Strength adaptations occur at sub-maximal efforts, as well 👍

Lifting to failure has just a skosh 🤏 advantage favoring power increases over lifting heavy but not to failure, but it’s minimal.

If your goal is competitive lifting and you want that edge, you may want to max out occasionally 💪

But if your goal is to be strong for other sports, activities, and life in general, lifting heavy but not maximally will get the job done just fine 😄

👍 We recommend lifting until you feel like you could do 2 more (2 reps in reserve), or in the 8/10 difficulty range.

Five-Star Friday ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Jim always brings great energy to his sessions 😄 We have really enjoyed working with him and ...
03/06/2026

Five-Star Friday ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jim always brings great energy to his sessions 😄 We have really enjoyed working with him and seeing his progress.

Thanks for the review Jim. Keep up the good work! 💪

03/05/2026

Foam Roller Core Strength 💪

What you’ll need:
👍 a mat
👍 a foam roller

Complete each exercise 3-4 rounds:
💪 single-leg lift/lower x 8-10 reps each side
💪 butterfly heel taps x 10 reps
💪 high plank x 30-60 seconds
💪 forearm plank roll outs x 8-10 reps

03/04/2026

🚨You don’t have to actually lift as heavy as you can one time to get a 1 rep max. You can estimate it!

Here’s how:

1️⃣ Warm up to a moderate weight of the lift
2️⃣ Do a max effort set at that weight
3️⃣ Take the weight you lifted and the number of reps and plug them into a 1 rep max calculator like this one:

https://strengthlevel.com/one-rep-max-calculator

🤓 Example: Erienne lifted #195 for 10 reps. Using the calculator, her estimated 1 rep max deadlift is #260! Now she can use that number when her workout program specifies percentage of lifts.

03/03/2026

🙂‍↕️ The bridge is a classic strength exercise, but as with any exercise we need to mix it up to continue to challenge your system.

See progression above for ideas to mix it up! 👍

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Madison, WI
53703

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Tuesday 7am - 6pm
Wednesday 7am - 5pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
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