

What If You Were Faster Than Your Agility Course Required?
Canine Handler Fitness Podcast por Liz Joyce
T1 · E56
17 sept 2026
12:47
Notas del episodio
If you’re already running as fast as you possibly can to make a handling position, what happens when you suddenly need another gear?
In this episode, we’re talking about speed reserve, physical capacity, and why getting faster isn’t about outrunning your dog. It’s about making the speed your sport requires a smaller percentage of what your body can do.
We’ll talk about the signs that agility may be getting too close to your current ceiling, what happens when you get a faster dog, and one of my favorite client stories: after a couple months of strength and speed training, she was suddenly getting so far ahead of her dog that she started wondering if the course spacing had changed.
The course hadn’t changed. She had.
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