Guest Post: Strength Training Overview For Endurance Athletes

Throughout post season and prep phase, triathletes have a great opportunity to seek diversity with their training.

Away from straight line running, hours of pedalling and turning heads every two strokes, we can teach our bodies new skills, new movement patterns and create new habits in or ...

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JET Cycling Challenge… Complete!

JET Cycling Challenge

In lieu of the great ocean road otway Classic… and for a bit of fun this weekend saw another challenge for the JET Pack and wider JET community.

We had 160/100/60km challenges either indoors or outdoors. Another simple, yet effective way to get the guys ...

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JET Coaching Scholarship

Our goal is to help as many people as possible live to their full potential; using the vehicle of triathlon and endurance sports.

How can we make a difference, and how can we help ensure everyone has access to a coach who can guide them, nurture their talents and help improve their fitness ...

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Zwift + Virtual Sessions – Embracing Change

Some of the #JETpack embracing Zwift over the past weeks… one of the few ways we’ve been staying structured and connected amongst the chaos and uncertainty.

We’ve also had virtual strength sessions and an increase in communication and education to our pack over the past few weeks ...

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The Sunday Set Up

How do you plan ahead set yourself up for success?

The Sunday Set Up involves spending some time on a Sunday afternoon (as most operate on a Monday-Sunday week) to look at your commitments for the week ahead.

This time is not for work itself but the opportunity to look ahead at ALL ...

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SOME POSITIVITY AND A FEEL GOOD STORY AMONGST THE CHAOS

Don’t tell me you have to get slower with age!

Many accept that as we age we must get slower… And the best we can do is try to ‘slow down less’

This doesn’t have to be the case, and moreover, it can lead to a defeatist mindset.

If we concern ourselves with impro ...

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Keeping calm in the chaos…

Generally speaking, as endurance athletes, we should be well equipped in a time like this. We deal with challenging situations all the time, including things not going to plan. We constantly exercise patience, pragmatism and positive daily actions. Retain this ethos and embrace the challenges we ...

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Post Season and Prep Phase

Post season and prep phase is fast approaching… it will begin in April, (immediately after the racing that forms part of the regular racing season ceases)

The post season will look slightly different for each athlete but is generally 2-4weeks of reduced load, focus and structure. Imp ...

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Recovery

The fundamentals:

– Sleep – Fueling following EVERY training session – ‘Clean Outs’ – Cyclical training phases

The next layer:

– Easy / Supportive training sessions – Appropriate warming up and cooling down – Body management inc ...

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Training FOR life (performance)

Brad Stulburg with the goods once again…

The value of structured training reaches far beyond swim-bike-run, your next race or simply being fit for an event.

Furthermore, these benefits often compound to drastically improve health, fitness and global performance.

Take n ...

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