Cadence Debate…

Cadence Debate…

There is no magic cadence when it comes to cycling… or cycling for triathlon.

This is not about tell you to ride at ‘x’ or ‘y’ cadence, but rather a list of considerations when it comes to choosing a cadence, or cadence range for t ...

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Session of the week – Staple Long Ride

Session of the week – Staple Long Ride

This is not a sexy, dynamic session but it should be part of your staple diet leading into an event… The idea is to accumulate time on your bike, preferably in your ‘race position’ i.e. TT position and a steady and consistent heart rate and ca ...

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Session of week – Five Eights!

Session of the week – Five Eights

Great session for triathletes as it allows you to get the necessary swim volume in, whilst mixing it up and focussing on different aspects of your stroke through the use of tools.

The session is designed off 800m intervals but 600m and 400m interv ...

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Basic Strength Endurance Session (indoor bike)

This session is a great introduction to muscle fibre recruitment and strength endurance that can be built on over time

Warm up for 10-15mins building effort and heart rate then complete: 10 x 1min at 80rpm and a strong, hard effort / 1min spin float 10 x 1min at 75-80rpm and strong, hard ...

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Cycling For Triathletes…

Firstly: Get comfy on your bike! For triathletes that means being comfortable in TT position for extended periods of time. We should be more comfortable on the TT bars than on the base bars sitting up – we need to be able to sit in this position for hours at a time.

Second tip is to ...

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