Recovery Is Critical

You don’t get faster by training harder… you get faster by recovering better.

– Sleep – (Post Session) Fueling – Hydration – Appropriate intensity distribution – Body management

All come before fancy gadgets and ‘recovery’ products. Get the ...

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Efficiency…

Efficiency is the key to endurance sport performance…

It is about the trade off between your pace and the energy cost required to produce that pace.

Your best way to improve this is by being able to go faster at lower effort / heart rate / power.

There are technical and ...

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Five Point Checklist For All Athletes For Prep Phase / Training Through Global Pandemic…

1. Building General Resilience (Hint: Staple Ride and Runs) – easy, enjoyable, technical, ‘aerobic’, tissue endurance

2. Improving Overall Strength (Hint: Swim Strength, Pilates, General Strength Sessions) – improve range of motion, tissue health, global strength

3 ...

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Are You A Virtual Athlete Or A Real One?

Many athletes around the globe have been forced indoors of late… and rightly so in many cases. But, getting outside in fresh air, amongst nature and in the sunshine is good for us. Good for us as human beings, let alone as ‘athletes’.

So embrace it and take opportunities where yo ...

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Let off some steam…?

As Coaches we will often hear that an athlete ‘needs to let off some steam’…

This usually means that they have had a few days off training, or have underperformed, or, they have had a stressful week/few days in other areas of life.

Their answer… go hard and try to †...

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Is MORE the answer?

More training is not necessarily the answer. For some, that is what they need to do… it is simple. But for the majority this is not what is missing in the quest to optimise athletic development.

To prescribe ‘more’ only works if the individual is able to absorb and adapt to the s ...

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Pre Run Warm Up

Looking For a Simple Pre Run Warm Up?

Or a way to move and break up your work day?

Here is a simple, repeatable and adaptable little routine that gets you moving… and it only takes 5mins.

Give it a go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYJUqPtNgag

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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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Post Season And Preparatory Phases Overview

We use a series of cyclical phases to help guide our training and manage the seasons here at JET Coaching…

Here is a brief overview of which phase we are in now and the value of said phase

The Post Season and Preparatory Phases usually fall immediately following the end of th ...

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Global Pandemic + Preparatory Phase Of Training

Focus on things you CAN do!

• Accept, Adapt, Evolve:

• Trainer riding including End Of Range work

• Strength Training

• Mobility

• Technical Development

• Connect more with family and friends who also have time on their hands.

• Swim ...

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