BASICS vs HACKS

⚠️ The Basics Vs The Hacks ⚠️

Fantastic article… A breath of fresh air in a world where Coaches, fitness experts, gurus, PTs, wellness experts and even professional athletes are in the habit of promoting ‘hacks’, gimmicks and (at best) one percenters when the majority do ...

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Magic Sessions?

‘That’s the real failing of the “magic workout” mindset: the idea that the new thing should replace all the old things, instead of just adding to them’ – unknown

Stop looking for quick fixes. There aren’t any. Fads, gimmicks and short cuts don’t work.

Befriend th ...

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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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Improvement

The goal should always be to improve…

By all means… Set challenges. Compare. Train. Race ya mates. Aim for qualification.

But, underpinning all of this should be the drive for personal improvement… You can control that.

#Simplicity #GrowthMindset #BeYourBes ...

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Training ‘Easy’

We often say that we should do our easy sessions easy so we can do our hard sessions appropriately hard…

It is also healthy to do the majority of your training at an ‘easy’ intensity.

But what is easy? Easy requires context to be defined…

When using physiology ...

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Busy

In today’s society there’s a glorification of business… and it’s unhealthy!

My request of you:

Be honest with yourself about why you’re not doing the things you know you should… the things that will make you better.

Where you place value should determine w ...

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Taking responsibility

‘Recognise what you need to do and then f****** do it… it’s as simple as that’ – Conor McGregor

Keep it simple. But do it.

It may be:

– sleeping more – doing strength work – eating after training sessions – consuming more fruit and ve ...

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70.3 Race Tips (4-6weeks out)

Tips if you are racing Geelong 70.3 (or any long course race in the next 3-6 weeks)

—> or save this for future races

– Abstain from the desire to test or validate constantly; pick 1-2 key and appropriate sessions and nail them

– Maintain your strength work R ...

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Daily Habits and Creating Sustainability…

– Enjoy what you do – Train with purpose and structure, sometimes hard – Eat REAL food… enough of it, mostly plants, at the right times – Hydrate frequently – Sleep and rest – Be part of a community – Get outdoors, feel the sunshine and fresh air &# ...

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