Not Everyday Is Champions Day

A good one from Chrissie Wellington and a message worth repeating…

Not all sessions are champion sessions, not all sessions we feel great, and that is ok because not all sessions are or need to be key sessions.

So don’t let a less than ideal session define you, your day or y ...

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Organisation For Success – Triathlon and Life

I am an advocate for morning training… especially for age groupers and especially for age groupers with busy lives. Why? Well, first thing in the morning provides the most certainty regarding allocation of time to train, which facilitates consistency, and importantly; sets up the body and m ...

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Purpose and Execution

Purpose and Execution

Every session has a purpose.

The purpose may change but it is very important.

Nailing a session is about aligning your execution with the focus.

Example session focus: recovery, aerobic capacity, strength endurance.

Train smart and train wi ...

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Session Design!

Still one of my favourite parts of my job (there are a few)

Session design.

I have a massive library of sessions for different needs, goals, athletes, phases, races, purposes etc etc, but, I still love sitting down and getting creative; finding new ways to ensure sessions are engagi ...

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Open Water Expert… Swim Session Of The Week

A good swim session to try throughout the open water swim season, best done in your wetsuit and if possible, at similar time of day to race day.

A bit of everything including warm up, take out intensity, sustained effort and strength/concentration in the back end.

Distances for Sta ...

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Training…

Training should have the following:

– consistency – specificity – progression / challenges – a focus on SELF improvement

#beyourbest #simplicity

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Health vs Fitness…

Are you ‘fit’ but lacking your health?

I’m a big believer in health first, then fitness and then chasing performance… I think you can be seen as ‘fit’ but not necessarily healthy, but if this is you you’ve likely missed the point.

Often it’s not training that is ...

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Session Of The Week – Twenty One Ones

Session of the week…

Try this one, anytime from 2-6 weeks out from a Half distance or olympic distance event.

It is good for pacing and building strength endurance over distance similar to race day.

As always, focus on good form to ensure your effort in the second half ...

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The GREY Zone

The ‘grey zone’… my take.

You are supposed to train easy or cap the session at a set HR but you don’t take note or you let it drift a little higher than it should…

This means you are training harder than you should and your effort and the effect on yo ...

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Triathletes… Use the pace clock!

Triathletes… Use the pace clock!

The pace clock is a simple and very effective swim tool that has been in use for many years.

The best swimmers and the best triathletes in the world use this tool with great effect… and so should you.

It can measure pace, rest and ...

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