Swim Tips for Triathletes

Most adult triathletes are non swimmers and did not grow up swimming… Even if they did, there is often a large gap (many years) between swimming as a child / adolescent and then swimming again as an adult triathlete.   In any case, don’t chase perfection in the water if you are a t ...

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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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Run Session – Build Run

Session of the week

Build run. One of my favorite runs due to its simplicity…

Start off at very easy pace and build intensity (and therefore, speed) each km for 9km… then reverse build for 3km to wind back down. Note: don’t just stop dead.

The idea is to work a ...

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Relaxed is efficient. Efficient is fast.

Relaxed is efficient. Efficient is fast.

We all want to be ‘fast’… Fast is relative, but, speed comes from efficiency. And efficiency can be maximized through being relaxed!

So learn to relax when you swim, bike and run… This will improve your efficiency and ...

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Swim Session – Give it a go!

Session of the Week

Try this swim session for aerobic development and strength endurance. It is designed to have you swimming strong in the back half of the session. Simple and Effective.

Focus on quality of movement throughout the session, especially in the back end when you are st ...

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Ironman Training…

Ironman Cairns is 5 weeks away… Training focus should be consistency including logging necessary training volume to adequately prepare for the specific rigors of race day.

With this comes fatigue, and tiredness, often a blur of the two!

My advices is as follows:

Firstl ...

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Something is better than nothing

Sometimes something is better than nothing for age group triathletes…

It is easy to fall into the trap of not starting a session if we are not going to be able to fulfill the session exactly as prescribed, or making it shorter than the original plan.

But, consistency is key. S ...

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Training Whilst Travelling

Consistency is key, right? So try not to let travel affect this…

I always advise athletes to pack training gear when travelling… whether it be camping, for work, on holiday. If you have it packed it’s an option!

Next, I advise to look at schedule for the week/month ...

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Menstrual Cycle And Training

Female Triathletes…

Have you considered the effect of your hormones and your menstrual cycle on your training and performance?

You should.

There is more and more info available and more and more research out there on hormonal cycles, which can help you improve performan ...

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Swimming For Triathlon

Swim training… it’s not just for the swim leg!

‘the swim leg is the shortest part of the race, it doesn’t matter so much…’

Your swim training and therefore swim fitness has much more effect on your triathlon performance than you might think… ...

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