SPEED WORK

What athletes think makes them ‘fast’: track sets… What actually makes them fast: – Leveraging swim fitness for cardiovascular conditioning – Building strength and resilience through a well rounded and appropriate cycling program… – The consistent lower in ...

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HERE WE GO AGAIN…

STOP! Here is your regular scheduled reminder to ‘nail the basics’… don’t sweat the small stuff, especially when you don’t have the big things in order.

What are the basics? Here’s a few:

– sleep (7-9hrs per day)

– integrate strength trai ...

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JET STRENGTH GO-TOs

Strength Must Haves

This supporting strength session has been designed to cover off all of the ‘must haves’ so that if you did no other (non sports specific) strength you will be covered with this session.

It is quick, it is easy and it is simple. It can easily be integrated int ...

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Nail The Basics

Stop Here is your regular scheduled reminder to ‘nail the basics’… don’t sweat the small stuff, especially when you don’t have the big things in order. What are the basics? Here’s a few: sleep (7-9hrs per day) integrate strength training into your weekly schedule avoid (ex ...

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Ditch the hacks…

This one from Steve Magness simply entitled; ‘Ditch The Hacks. Nail The Basics’

As Jan Frodeno once said ‘There are no hacks. The only hack is to hack away every day’

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COMMIT

COMMIT To achieve anything in life you need to commit. You need to; – Commit to your goals – Commit to the process – Commit to yourself There’s great value in that. Go all in. #commitment #makeithappen #beyourbest ...

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IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME

You are not owed anything. You need to make it happen. Want to swim better. Swim more. Want to ride faster. Get on your bike. Want to run more efficiently. Practice. Want less injuries. Get strong and build resilience. The simple solutions are the best. If in doubt, keep it simple. S ...

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The 99%…

There’s always talk about the 1%ers… But let’s talk about the 99% before that. The simple, basic, repeatable habits that are applicable to pretty much everyone, all the time. These are the things you want to be nailing consistently if you’re going to perform at your best (in sport and in ...

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A Reminder…

Just a reminder as we head in to race season It should be; Health. Fitness. And then performance. strength hydration recovery nutrition training phase progression Should be considered ON THE SAME LEVEL as your endurance training… not as an after thought. It’s more than swim ...

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Technique

Working on your technique is great but it is irrelevant if you are not strong enough or fit enough to hold that technique for extended periods of time… With that in mind we need to consider building strength/resilience as well as fitness/conditioning. They are critical if we want to refin ...

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