Physiological Adaptations To Training

Physiological adaptations to training

The notion of training is about adequately preparing ones body (and mind) for the rigours and demands of racing

It generally takes 3 months / 12 weeks of consistent training stimulus for physiological adaptations to occur in our body. As such th ...

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Pace vs Heart Rate for measuring intensity

Pace vs Heart Rate for measuring intensity

There are many ways to measure the intensity of your training and racing… triathletes often get caught up in time and pace. My preference as a Coach is to guide people to use heart rate as their measure of intensity.

Why?

Using hea ...

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Improving the run leg…

Tips for improving your triathlon run leg:

– Run as cool down for your bike sessions. An extra 10mins after your 2-3 bike sessions a week is specific, plus it allows an extra 20-30mins of running a week

– Keep swimming – being a more efficient swimmer will mean you hav ...

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Session of the week – Negative split long run

Session of the week – Negative split long run

The negative split is a very commonly used term – simply it means running the second half of the run faster than the first.

See below on how to use the run for maximum benefit leading into your next race. The numbers used below a ...

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Reverse Periodisation For Triathlon

Reverse periodisation for triathlon

Periodisation is the principle of adapting a training load over an extended period… 12 months or a ‘season’ is the common time frame used.

Periodisation is about manipulating different factors, such as intensity and duration of sessions base ...

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Nutrition and Fueling Part 4

Nutrition and Fuelling Part 4

This a four part blog on both day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for the age group triathlete

In summation of the last four weeks here are some key points:

– Day-to-day nutrition is separate to fuelling for training and performance – D ...

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Session of week – Five Eights!

Session of the week – Five Eights

Great session for triathletes as it allows you to get the necessary swim volume in, whilst mixing it up and focussing on different aspects of your stroke through the use of tools.

The session is designed off 800m intervals but 600m and 400m interv ...

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Quote – Mediocrity

Shoot and miss, rather than not shoot at all.

Aim for the moon and even if you miss you will land among the stars.

Try and fail, rather than not try at all.

. . .

Don’t be afraid to ‘have a crack’… what are you waiting for?

Good luck and ...

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Nutrition and Fueling – Part 3

Nutrition and Fuelling Part 3

This a four part blog on both day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for the age group triathlete

Over the last couple of weeks we have looked at daily nutrition as well as fuelling around exercise and training habits.

Fuelling for recovery!

Re ...

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Ironman Cairns – Race Report – John Dickson

*ATHLETE RACE REPORT* (grab a cup of tea and enjoy!)

Athlete race reviews / reports can be quite personal… but they are a good way to reflect and learn from a race, the preparation and the outcome in a ‘holistic manner’ – ie. not just whether one PB’d or podiu ...

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