Nutrition and Fuelling
This a four part blog on both day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for the age group triathlete
Part 1
Firstly, understand there are two parts to this – day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for training, performance and recovery.
Day to day nutr ...
”4, 3, 2, 1”
This is one of my favourite sessions because of its simple, yet diverse nature.
4, 3, 2, 1 is 400m, 300m, 200m, 100m swimming intervals.
It can be used as a warm up, a progressive main session or repeated several times to make up a full swim. It can ...
(avoiding) Post Ironman Blues…
Ironman blues is a term used to describe the lull that often occurs post Ironman… It can be applied to any race or major event in ones life
There are a few things that can be done to help prepare you for this period, and avoid it altogether ...
Frequency
Consider your frequency of training sessions… Try to keep a regular and consistent gap between sessions in each sport, i.e. swim, bike and run.
Ideally we don’t go more than 2 days without training in each specific discipline (so if you run on Sunday it is pref ...
I can relate to this.
I love training but I love Coaching more.
Art and Science. Knowledge and application.
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Run hill repeats
This is a great session for building strength in the legs and making you a stronger runner!
Find a hill that takes at least 90sec – 2mins for you to crest and is approximately 2-6% gradient (this is a big variation I know, but logistics can often be our lim ...
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 ...
I agree!
I think the general population miss this fact altogether and often endurance athletes miss the value of simple movement and exercise because we chase fitness and ‘performance’…
Exercise is the best drug and has amazing, far reaching flow on benefits!
Embra ...
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 ...
Getting started is the hardest part… but it is also the most important part.
Once we make a commitment to start then we are on our way.
So, get started. Here are some simple, practical tips to help you out…
For training sessions: – commit to an alarm – ...