Training With A Cold

It happens, so what should you do?

– Don’t panic, it’s normal and it’s ok

– Advise your coach that you are not 100% so they can advise you

– Reduce training load in terms of intensity and duration

– Perhaps try switching your mindset from ...

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Return On Investment

Why is a Triathlon Coach talking about ROI?

We all invest time, effort and money into our chosen sport so we need to think about maximising this like we would with any other investment we make in life…

How?

– Train smart – Recover hard – Be consistent ...

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Double Run Days

Double run days are a great way to get a ‘long run’ into your week

Arguably you can get greater time, distance and, importantly, quality into your running. Note; by quality I don’t mean intensity

For example on Thursday’s I have been completing double runs instead of one cir ...

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Intent

Train with intent…

What do I mean?

Age groupers must learn to maximise the training time they have available… This means understanding the purpose of every session and the details of the session and perform them with intent and purpose.

Train with purpose and inte ...

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Cycling For Triathletes…

Firstly: Get comfy on your bike! For triathletes that means being comfortable in TT position for extended periods of time. We should be more comfortable on the TT bars than on the base bars sitting up – we need to be able to sit in this position for hours at a time.

Second tip is to ...

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Recovery

Recovery is when we absorb the training load. Recovery is where we get fitter, stronger, faster.

Fitness + freshness = best performance. Training harder, and training more will mean nothing without adequate rest, recovery and adaptation!

My top 3 recovery tips:

1. You cannot ...

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Maintaining a Healthy Relationship with Training

Train often. Train long. But don’t out train your love of training

– Jamie Edwards (adapted from Julie’s quote below!)

Some tips to avoid burnout: – have a clear, meaningful goal – know your WHY – allow for rest, recovery days/phases – think ...

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Effective Body Management

Body Management

A part of any program should be the body management – this includes rolling, stretching, activation, strength, trigger point therapy, massage, physio etc

As a general rule as training load increases so too should body management work

Try to include mobil ...

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Five Simple Tips For Better Running

Five simple tips for better running…

1. Look up / where you are going 2. Relax your upper body whilst maintaining posture (don’t hunch upper back) 3. Stabilise your hips – scoop your pelvis up and forward 4. Aim to strike the ground under your hips, not in front of you 5. ...

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Simplicity

SIMPLICTY

High Performance and Reaching one’s true potential is about executing the fundamental basics at the highest possible standard

Strip it right back and do these things correctly before going any further. Note this is simple in theory but takes a lot of time in practice ...

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