Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Spending time riding at your Threshold will enhance your ability to ride at Threshold. It will allow you to tolerate lactic acid, clearing it more effectively, lifting your Functional Threshold Power (FTP) and also moving your Anaerobic Threshold deflection point to the right. Both these things mean you will be a fitter more effective cyclist. This workout will benefit all cyclists – road, mountain bikers and triathletes.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: 3x 8min Threshold Intervals
Building your ability to sustain your threshold pace in a swim is an important capability for triathletes and open-water swimmers. These sessions further develop that ability by progressing your fitness by completing reps at a fast pace that you can sustain. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, as well as other open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Steve Tarpinian’s Olympic Tri Main Set 2iv
Boosting your VO2 Max will deliver improved race results in short distance events, and can also help to boost your threshold if times appropriately within your build up. This session is great for runner’s of all abilities, and is particularly effective for 5km and 10km runners and triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Jess’ VO2 Progression A
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View More Thursday Training Plan: Sprint TRIATHLON Training Plan (BEGINNER 4week Plan)
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Are you a beginner runner or someone returning to running after a break? Whether you’re overcoming an injury or just getting back into the groove, our 12 Week Runner Base Building Training Plan is designed to help you build a strong foundation, boost your endurance, and gain confidence in your running journey.
Brick sessions are a great training session to help develop the neuromuscular system to prepare you for future events (as well as future training sessions). Not only that but you will get a great physiological training stimulus. This session includes a number of VO2 max intensity efforts to stimulate your top end speed, as well as as some time at threshold effort at the end of each segment. This session is a great session for anyone preparing for a sprint or Olympic distance triathlon.
View More Monday’s Brick: Dave Scott’s Beginner HFH Brick #2
Doing repeated short bouts of exercise at very high intensity develops a number of physiological systems in the body. Predominantly it provides a great training stimulus for the neuromuscular system. Although not specific to endurance events, training the neuromuscular system can bring on your fitness very quickly and is still a massive benefit for endurance athletes especially early in the season or if you are unfit. This workout can be done by beginners or experienced cyclist alike, because a max sprint is all about your level of effort and is likely to be different from another rider.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Martin Gibala Intervals XXIII
The ability to swim at and maintain your threshold pace is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long-distance open water swimmers. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their steady state speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Triathlon Plus Beginners Session 3
Running at maximum intensity for about an hour will be done at or just below your threshold pace. When an event is longer than this your race pace will be further below threshold at Tempo pace. The best way to prepare the body to handle this intensity is to spend time running at it. This workout is great to include early in your build-up to expose the body to a slightly higher intensity.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Jamie’s Tempo Run Session C
Brick sessions are a great training session to help develop the neuromuscular system to prepare you for future events (as well as future training sessions). Not only that but you will get a great physiological training stimulus. This session includes efforts at race pace to help prepare for your Olympic Distance Triathlon.
View More Monday Brick: Runner’s World Olympic Triathlon Brick #2