Category: Triathlon Training

Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons

Smart-trainer

Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Martin Gibala Intervals XI

Doing repeated short bouts of exercise at very high intensity develops some 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 cyclists alike because a max sprint is all about your level of effort and is likely to be different from another rider.

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Swim Training

Saturday Swim Session: Success with Stamina

Stamina and Endurance are essential for a number of reasons. If you are a triathlete or open-water swimmer these traits are useful for the duration of your event. But more so if you are a Master’s Swimmer targeting a shorter pool-based event they provide the base fitness on which to build your speed as part of a periodised swimming plan. This session is great for master’s swimmers.

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Xterra

Friday Fartlek Run: Lance Watson’s Xterra Hill Set C

Running in hills develops leg strength as well as the strength of the tendons and ligaments around the knee and ankle. Developing leg strength is important, as it makes for a more powerful contraction of the leg muscles to propel you forward faster. Including hills regularly, particularly early in your build-up will see great dividends in the improvement of your running. This workout is great to include early in your build-up to develop leg strength.

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Triathlon Taren

Monday Brick: Triathlon Taren’s Basic Brick Sequence A

A brick session is a great way to develop your body for transitioning from one discipline to the next. This version is perfect for utilising if you have limited time and is under an hour in duration.

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FTP

Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Overcooked Premium Processor Minus by Tyler

Unleash your beast with this workout designed to screw your FTP up. Get ready to sweat blood, and emerge as a winner. This is a great workout for all cyclists to do when short on time and want to improve their Functional Threshold Power (FTP).

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Swim Speed

Saturday Swim Session: Swim Speed Builder

Sprint Training is the cherry on the top that gives you your race speed. With a periodised training plan, the preceding sessions are all building to this point to maximise and optimise the speed developed in these sessions. This session is perfect for master’s swimmers, although not specifically targeted for triathletes and open water swimmers this session will help sharpen the top-end swim speed.

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Progressive Run

Friday Fartlek Run: 1:10hr Progressive Run

Building your pace and intensity throughout a run will help you develop more efficient biochemical processes wot help clear and remove lactic acid. This run is great for runners and triathletes competing in 10km to half marathon distance events but is also beneficial for 5km and marathon runners as well.

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Brick

Monday Brick: Tony Zamora’s Run-Focused Time-Challenged Threshold Brick

A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigours of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This version is perfect for utilising if you have limited time and is only an hour in duration.

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Smart-trainer

Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Martin Gibala Intervals X

Doing repeated short bouts of exercise at very high intensity develops some 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 cyclists alike because a max sprint is all about your level of effort and is likely to be different from another rider.

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Swim Training

Saturday Swim Session: Top End Speed Builder

Sprint Training is the cherry on the top that gives you your race speed. With a periodised training plan, the preceding sessions are all building to this point to maximise and optimise the speed developed in these sessions. This session is perfect for master’s swimmers, although not specifically targeted for triathletes and open water swimmers this session will help sharpen the top-end swim speed.

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