Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Developing your ability to sustain a higher pace, gives you the ability to build higher speed on top of the speed you can sustain (a great benefit for master’s swimmers). It also gives a great training stimulus to enhance your threshold swimming (a great benefit for triathletes and open-water swimmers). This session is perfect for master’s swimmers as well as open water swimmers and triathletes.
View More Saturday Swim Session – Faster Threshold Development
Spending time running at the threshold develops your ability to clear lactic acid qwikly. It also provides a good hard training stimulus in the final couple of weeks prior to a major race. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes competing in 5 to 10km events, off-road (especially when training for an Xterra event).
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Jimmy Archer’s Xterra Intervals C
A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigours of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This brick is great for developing your aerobic base in preparation for an Ironman 70.3 or full Ironman triathlon.
View More Monday Brick: Scott Defilippis’ 70.3 Brick A
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 cyclists 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 VI
Developing your ability to sustain a higher pace, gives you the ability to build higher speed on top of the speed you can sustain (a great benefit for master’s swimmers). It also gives a great training stimulus to enhance your threshold swimming (a great benefit for triathletes and open-water swimmers). This session is perfect for master’s swimmers as well as open water swimmers and triathletes.
View More Saturday Swim Session – More Threshold Development
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.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Goater’s Hill Sequence I
A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigours of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This brick is great for developing your aerobic base in preparation for an Ironman 70.3 or full Ironman triathlon.
View More Monday Brick – Triathlon Taren’s 70.3 Base Building Brick C
A carefully crafted interval session designed to enhance your FTP. Embark on this power cruise and let yourself be guided toward substantial FTP gains. Remember, growth happens outside your comfort zone. This is a great workout for all cyclists to do when short on time and want to improve their Functional Threshold Power (FTP).
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – The FTP Surge from Tyler
Developing your ability to sustain a higher pace, gives you the ability to build higher speed on top of the speed you can sustain (a great benefit for master’s swimmers). It also gives a great training stimulus to enhance your threshold swimming (a great benefit for triathletes and open-water swimmers). This session is perfect for master’s swimmers as well as open water swimmers and triathletes.
View More Saturday Swim Session – Further Threshold Development
Spending time running at the threshold develops your ability to clear lactic acid qwikly. It also provides a good hard training stimulus in the final couple of weeks prior to a major race. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes competing in 5 to 10km events, off-road (especially when training for an Xterra event).
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Jimmy Archer’s Xterra Intervals B