Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
The greater your efficiency in the water, the faster you can swim for less effort. Including swimming drills in your training regularly will enhance your technique and form. It is great for master’s swimmers as well as open-water swimmers and triathletes.
View More Saturday Swim Session – More Drills
Spending time running at a threshold is great for improving your ability to sustain a higher running pace and is of benefit to all runners. Although designed for use with a Stryd Power Meter this workout can also be effectively done without one.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Stryd’s Over the Limit D
A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigours of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session is perfect for Ironman & Ironman 70.3 triathletes.
View More Monday Brick – Phil Mosley’s Ironman Speed Brick
All cyclists need leg strength, it is after all what allows us to pedal with a large amount of force and which is a key component to developing power. This workout is great at developing leg strength through an accumulation of time at a low cadence and moderate to high workload. This is interspaced with high-intensity efforts, just to keep you on your toes.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Quad Crusher V LC
Stamina and Endurance are essential for a number of reasons. If you are a triathlete or open water swimmer this is useful for the duration of your event. But more so if you are a Master’s Swimmer targeting a shorter pool based event is that it provides the base fitness on which to build your speed as part of a periodised swimming plan. This session is great for master’s swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session – Nothing But Long Reps
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 C
A few years ago Jason Sklenar commented on a Facebook post of mine in an Ironman Training Group putting forward this simple and effective Brick session and variations of it. I wrote it down at the time and filed it away, pulling it out for a couple of my athletes. If you’ve got an hour to spare you can do this Brick session and reap some good aerobic benefits, as well as rehearse your transitions.
View More Monday Brick – Jason Sklenar’s Time Crunched Brick Session B
For longer distance events such as an Ironman or Ironman 70.3 spending training time at both threshold and tempo intensity is beneficial, as it is likely that you’ll spend some portion of the cycle leg at these intensities (more time at tempo than threshold). This workout is a great test that gives you a great training stimulus. Don’t attempt this workout unless you are well-rested. Treat this as a race simulation use your race bike and practise your nutrition.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Robin Tullett’s Pyramid Endurance Workout Four
Stamina and Endurance are essential for a number of reasons. If you are a triathlete or open-water swimmer this is useful for the duration of your event. But more so if you are a Master’s Swimmer targeting a shorter pool-based event that provides the base fitness on which to build your speed as part of a periodised swimming plan. This session is great for master’s swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session – Longer Reps
Spending time running at threshold is great for improving your ability to sustain a higher running pace and is of benefit to all runners. Although designed for use with a Stryd Power Meter this workout can also be effectively done without one.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Stryd’s Over the Limit C