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How a Good Off-season Makes for a Great Race Season

Triathletes, marathoners, and cyclists work incredibly hard for months and months, training and racing to achieve their goals. But, generally, there comes a time when all the races are over and there are several months until the next race. This ...

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Top 5 Supplements All Athletes Should Take

We’re getting close to publishing our review on EnduroPacks and our new writer Brad Haag is a big supplements fan, so we thought we’d give you some additional information to help you understand what supplements are important to your workout ...

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Top 5 Run Workouts for the Time Crunched Triathlete

1.   Hurricane (25-30min): This super short workout done on a treadmill is my favorite workout. I found it so effective I do it once a week (except when in a recovery week) year round.  The Workout: Warm-up with 10-15 minutes ...

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Top 5 Swim Workouts for the Time Crunched Triathlete

Swimming is discipline of triathlon that is challenging to find time for. On the run or bike you can just throw on your running of biking shoes and head out the door. With swimming you typically have to drive to ...

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Top 5 Bike Workouts for the Time Crunched Triathlete

Out of the 3 disciplines of triathlon, the bike (being over 50% of most triathlons) is obviously the most time consuming. However finding time to put in hours upon hours in the saddle is often hard when you have a ...

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10 Sleep Hacks for Any Athlete

Whether you’re a stay at home mom or a professional athlete, in order to perform at your best, you must get a good night’s sleep. Using even just a few of the following 10 sleep hacks to maximize your sleep, ...

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Stuck on a Treadmill? Here’s A Workout–Video Post

It seems that many of our readers are stuck inside this week because of the crazy snow and winter weather. Here’s a good video on using your time stuck indoors to the best of your training ability.  Remember, this guys ...

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Ironman Stretching and Run Training-Video

We found this great video with some good stretching ideas and real performance illustrations. Take a look at the difference in times, heart rates, and pace.

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Forefoot Running Techniques–Shin Ohtake

After reading and writing the review for Born to Run we started thinking more about our running style and how our foot strikes the ground.  I don’t think the team here at FitEgg is going to start barefoot running anytime ...

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More Breathing Tips from Les Whitley

On Tuesday we discussed how to breath properly during a run.  This video from Les Whitley provides a bit more information about proper breathing technique with a bit more detail on the physical aspects of breathing.

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