We’ve already discussed some swim workouts, like the top five for time crunched triathletes. If you have a little more time, here are some great workouts that will make your swim workout more fun. “Fast-Medium-Fast” (1400) Warm-up: 6x 50m Increasing ...
Read More »Top Ten Treadmill Workouts to Increase Run Speed
We’ve discussed a number of indoor workouts before, like these indoor bike workouts and this one on building a home gym for less than $100. Treadmill Hurricane (35min) Warm-up: 10min w/ 4x 30 sec pick-ups of increased speed Main Set: 10x30sec ...
Read More »How To Bike Faster: A Simplistic Approach
We’ve already explained how to run faster, but seeing as how over 50% of almost all triathlons are spent on the bike it’s time we learn how to increase triathlon cycling performance. In order to be a better cyclist it’s ...
Read More »How To Plan Endurance Strength Training In Your Season
As mentioned in Top 5 Triathlon Strength Workouts, strength training is an extremely important but overlooked aspect of endurance training among athletes. The reason being, if strength training is done correctly, it can recruit more (not bigger) muscle fibers which ...
Read More »How To Become a Beast Athlete with Tabata Training
Unlike many crossfit athletes would like us to believe, tabata training has been around since 1996 when Professor Izumi Tabata conducted a study which concluded that 20 seconds of hard exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest then repeated several ...
Read More »5 Endurance Performance Secrets You’ve Never Heard
1. STAND MORE, SIT LESS New research shows that prolonged sitting, literally takes years off your life. The bigger surprise is that even you are extremely active when you’re not sitting, prolonged sitting still affects your health. Besides taking years ...
Read More »How To Swim Faster: 7 Tips
1. Get a Video Analysis Of all the investments you can make when it comes to swimming, a video analysis will by far bring you the most bang for your buck. Many pools or swim coaches offer a video analysis of ...
Read More »Top 10 Indoor Trainer Bike Workouts
We’ve talked a bit about how you can build a great indoor gym on a budget, and today we’re going to discuss some great workouts you can do indoors with your trainer. Trainer workouts are not only useful for getting ...
Read More »Top 5 Early Season Mistakes Triathletes Make
1. Setting goals too high Typically after some offseason time off and your motivation returns as you begin in enter the prep-phase, you begin to plan your goals for coming race season. Weather your races from the previous went really ...
Read More »How To Establish Your Training Zones
In Endurance Training Zones Explained, it was said that training in certain intensity zones is the best way of structuring training and gauging intensity. But how do you figure out your zones? Continue reading to found out how. SWIM TESTING ...
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