As you follow the programme you will find yourself swimming your 1,500m faster. Now whether that is a PB or not will depend on how fast you have swum in the past, but it will definitely be faster at the end of the 4 weeks than it is now. With this programme people improve on average nearly 2 minutes, with some people improving by over 10%.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: 4 weeks to a Faster 1500m with only two 2km per week (25m/50m Pool)
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 under an hour in duration.
View More Monday Brick – Triathlon Taren’s Basic Brick Sequence D
Coach Ray discusses the how & why of Threshold Training, including it’s benefits.
View More Coach Ray’s Chats – Ep 009 Threshold Training – The How & the Why
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 XIV
Building your ability to sustain your threshold pace in a swim is an important capability for triathletes and open water swimmers. These sessions further develops that ability by progeressing the intensity as you work through the workout, but maintaining the Rest Interval (RI). The session gets more tougher, as you work through it. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, as well as other open water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Julie’s Fifties
Unleash Your Potential with Ironman 70.3 Unleashed: Your 24-Week Blueprint
🏊♂️🚴♀️🏃♂️ Are you ready to conquer the Ironman 70.3 like never before? Welcome to Ironman 70.3 Unleashed: Your 24-Week Blueprint, meticulously crafted by seasoned triathlon coach and athlete, Ray Boardman.
Immerse yourself in this FTP-focused session. Allow this 60-minute journey to pull out your strengths and trim away your weaknesses. Stay chilled – after today, your FTP game shall never be the same. 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: Flourish in the FTP Finesse Reverse by Tyler
The ability to swim at and maintain your threshold pace is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long-distance open water swimmers. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their top-end speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Triathlon Plus Beginners Session 1
Race pace for events longer than half marathon distance for most athletes aren’t run at threshold pace but instead a touch lower with large portions of the event done at Level III. It’s important to expose the body to training at this level of intensity. This is a great workout for someone training for a half to a full marathon (whether part of an Ironman or 70.3).
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Steady Plus 35min
I started with Coach Ray and Qwik Kiwi Coaching in late November 2023 with the aim of trying a different style of training to what I’d been doing in the past. I’d been following a programme from a book for my ultra events and wanted something fresh. I’ve enjoyed the variety of sessions that I’ve been completing since joining Coach Ray.
View More Steph Barker’s Amazing Run