Author: Ray Boardman

Ray has competed in triathlons from sprint to ironman distance (both IM Taupo and Challenge Wanaka). Consequently he is aware of the importance of balancing training with lifestyle, thus complimenting other important aspects of an athlete’s life (family, work, study commitments etc…). • Entering your first triathlon? • Stepping up to a longer distance? • Looking to go faster? • Wanting to turn previous negatives into positives? Ray has coached athletes to achieve these and more. Training programmes are accessible online, so athletes can be located anywhere and still reap the benefits of Ray’s coaching. Contact him to discuss how he can assist you to achieve your goals.
Smart-trainer

Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Martin Gibala Intervals V

Doing repeated short bouts of exercise at very high intensity develops several 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.

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Swim Coach

Saturday Swim Session – Threshold Development

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.

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Fartlek

Friday Fartlek Run – Goater’s Hill Sequence H

Running in hills develops leg strength and 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.

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Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 41] – Swimming for Success

This week I swam at a new pool, I wasn’t planning on it but with everything going on I ran out of opportunities to go to one of my normal pools. My local one usually opens up beginning of November but due to it getting painted I only got one opportunity to swim in it, I was originally planning on driving the town over to where I have been swimming over the winter but realised their closing times were too early for me to make it with the time I had to go.

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Brick

Monday Brick: Triathlon Taren’s 70.3 Base Building Brick B

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…

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FTP

Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Tyler’s FTP Power Surge

Prepare to amplify your Functional Threshold Power (FTP) level! This high-intensity workout is designed to pull out your best. Let’s do this! This is a great workout for all cyclists to do when short on time and want to improve their Functional Threshold Power (FTP).

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Swim

Saturday Swim Session – Strength Development

Building strength through increased resistance of tools such as hand paddles and/or pull buoys is essential for getting the most out of your swim stroke. However, it is important that it is not done to excess and it is done after a solid base-building phase of training to prepare you for the extra demands and training stimulus it gives you. This session is great for master’s swimmers as well as open-water swimmers and triathletes.

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Uploading metrics Into TrainingPeaks

To give your coach a greater insight into your fatigue levels and to assist to monitor your recovery, loading daily metrics such as Resting HR, HRV, Sleep quality and quantity into TrainingPeaks can be very valuable. Especially when things don’t go smoothly in your training, having this data to further analyse can help shed light on the situation.

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Xterra

Friday Fartlek Run – Jimmy Archer’s Xterra Intervals A

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).

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Jess Bray

Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 40] – When Things Don’t Work Out – They Can Be All Right In The End

My long run this week went slightly different to normal but it worked and I actually think it was useful. When I went to set up my long run to start I noticed it wasn’t there meaning I hadn’t synched with my watch from my Training Peaks properly and to fix it I needed to have my computer, this wasn’t going to work as I had already driven to my start point and didn’t want to waste the time going back especially with the weather being on and off.

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