Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Quad Crusher III LC is a low-cadence smart-trainer session designed to build serious leg strength and durable power. By combining sustained Level IV efforts at 60–70 rpm with short standing attacks, this workout develops force, resilience, and control on the bike—ideal for cyclists looking to improve FTP and strength for racing or hard training blocks.
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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 – Drills, Glorious Drills
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 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 A
A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigours of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session comes from Jason Lentzke and is great for Ironman & Ironman 70.3 distance athletes.
View More Monday Brick: Jason Lentzke’s Long Course Brick
Riding at or around your Threshold will bring up both your ability to sustain high-intensity effort (as well as your suffering). This session is great for triathletes and road cyclists. It can also be beneficial for mountain bikers, especially for events that are about an hour in duration, such as a 40km Time Trial or the bike leg of an Olympic Distance Triathlon.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Robin Tullett’s Interval Strength Workout Six
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 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 – Stamina Is The Key
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 A
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 excellent for Sprint distance triathletes.
View More Monday Brick: Phil Mosley’s Sprint Distance Speed Brick
The greater your efficiency in the water, the faster you can swim for less effort. Including swimming drills into 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: Drills Make The Swimming World Go Round (Especially Your Arms)
Spending time running at the threshold and above 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 5km events.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Runner’s World 5km Threshold Miles