Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Workouts that provide high training stress on your body provide a lot of fitness improvements. This workout provides repeated efforts at close to or above your VO2 max and is perfect for short-course triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
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A mixed Interval swim provides a range of intensities in order to enhance your fitness. This session is good for triathletes, as well as open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session – 80/20 Swim Mixed Intervals #1
This session is a great way to enhance your power and leg strength from running 5 km through to the half marathon. Sisyphus was a greedy and deceitful Greek king who got sentenced to roll a boulder up a hill, to then watch it roll back down before repeating again until eternity. This session is a bit like that, but it doesn’t go on to eternity.
View More Friday Fartlek Session: Double Sisyphus Session
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 a triathlon legend Mark Allen and is great for sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
View More Monday’s Brick: Heather Blackmon’s Olympic Brick
Exposure to anaerobic efforts (where oxygen is not predominantly used) helps develop the anaerobic system and builds tolerance and resilience to strenuous efforts. This workout is designed to increase your anaerobic load and avoid boredom in what is otherwise a predominantly aerobic workout. It is an excellent workout for all triathletes, cyclists, and mountain bikers, as it is not too taxing on the anaerobic system.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session – Garmin’s Workout Recommendation #1
To be an elite-level triathlete you need an exceptional aerobic base. Miles Stewart was well-known as an elite triathlete in the 1990s and into the 2000s. He had an exceptional aerobic base, built by consistent training and a large volume combined with speed. The focus of this session was developing his aerobic base. This session is good for triathletes, as well as open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Col Stewart’s Miles for Miles Session #2 For Mortals
This session is great to develop speed for runners aiming for an event between 5km and a marathon distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – 5x 5min Threshold 30sec RI
A brick session is a great way to develop your body for transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session comes from Sue Latshaw, a pro triathlete in the mid-90 and is excellent for Sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
View More Monday’s Brick: Sue Latshaw’s Preseason Quick Brick #1
VO2 max is a key determinant of aerobic capacity and therefore endurance performance. This workout will help build and develop your VO2 max and tolerate some lactic acid and is suitable for road cyclists, triathletes, and mountain bikers.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Grin and Bear It
Short, high-intensity repetitions are a fantastic way to build your fitness. Great for developing your top-end swimming speed and your ability to maintain form at high effort while your fatigue builds. This session is good for triathletes, as well as open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session – 80/20 Swim Short Intervals