Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Pyramid intervals are a great way to expose your body to a range of training stimuli and intensities. This version is no exception. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: UltraFit’s Pyramid Intervals
Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. The reps within this session build your pace to develop the skill and mindset to finish an open water swim or swim leg of a triathlon fast. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 14 Workout
Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a 10,000m PB of 27:13.98. This workout has a variety of speeds to build not only speed but also endurance, teaching the body to build pace throughout the workout and then repeat it after a short break. This session is great for runners up to a half marathon, as well as triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Meb’s 10km Session #2
This session is very time effective and packs a lot of VO2 Max intervals into an hour. It has been described as super-hard and is very effective in boosting your VO2 Max. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Jesper Medhus’ Time Effective VO2 Max Intervals
Mixed sets with a variety of speeds will allow you to develop your top-end speed, as well as your threshold speed. This is a great session for open-water swimmers and triathletes who compete over longer distances.
View More Saturday Swim Session – The Swim Academy Session #5
Threshold training helps the body clear lactate acid from the system, whilst continuing to run at a relatively fast pace. This session is perfect for runners and triathletes running up to 10km in distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: GTN’s Top 5km Workout Threshold Session
When you’ve got limited time you can still develop your fitness. By working the high end anaerobic and VO2max intensity, this will help on steep climbs, as well as break-aways and sprints. This session is great for short course triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Cycling Plus’ 45min Power Efforts
Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. The reps within this session build your pace to develop the skill and mindset to finish an open water swim or swim leg of a triathlon fast. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 13 Workout
Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success Meb has a 5,000m PB of 13:11.77. This workout has a variety of speeds to build not only speed but also endurance, teaching the body to build pace throughout the workout and then repeat it after a short break. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Meb’s 5km Session #2
Using VO2 Max intervals will increase your aerobic capacity and are of immense benefit to endurance athletes. This session is short in duration, as well as the volume at intensity being low (five minutes total out of the thirty minutes) will mean you aren’t too fatigued from this session. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Jesper Medhus’ VO2 Max Recovery Intervals