Want to get fitter and stronger for your swimming? This strength and conditioning programme requires standard gym equipment and can be done at almost any gym.
Designed for swimmers who are beginner/intermediate level of experience with strength and conditioning and who are looking to develop their strength as they prepare you to COMPLETE YOUR event in 12 weeks’ time.
This week my school winter sports started, this year I am playing hockey and football. Both of these require high intensity sprints over a short distance and use different muscles and movements that my body is used to doing, because of this after both of these games my muscles all over my body ached in places I don’t usually feel.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 16] – Other Sports
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 Canadian coach Pascal Dufresne and is great for sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
View More Monday’s Brick: Pascal Dufresne’s Olympic Brick #1
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, road cyclists, and 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: 5x 5 Threshold
To be an elite level triathlete you need an exceptional aerobic base. Miles Stewart was well known as an elite triathlete for the 1990’s and into the 2000’s. 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 #1
Your VO2 max is a measure of the maximum amount of oxygen your body can utilise during exercise. If you increase your VO2 max, any run below that level is therefore easier (in theory). Spending time training at VO2 Max intensity will generate performance enhancements for runners of all distances but runners and triathlete running distances up to 10km will benefit the most.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Matt Fitzgerald’s VO2 Progression I
When you cross the finish line of your Iron-distance event, you will have accomplished something very special.
Designed for Intermediate triathletes who are looking to complete an Iron-distance event faster than previously, the primary goal of this training plan is to prepare you to COMPLETE YOUR event FASTER than before.
How do you measure intensity? So many coaches use so many different methods, power, Heart Rate (HR), three zones, five zones, seven zones?? I’ve been planning a series of weekly articles for over a year now, looking at what different coaches prescribe (or used to prescribe) and why. This is the third article in the series, using Jack Daniel’s Running Formula as the primary reference.
View More Jack Daniels’ Running Intensity
The ‘mayonnaise’ although not a traditional mayonnaise is quick and delicious and combines well with the cabbage in this coleslaw.
View More Chef Ray – Purple Cabbage Slaw
This 8-week programme will take you through challenging sessions that will build your fitness and speed in order to run 10km faster at the end of the programme.
Designed for an intermediate runner aiming to run their 10km in the range of 35 – 50min. The primary goal of this training plan is to prepare you to RUN FASTER.