Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: No Limits Bike Intensity Session I
Ramp sessions are a great way to build intensity into a workout. Within this session each ramp is progressively harder than the previous rep. This will build your FTP by giving you time at both above and just below threshold. This is a great workout for triathletes, as well as road and mountain bikers.
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14 week Wellington Marathon & Half Marathon Training Plans starts 14-Mar
The Wellington full and half marathon is a great event held each year in the end of June. When you cross the finish line you will have achieved something special at this great event.
Programmes designed for either beginner or intermediate runners who are looking to complete either the half or the full marathon, these plans will help you achieve your goals.
Tuesday Training Plan: Cycling Strength Training Plan (BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE 16 week Plan – Start Any Monday)
Want to get fitter and stronger for your cycling. This strength and conditioning programme requires standard gym equipment and can be done at almost any gym.
Designed for cyclists who are beginner/intermediate level of experience with strength and conditioning who are looking to develop your strength as you prepare you to COMPLETE YOUR event in 16 weeks time.
Qualitative Comparison of Periodisation Principles and Methodology
Since September I’ve published a number of articles about the Periodisation Principles and Methodology of a number of inspirational coaches and academics. Although each coach has their own take or style of periodisation they all have a number of key features that I will summarise in this article, as well as drawing attention to where they differ (and in some instances why they differ).
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Chef Ray – Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Muffins are a great post training fuel source. Especially when they have fresh fruit as part of the ingredients.
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Saturday Swim Session: Building Threshold Pace with 100’s
You ability to sustain a fast pace is effectively determined by your Threshold pace. Make improvement in your threshold swimming pace and find yourself swimming faster for longer (assuming you have the prerequisite stamina). This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
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Thursday Training Plan: Ironman SWIM Training Plan (INTERMEDIATE 24 Wk Plan) – Start Any Monday + Reusable
When you cross the finish line of your Ironman Swim, you will have swum faster than you have in previous attempts.
Designed for Intermediate Ironman Athletes who are looking to compete in an Ironman event, the primary goal of this training plan is to prepare you to set a PB for the Swim during YOUR next Ironman event.
Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: QK WT Class VIII
Back in 2007 I conducted windtrainer classes. I had a fleet of Minoura Mag-800’s and I hired a hall & had a great group of athletes that would join me once a week for a tough session (similar to Spinervals by Coach Troy Jacobson except I also rode with my athletes and sweated up a storm along side them). I’ve recently been tidying up some old boxes in the garage and found my old lesson plans and the music to go along side them. Although primarily designed for triathletes this session is great for anyone wanting to boost their FTP (yes, I was training with power back then with the old Polar WIND power meter temperamental as it was) and it involves riding a large portion of the workout at Threshold.
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Tuesday Training Plan: Triathlon Strength Training Plan (Beginner 10 Week Plan – Start Anytime) BW Programme
Want to get fitter and stronger without the hassle of spending time in a gym This body weight strength and conditioning programme requires no equipment and can be done anywhere utilising your body weight as the resistance.
Designed for triathletes who are beginners with strength and conditioning who are looking to develop your strength as you prepare you to be FITTER & STRONGER in 10 weeks time.
The God Father of Periodisation – Tudor Bompa
Professor Tudor Bompa is often referred to as the father of periodisation but I personally disagree as Bompa took the concepts of Hans Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) and Leo Matveyev from the 1950’s and 60’s further developing them. Bompa is an academic who wrote prolifically on the subject both theoretically in peer reviewed journals as well as writing books on the Theory and Methodology of Periodisation, and further still on practical application in a range of different sports. Guru or God Father is a more fitting title for the single person who took the theoretical knowledge out of Eastern Block Europe and brought this knowledge to both the Western World and general sports people across a range of sports. The sixth edition of his very popular book Periodization: Theory and Methodology of Training is about to be released in a couple of weeks.
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