A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigors of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session comes from Sue Latshaw, a pro triathlete in the mid-90, and is great for Ironman triathletes.
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A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigors of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session comes from Sue Latshaw, a pro triathlete in the mid-90, and is great for Ironman triathletes.
View More Monday’s Brick – Sue Latshaw’s Ironman Brick #1
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 Sue Latshaw a pro triathlete in the mid-90 and is great for sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
View More Monday’s Brick – Sue Latshaw’s Standard Distance Brick
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 and why. This first article comes after finding an old magazine article about Spencer Smith’s coach Bill Black and his definitions of various zones.
View More Spencer Smith’s Cycling Intensity
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 A
Testing yourself with max efforts is a great way to develop your speed with an appropriate training stimulus. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Colin Izzard’s Power Burst Workout
Spending time training at appropriate intensities is important for developing your ability to ride at different paces or intensities in an event. For a half-Ironman event you will spend most of the event riding at Level III (about 77-90% Functional Threshold Power). This session is great for a taper week leading into an event. Even though this workout is designed for a half-Ironman athlete road cyclists especially those doing a century and mountain bikers can also benefit from it.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Gale Bernhardt’s Half Ironman Bike Intervals #3