Beginner Triathlete - Training articles

These workouts are all designed for beginners and range in length from 400m to 1200m – hopefully providing some useful workouts until you are able to tackle the 2000m+ workouts.

A strong core will allow you to keep optimal body alignment for whatever you’re doing (swim, bike or run), and this in turn will reduce your fatigue in the long run.

A guide that takes you from check-in to the finish line for your first Ironman triathlon.

I’m not going to sugar coat my experience and tell you that it was a piece of cake, but I am going to attempt to give you some advice and useful information that I wish I had before participating.

Comparing Heart Rate Formulas: Age, Karvonen, Leger, MAF and Friel.

This installment of the BT Swim Series will focus on breathing. Before you can swim fast, you must learn how to control your breathing so that easy swimming does not leave you gasping after one lap.

I went from 15 minutes to 9 minutes on 500m, this is how.

Definitely glad this weekend is out of the way as 145 miles of cycling and 27 miles of running in two days is a fair amount.

A three month program designed to help beginning swimmers improve technique for a sprint distance race.

What to do with your fingers and hands while swimming.

Not one menu is a perfect fit for all athletes, but there are some general rules that everyone can use as a guide during the final 24 hours leading into your race.

How to be strategic about important recovery workouts in your training plan.

Becoming a Better Animal: How to Effectively Use Your Heart Rate Monitor.

D3 Core #1 exercises

Planing a successful nutrition strategy of fueling for your first Ironman triathlon.