Beginner Triathlete - Training articles

How aging affects athletic training and insight on what to focus on for better performance.

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.

I'm VERY negatively buoyant. It's so bad that if I exhale I will sink like a rock - I've literally sat down at the bottom of a 14 ft. pool numerous times. What can I do?

Heart rate zone training can be challenging when trying to limit your running to a specific zone.

Members Tell of Cold Weather Craziness

Triathletes need more than long, slow distance

Training injuries are common; don't be sidelined by your brain

D3 Core #1 exercises

A Quick Guide to Race-Day Nutrition Options

D3 Core #2 exercises

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.

How should I approach swim training? The only way for me to have good form is to swim faster. I have to swim fairly fast in order to keep my body/legs high. This of course makes me tired faster.

D3 Core #3 exercises

Two Legged Squats exercise instruction with video.

Because I'm not that fast going slow is, well, really slow - especially when I'm trying to train by heart rate. It feels like I'm going backwards. Is this normal?