Beginner Triathlete - Training articles

So how do you plan for a season? Below, I’ve created a simple five step process to use as a primer for season planning.

“Too bad there’s not anything like this for triathletes.” There are a million books and articles on how to train. One of the toughest parts of triathlon training is how to fit them into everyday life.

A Navy Seals program modified specifically for triathletes. Heavy on the running, swimming, push/pull-ups and sit-ups, will you find yourself man (or woman) enough to finish?

You’ll find you can work these general routines around your work and family commitments, while keeping yourself fit enough for Sprint or Olympic triathlon distances.

A general stretching program should be an essential component of every endurance athlete’s warm-up prior to training or competition.

The real secret to improvement in running and bike times is variety within the routine. Endurance activity requires you to vary your training for maximum results.

Discussions on base training, intensity training, peaking and tapering, racing and competition and recovery and restoration.

So how does this “overreaching” differ from over training? It is a matter of degree and incorporating ample rest and recovery and sensible training progressions.

Approximately how long do you think can I reasonably expect to keep making these improvements in speed and performance? I know it has to drop off sometime, I'd just like to have an idea of when.

If you feel your base work is adequate, then here are five areas I would recommend you can work on before your first race.

Training in the cold can be effective and fun with some planning. Overall, prepare for the environment, stay hydrated and dry, listen to your body and have a great safe cold weather outing.

Is there any empirical evidence indicating that there are physical benefits to be derived from stretching? If so, what are the benefits?

Discussions on overload, adaptation, progression and periodization, specificity of training, training at intensity

Now is your chance! If you want to prove that you should be training at a faster pace you can prove it by racing faster.

Yoga’s something where one stands in a bizarre and ridiculous pose, listening to new age music, right? Wrong! Check out this primer for beginners.