Beginner Triathlete - Training Programs articles

This training plan is written to prepare you for your first Ironman. While just a beginner’s plan, the hours per week start at a significant 8 hours.

This half Ironman plan covers many weeks of challenging, but attainable training for someone who has some endurance experience, and ideally some Olympic distance races within the past season.

This training plan allows you to add two days of strength training to any other plan

This Cycling plan is a general cycling program geared to help triathletes and cyclists improve their Critical Power over a 16 week period. Power and Heart-Rate versions

A great 13 week program with good guidelines leading up to it. Have fun!

2x per week each sport triathlon training program

Spice up your training! Improve your VO2 max and threshold. If you are using this plan during the winter, you can start your specific training in the spring with a nice improvement in your speed.

22 week program taking you from the couch to the finishline.

This program should be used for an athlete who is coming off the couch! No prerequisites required! This program is very basic and is a ‘get me by’ type of program.

This couch to 5k program will get your running in seven months and can be the lead-up to any of the sprint programs.

This aggressive couch to 5k program will get you running from nothing and will be the lead-up to any of the sprint programs.

Triathlon traning programs and plans from sprints and olympics to 1/2 and full Ironmans

Program details of the 16 week olympic triathlon training plan including details on the swim, bike and run routines.

The schedule consists of 3 workouts per week in each sport, 2 days of strength training and core work too. The maximum volume is around 7 hours toward the end of the 12 weeks.

This program is a beginner plan to bridge you from an a Half Ironman to Ironman using a HRM with the confidence that you can complete the race without difficulty.