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Depends on what you're doing them for and your personal circumstances ... off to look at your bio.

ETA: I'm back! Congrats on becoming a free-breather I smoked several years into endurance sports--not such a good idea.

If you have time to do them--and there's plenty of great stuff you can do at home with no or super easy equipment (like a chair) in 10min--and you want to do them, that's great.

But unless there's something you haven't told us--like something particularly odd or injured diagnosed by a doctor--you don't NEED to do them.

However, if you do have time and you want, and you can let us know a little bit more about why, plenty of folks here can recommend good stuff (or what they do).

Originally posted by Richardsdrr Janyne, you could ask Kevin if he wants to join in this year. I could "lend" him some of the videos to try out for the tour on the understanding he deletes them afterwards and buys his own They work very well with Trainer Road :D

I actually mentioned the tour to him last night and he gave me another "you people are crazy" looks.  Actually, I think that he's just excited that he now has all of the parts and pieces for his new trainer set up

Background: My husband, Kevin, is a mountain biker.  He rides in Pisgah and Dupont a lot.  His trainer bit the dust and he got a Wahoo Kickr Snap.  I asked the Manatees about setup stuff.  He has a music stand, iPad, Wahoo iPad bluetooth thingie and lightning adapter and he swapped out his speed/cadence sensor for a magetless Garmin one.  The last part came on Monday.  He was planning to ride this morning. 

Planks and side planks are a good start as is using the rolly wheel for ab rollouts.  What I was told was to pick 3-6 core exercises and do them 2-3 times a week so that is what I've done. I'm sure that others will have some suggestions as well. 

i was just about to suggest planks. They may be the best bang for your buck core exercises.

There are several Core routines right here on BT.  Do a search on the word "Core" in the articles to find them.

I've been doing the same BT Core routine for years during my lunch hour a couple of times a week (can't find that particular routine in the articles anymore, but i have it memorized).  I probably need to mix it up a bit with a few other core routine options instead of doing the same thing all of the time.

Yeah! I haven't done it in ages but the BT Core 1, 2, 3 are really good! 

I've always wanted to try the Tour of Sufferlandria... but I'm askurred!  

Originally posted by jmkizer

Originally posted by Richardsdrr Janyne, you could ask Kevin if he wants to join in this year. I could "lend" him some of the videos to try out for the tour on the understanding he deletes them afterwards and buys his own They work very well with Trainer Road :D

I actually mentioned the tour to him last night and he gave me another "you people are crazy" looks.  Actually, I think that he's just excited that he now has all of the parts and pieces for his new trainer set up

Background: My husband, Kevin, is a mountain biker.  He rides in Pisgah and Dupont a lot.  His trainer bit the dust and he got a Wahoo Kickr Snap.  I asked the Manatees about setup stuff.  He has a music stand, iPad, Wahoo iPad bluetooth thingie and lightning adapter and he swapped out his speed/cadence sensor for a magetless Garmin one.  The last part came on Monday.  He was planning to ride this morning. 

Janyne, do we get to see the final setup?

Both bikes have been added to the album:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/Albums/Album/17246

Originally posted by cdban66

Originally posted by jmkizer

Originally posted by Richardsdrr Janyne, you could ask Kevin if he wants to join in this year. I could "lend" him some of the videos to try out for the tour on the understanding he deletes them afterwards and buys his own They work very well with Trainer Road :D

I actually mentioned the tour to him last night and he gave me another "you people are crazy" looks.  Actually, I think that he's just excited that he now has all of the parts and pieces for his new trainer set up

Background: My husband, Kevin, is a mountain biker.  He rides in Pisgah and Dupont a lot.  His trainer bit the dust and he got a Wahoo Kickr Snap.  I asked the Manatees about setup stuff.  He has a music stand, iPad, Wahoo iPad bluetooth thingie and lightning adapter and he swapped out his speed/cadence sensor for a magetless Garmin one.  The last part came on Monday.  He was planning to ride this morning. 

Janyne, do we get to see the final setup?

I'll get a picture this week :-)

This is the case for me as well.

I watched the video announcement this morning before my ride.  Weekends are gonna suck so much.

I'm a stickler for details. I'm probably going into too much detail and really doesn't matter for (or to!) most people, but that's just to say it's not you ... it really is me and my OCD about always finding devils to go with their tails ... uh ... in the details.

I'm actually a proponent of strength training for everybody, including most triathletes. The benefits are many and you really have to put so little in ... even 10min 2x/week is good. Core training (some types demonstrably more, some less demonstrably less, that's why Tom's asking) will help in all three disciplines, although in different ways for each. They can indeed help delay some muscular fatigue, but not more so than strength training within the disciplines (eg., hard swim intervals, or hills). Some types of core and strength may help you hold good swim technique for longer, swimming being where body position is really important.

But not everyone *needs* to do it.

What prevents (training-related) injury is proper training. Training related injuries nearly always result from too much and/or too hard too quickly.

So let's bring this back to Tom, who's pushing 40 and just quit smoking. Smoking interferes with bone density and that effect is going to last awhile, so he should definitely do some weight-bearing (body weight is fine) work. Running will help with that too, but running has to be built up through frequency and not quickly. Age alone suggests it's a good time for him to start incorporating strength training.

Squats, Bulgarian squats with good technique (nothing explosive, no jumping--in swimming that's what pushing off the wall and good streamlining is for! it's like doing a safe jumping squat against resistance and streamlining is great for core). Planks are great for core; so are the yoga/Pilates triangle and reverse triangle (which have a weight-bearing component). The yoga routines in the BT videos are great.

I'm a huge fan of swim cords for core and strength (and they do translate very well to actual swimming). Ask me more if you like!

And now, ask me when the last time I did core or strength was ... and I'm female, fat, pushing 40, and have arthritis to the tune where it sometimes interferes with daily activities, not to mention training!

Sigh. Can't fix stupid ...