10,000 ways that won't help you improve (Page 5)

Being inconsistent in training

Not improving your technique...we all know how to run/swim don't we?

Going to far to fast

Copying what others do instead of having our own plan 

I do not that you need to make your triceps any stronger but you definitely should work on their endurance (not saying you need to do this with weights). When finishing a proper swim stroke you use a lot of tricep muscles. If you don't believe me.......do some rear sculling and let me know how your triceps feel!! A 4x50 should do the trick.

Personally, nutrition during a sprint or race of equivalent time length has been a waste, with the exception of maybe a shot of water here and there to keep the throat and mouth wet.

My other contribution to this thread is very personalized to me.  Practicing transitions are a waste for me.  I prefer to spend a few extra seconds in transition because I feel like I run better afterward.  I don't take off with my helmet on my head, my shoes not on fully, or without having taken a quick drink of water.  I have seen too many people running around like chickens with their heads cut off because they're trying to save every possible second in the T area.  It's mostly advantageous for me psychologically, but practicing transitions was a waste for me.  I only practiced transitions twice, and I'll never do it again. 

I was just thinking the same thing.  Usually the chicken running around thing is for the people who haven't practiced transitions.

I guess I didn't get my intended meaning across.  I should have said "ditto"  I understood your post.  Considering the sensitive nature of this post, I was merely trying to voice my support for your comment while making it clear that that is a personal trick in case someone that disagrees felt like I was making a blanket statement.  I wasn't intending to sound like I was refuting you while not understanding what you originally intended.

Yeah, probably, but for me, I'm not going to spend time right now working on cutting a few seconds off of transition time when I can spend that time focused on the disciplines where I can make probably cut off even more time.  While I agree it's free time, I'm not even close to your level performance-wise, so working on transitions may help, but it won't help me improve near as much as spending a few extra miles on the bike, in the pool, or on the road.  I can see where in your case it would make more sense to focus on efficient transitions, but in my case, 10-15 more minutes doing one of the three disciplines will do more for my performance than will practicing transitions.