OFF SEASON WEIGHT GAIN You can find hundreds of articles online or in magazines on how to avoid the off season weight gain. This post will address none of that and instead focus on how to gain mass during the off season. Here are some simple rules on how to increase your off season weight. [...]
Last month we discussed adding a tempo run to your workouts. Assuming that the weekly tempo runs are still part of your program, a great way to add leg speed and proper technique to your running is to add a weekly set of strides. Strides are short, fast runs between 50 to 150 meters in [...]
Triathlon is one sport consisting of three events, well four if you include transitions. It is very easy to over train for a triathlon as athletes seem to forget that although we are training for three events, we only have one body. The ability to recover is as important as the ability to train hard. [...]
Building the engine: Since we are approaching our cold season, it is likely that most of us aren’t racing any triathlons any time soon. If you are like me, you’ve already taken a short break from training and are eager to get back into some healthy living. This time of year shouldn’t be for going [...]
