Base & Aerobic Threshold Training

With the New Year here and the first part of the season behind us, there is a break with regards to long course and ironman racing. That means a lot of us will, and perhaps should look at this period as a mid season break and go back to developing our aerobic systems. This is especially important this year with Ironman Australia and Huskisson Long Course moving back a month and Cairns still six months away!

The Next Revolution in Swim Training

For many years the analysis of performance in swimming has been tedious and manual. Cycling training has been transformed by power meters and power training, Running has been greatly impacted by GPS to provide pacing information. Accelerometers popular in consumer devices such as iPhone and Wii games are now being used to analyse swim strokes and provide performance metrics. Commercial versions of this technology are now about to hit the stores.

Science in Sport (SiS) Introduces the Worlds first Award Winning Isotonic Energy Gel

GO GEL uses a unique formulation that makes it possible for athletes and sportspeople to take onboard significant carbohydrate without compromising hydration. Each GO Gel sachet contains 22g of isotonic carbohydrate energy, that‘s enough energy for 25 to 35 minutes of exercise. Find out how to get your own personalised race nutrition plan.

Craig Alexander launches Triathlon Training camp in Wollongong

Three-time triathlon world champion Craig Alexander is launching a 2011 new year’s training camp, featuring sports science testing, along with theoretical and practical skill development.

The three-day camp will be based at the University of Wollongong, an hour south of Sydney Airport, from January 14 to 16. The camp is open to ages 21 and over with a race completion in the last 12 months

Tim Berkel talks us through his Ironman Nutrition Plan

Planning your nutrition for an Ironman triathlon is a difficult science. So many things can go wrong. No matter how many times you have raced it always seems you are starting from scratch each time to try to get it right. One of Australia’s top long distance triathletes, Tim Berkel, talks us through his nutrition plan for Ironman.

Sports Massage as a Part of your Triathlon Training Program

Triathlon is an extremely demanding sport. Having just returned from the French training base of the Australian Triathlon team where she worked as the team physiotherapist and massage therapist Julia Russell witnessed first hand the volume and intensity of work that is required to be competitive at the top level. Even for those of us not competing at the elite level Julia is always amazed at the amount of work people manage to fit in around their professional and family lives.

Faster Bike Splits for 20km to 40km Triathlons or Time Trials

As we all know riding a triathlon or time trial is very different to cycling racing. Kevin Hancett shares what he learnt many years ago from a New Zealand Olympic 100km time trial team cyclist named Stephen Cox. It’s not about speed he said but more about your average speed.

Progression Run – Learn to Finish Strong

As many of us approach our key race date or event, we are already doing some reasonably long and hard k’s to prepare for the big day. Here is a quick introduction to a type of workout that I personally love to have in the week (either regularly, or just on occasion) that has both mental and physical benefits.

Burn Fat While You Ride with Science in Sport’s New Burner GEL

Burner Gel was originally conceived as training development nutrition for elite riders and teams, however the word has got out and due to demand SiS have now released the Burner Gel to the general public.

Heart Rate Training by Mark Allen

During Mark’s 15 years of racing in the sport of triathlons he searched for those few golden tools that would allow him to maximize his training time and come up with the race results he envisioned. At the top of that list was heart rate training. It was and still is the single most potent tool an endurance athlete can use to set the intensity levels of workouts in a way that will allow for long-term athletic performance.