News & Racing Strength training and the importance of leg exercises: novices, experts and clubs cyclists Strength training may improve cycling performance through increased leg power, a greater ability to cope with local fatigue and improved upper body stability. However, this has yet to be proved in research. In beginners and club level cyclists, more cycling is probably the best way to improve perfor By Karl Hayes • 17 years ago
Cycling Strength Training Even if you lift relatively light weights you will find that you are quite sore for the next couple of days. More interestingly, if you visit the gym a few times a week for a couple of weeks, you will be surprised at how much more you can lift compared to your first attempt. Does […]
Jan 30, 2010 Strength training and the importance of leg exercises: novices, experts and clubs cyclists Strength training may improve cycling performance through increased leg power, a greater ability to cope with local fatigue and improved upper body stability. However, this has yet to be proved in research. In beginners and club level cyclists, more cycling is probably the best way to improve perfor
Jan 30, 2010 Cycling Strength Training Even if you lift relatively light weights you will find that you are quite sore for the next couple of days. More interestingly, if you visit the gym a few times a week for a couple of weeks, you will be surprised at how much more you can lift compared to your first attempt. Does […]
Jan 30, 2010 5 Things You Need to Know About Triathlon Injuries There are a number of common injuries related to the three disciplines of triathlon. This article outlines them briefly. Further information can be found on Trizone.
Jan 30, 2010 Swimming Strength Training How do you get "stronger" in the swim leg? Fundamentally the answer lies in overloading your muscles in training. So does this mean hours spent in a sweaty gym, pumping iron until your eyes bulge? In this article Bruce Thomas, level 3 Triathlon coach explores ways to build your strength
Jan 30, 2010 The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money? Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips…the $20 billion running – shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the
Jan 30, 2010 Run Training – The Walk Break Method Most runners will record significantly faster times when they take walk breaks because they don't slow down at the end of a long run. Thousands of time-goal-oriented veterans have improved by 10, 20, 30 minutes and more in marathons by taking walk breaks early and often in their goal races.
Jan 30, 2010 Avoid Injuries And Get the Edge Triathletes constantly tread a fine line between training to their limits and achieving their best results on race day, and going over their limits, spending race day on the side lines or watching on TV. In this article Bruce Thomas, level 3 Triathlon coach and and Australian Ironman Hall of Fame i
Jan 30, 2010 Mental Preparation – Get Your Head Right We spend hours in training putting in the k's in the pool and out on the road, but just as important is preparing mentally for the big day, and the longer the distance you are competing in the more important this becomes. Jason Gootman and Will Kirousis have some mental tips that will help you
Jan 30, 2010 Mental Toughness – The Hurt Locker Coaches and professional Triathletes often talk about "The Hurt Locker" or "The Pain Room", and the need to be prepared to visit it, and spend time in there! This they claim is the difference between champion athletes and the rest. So what do they mean? In this article Will C
Jan 30, 2010 Running Strength Training When you look at the build of some of the worlds great endurance runners the benefits of building "strength" and muscle mass for the run leg of the Triathlon may not appear immediately obvious. In this article Bruce Thomas, level 3 Triathlon coach argues that specific resistance training
Jan 30, 2010 Wetsuit – Factors related to the advantageous effects of wearing a wetsuit during swimming Factors related to the advantageous effects of wearing a wetsuit during swimming at different submaximal velocity in triathletes. This study was designed to compare the effects of wetsuit (WS) to swimsuit (SS) at identical relative velocities in a swimming flume.
