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Strength Training
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The Sufferfest Releases New Strength Training for Cyclists Program
Getting stronger just got easier for cyclists. The Sufferfest, a comprehensive training app for cyclists and triathletes, today…
How to Build Strength on the Bike
Taking a break from triathlon over the winter months? Put this time to good use and learn how…
Strength Training for Age-Group Triathletes
Strength is important for endurance athletes and takes time to generate, but there are a few tricks, that…
Single-leg squat patterns
Want to improve your bike leg? Squats have been scientifically proven to help boost endurance, time to exhaustion,…
Triathlon Speed and Strength Training
With your endurance banked, now is the time to be working on your strength, speed, explosiveness and getting…
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 for the run leg will reap it's rewards on race day.
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 performance. Taking time out from cycling to do strength training will probably lead to a decline in cycling efficiency and skill level.
Strength training for cycling – does it really help?
Cycling Strength Training
Even if you lift relatively light weights you will find that you are quite sore for the next…
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 during the first leg.