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Beginner’s Guide to the Getting the Best Bike Training
Dive into a beginner’s guide on preparing for the bike leg of a sprint-distance triathlon, emphasising the importance of viewing the triathlon as a cohesive unit and structuring your training around transition, aerobic, threshold, and strength sessions.
How Should Triathletes Approach Repairing the Body and Mind
For age-group triathletes balancing demanding lives and training, feelings of burnout are common, but employing pro-cyclist recovery techniques can help rejuvenate both mind and body.
3 Key Cycling Stretches for Triathletes
The aero position on bikes can cause muscular issues for triathletes. Discover essential stretches to alleviate tightness and maintain a supple, injury-free physique.
Beginner’s Guide to the Bike Leg
New triathletes should focus on effective bike training that transcends mere kilometre counting. Dive into this guide to harness the technical, physiological, and strategic aspects of the bike leg journey.
Managing Cycling Injuries
While triathletes often associate injuries with running or swimming, improper cycling technique or bike set-up frequently contributes to muscle soreness and other injuries, emphasising the need for proper cycling practices.
How to Build Strength on the Bike
Triathletes can utilise the winter break to boost bike strength and power with strategies like hill reps, targeted gym exercises, trainer sessions, bike-specific training blocks, and power meters, even on limited schedules.
How to Improve Your Running Drills
Integrating running drills directly into runs can foster faster skill acquisition and ensure technique holds up under race pressures.
Strength Training for Age-Group Triathletes
While consistent training is vital, endurance athletes can achieve substantial progress by optimising their sessions with strength-building tricks, emphasising the importance of recovery and strategic workouts.
How to Tackle Hills on a Triathlon Bike (TT)
Climbing on a bike can intimidate new triathletes, but with the right strategies in gear choice, posture, and energy management, one can conquer hills efficiently and minimise fatigue.
Polarised to Pyramidal Training Intensity Distribution: The Principle of Specificity is Key
Exploring the optimal training intensity distribution for Ironman triathletes comparing the benefits of polarised training to the emerging pyramidal model.
Women Are Naturally More Fit Than Men, Study Shows
Contrary to expectations, young women showcased quicker V̇O2 dynamics during submaximal treadmill exercise compared to men, challenging prior beliefs about gender differences in aerobic system dynamics.