Time and time again athletes tell me they are putting in substantial time on the bike every week but they haven’t seen any improvement. Usually when I ask them more questions about their training, I learn that they are riding for hours at time at the same easy pace, or joining a local group ride with no [...]
Getting faster on your run takes work and commitment. It's attainable but there’s no easy way to gain speed! But -- with the right training and purposeful effort -- you can achieve your PR goals. I’ve designed several workouts for swim, bike and run that incorporate "Swing Pace" efforts to help athletes learn pacing and prepare them [...]
I don't think I was ever as relieved to finish an IRONMAN than in 1983! At that time I was in an intense rivalry with Scott Tinley. "ST" had beaten me in February of '82, then I'd come back and won in October of '82. (BTW, his brother Jeff finished 3rd in both races.) The [...]
Slogging through laps in the pool is no way to get a faster swim split. A majority of triathletes swim at a steady, monotonous pace throughout their workouts. Their swim sets have no variability nor do they implement different distances and intensities. Doing slow and steady sessions in all of your workouts will only guarantee [...]
I refer to the gluteals as the body's "engine room". The glutes produce the power you need on the bike & run, and provide stability during the swim. If you're not sufficiently engaging your glutes, then you're probably overloading your hamstrings and quads. Have you ever been reduced to walking or have suffered cramps on [...]
Many times triathletes train at just one speed: slow and steady. It’s easy to neglect your top end if you’re just focusing on completing miles each week. However there is a huge benefit for triathletes to incorporate high-end anaerobic endurance repeats within a workout to stimulate fast twitch muscle fibers. By including these super-fast short [...]
After spending last weekend at Ironman Texas with ATV Swim Spas, I spoke to a fair number of athletes who are looking to break up the monotony of their swim workouts. This week's workout is a fun, high intensity session that uses different muscle groups than your typical freestyle sets. Adding different strokes during your [...]
Hey Gang, This #WorkoutWednesday session is the final installment in my mixed threshold series of workouts (be sure check out my similar sessions for swim and bike). Today's run session is tough, but will make you stronger and help you dial in your pace so that you can dust the competition in the final miles on race day! If you give this [...]
