Power in the Engine Room: Building Glute Strength

  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 [...]

By |2017-05-12T10:34:51-06:00May 9th, 2017|Articles, Bike, Run, Strength, Training, Training Articles|

Get out of Your Cycling Rut with this Total Speed Session

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 [...]

By |2017-05-03T09:29:10-06:00May 3rd, 2017|Articles, Bike, Training, Training Articles, Workout Wednesday|

Mix Up Your Swim Set & Become More Powerful with These Drills

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 [...]

By |2017-04-25T19:02:07-06:00April 25th, 2017|Articles, Swim, Training, Training Articles, Workout Wednesday|

Mixed Threshold Run Workout: Money in the Bank for Race Day

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 [...]

By |2017-04-19T10:15:40-06:00April 19th, 2017|Articles, Run, Training, Training Articles|

Ask The Man™: 3 Tips for Success in Kona

Lately I’ve been getting numerous requests from triathletes who want insights on how to race — and not just complete — the Hawaii IRONMAN. This is a massive topic (and I’ll be presenting very detailed advice as October nears) but, for now, check out this video where I provide 3 fundamental tips that are helpful in [...]

Ripped! 12 Tips to Achieve Your Ideal Racing Weight

I'm frequently asked about the best ways to attain your ideal racing weight. As triathletes, we must strive to attain that perfect balance between lean body mass, power and immune health (it does no good to drop so much weight that we get a cold during race week, or if we feel dead trying to run up [...]

By |2019-05-01T06:12:50-06:00April 12th, 2017|Articles, Ask The Man, Bike, Nutrition, Run, Strength, Swim, Training, Training Articles|

My Secret to Increasing Your Cycling Speed

Hey Gang, Have you ever felt that your cycling speed has plateaued and – even though you can ride further -- you just can’t seem to ride faster? This #WorkoutWednesday powered by BioAstin is a mixed threshold bike set.  I love these sessions! It's one of  the best ways to break through that barrier and improve your [...]

By |2017-04-12T20:58:44-06:00April 11th, 2017|Articles, Bike, Training, Training Articles, Workout Wednesday|
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