In this article, we explore Tri Training Harder’s community-driven approach and how building a supportive and inclusive athlete network fosters success. Featuring stories from Tri Training Harder community members, the article highlights how collaboration and shared knowledge positively impact athletes, emphasising the value of a collective, inclusive environment for athletes of all levels.
Read MoreThis article explores the science behind endurance training, focusing on the crucial roles of physiotherapy and nutrition. With insights from Tri Training Harder’s expert partners, including physiotherapists and nutritionists, we highlight how their expertise is integrated into training plans to enhance athlete performance and prevent injury, underscoring the importance of a well-rounded approach to endurance training.
Read MoreThis article delves into the power of holistic coaching, emphasising our comprehensive approach that goes beyond just a training plan. By incorporating mental, physical, and emotional support, this coaching strategy has helped athletes thrive. Testimonials from current athletes highlight the significant benefits of this well-rounded methodology, reinforcing the importance of a holistic approach to coaching.
Read MoreThis article explores practical strategies for balancing endurance training with a busy lifestyle. Drawing on insights from TTH coaches, the article offers advice on effective time management, prioritising workouts, and finding the right balance between triathlon training, work commitments, and personal life.
Read MoreAthletes often categorise their races. In this article, Coach Philip outlines how athletes can use a category to help adjust their mindsets before the event.
Read MoreIn this latest article, coach Philip explores whether a training plan is now dead. He also looks into the rise of artificial intelligence and its impact on the sports industry.
Read MoreAs we look to the new season, testing is one of the first things many athletes will do. This will be the form of benchmarking to understand initial fitness levels, biomechanics or other areas. Various aspects of training and performance will be measured and improved upon in the coming months. Yet, often, athletes dislike “test week” and miss out on brilliant opportunities to improve. Coach Philip Hatzis explores the topic of improving your testing sessions in this article.
In this article, Coach Philip explores some trends we are starting to see with new athletes who have been previously coached by others. Though athletes often start working with coaches for performance, we are also responsible for ensuring that athletes are healthy and safe. This article looks at some examples and highlights some things that athletes and coaches can do to enable a better approach to athlete welfare.
Love it or loathe it, the topic of planning is central to all sports, none more so than multi discipline endurance sports. Helping to focus time, effort and energy, great plans can produce the best results on race day. In this blog Coach Denise looks at the topic of planning, why it helps within the sport of triathlon and how a coach can help you to help yourself.
Read MorePeople are generally better at identifying that social media highlights people’s best lives and often are able to understand that most of what they see online is what people are choosing to filter out to the public. However, how good are they at recognising the consequences of actions? How good are people’s memories? Coach Philip explores this in this latest article.
It is rare for an event or a race to go by where athletes will speak to us and say we have raced completely to the plan. In fact, most athletes can pinpoint when things deviated from the plan and why the race was curtailed. In this article, Coach Philip looks at how to manage and adapt to a change of circumstances with your response.
In this latest article, Coach Philip explores how AI may change the face of coaching as we know it. Resisting the temptation to ask Chat GP to write the article for him, he explores this ever-prevalent and topical conversation area. How can artificial intelligence be used in order to help coaches deliver coaching?
Competition is an important part of any sport, and looking at the performance of other athletes can help to motivate and drive performance. Taking it too far and over-focusing on what others are doing can lead to stress and worry about one’s own training. In this blog, Coach Denise looks at the good and bad parts of a comparison and how to stay grounded with your own plans and training.
Read MoreIn this latest article, Coach Philip reflects on some of his thoughts about coaching disappointment. When a race doesn't go to plan for an athlete, it can be fairly gutting for the coach. However, they need to bounce back quite quickly and help the athlete. How does a coach manage these emotions and thoughts?
Read MoreTo finish this series off, Coach Tim will look at the S&C scheduling or programming throughout the season, the art of putting it all together. He has already mentioned the critical training principles such as overload, progression and specificity. So what are the important components in strength & conditioning?
Read MoreOften athletes come to us with a view that they must have a male or a female coach. Regularly, there are prejudices associated with that conclusion. In this article, Coach Diogo reflects on it from a coach’s viewpoint.
Read MoreIn this latest article, coach Kevin looks into metabolic testing. What is it, how do you do one, and what data can you get out? Furthermore, how can you utilise the information as an endurance athlete to better your training and racing approach?
Read MoreGetting a coach at any point in your athletic career is a big deal. In triathlon, athletes can have access to coaches at an early point through the club system. New athletes are often reluctant to go to a club or coached sessions, fearful that they aren’t good enough or the stigma that coaching is for the “good athletes”. Coach Diogo looks specifically into how a coach will help a beginner athlete and how the very opposite is true.
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In this article Coach Alan looks at FTP – what is it, how can we use it and why may FTP might be misleading your cycling training. Once we can understand all of that, we can better understand what we can do with this information and how you can inform your training.
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