With race season now back in full swing we wanted to highlight some brilliant performances over the past weekend from TTH athletes, coaches and staff.
Read MoreSolid or liquid...nutrition is a personal decision.
We'd usually try to focus on a liquid only strategy for long distance racing due to its simplicity in carrying what you need. However, often we get asked "what happens if I get hungry?!" as people 'need' solids.
Read MoreIt has been shown that caffeine can enhance focus during bouts of extended exhaustive exercise (think how you feel if you have a caffeinated drink even when not training!). Caffeine is ergogenic (performance-enhancing) for sustained maximal endurance exercise, and has been shown to be highly effective for time-trial performance.
Read MoreSports nutrition is applicable to athletes at all levels, in some form. It will differ greatly from individual to individual and there is no set rule that will apply to everyone for how and when to take on nutrition. Humans, however, are all built in the same way; all will burn energy, and all will need to replenish depleted energy stores.
Read MoreAt a purely scientific level the electrolyte minerals, sodium and potassium, are involved in conducting electrical signals to/from muscles; calcium and magnesium are essential for the contraction and relaxation of the muscle fibres.
Read MoreAfter swallowing your traditional sports drink (that breaks down into glucose, and not fructose); it reaches the stomach before moving down to your intestine. During that journey, the various types of carbohydrate found in the drink are broken down to glucose by your digestive system. Glucose is the main source of energy for the body during exercise.
Read MoreSyros, the beautiful Greek Island at the heart of the Cyclades may be an unassuming location for a training holiday, and it certainly is a hidden gem.
Read MoreChris last season at the Reigate Half Marathon (1:13:29, 2nd)
Chris Ashford, coached athlete, completed the Boston Marathon on the 19th April. He was 87th out of about 30,000 runners who entered the 2017 event finishing the distance in 2:33:45. He was also the fastest British athlete home by over 7 minutes!
Read MoreBelow is a blog written by our Holiday Manager in Portugal, Renata Kaničárová. Renata has been our Holiday Manager for three years now and knows how things work in Portugal better than anybody! She keeps everything running smoothly and ensures that from the moment you land in Faro to the moment you are dropped back off at the airport, you do not need to worry about a thing!
Read MoreBelow is the first of Paul's blogs as to what it is like to be a coached athlete with Tri Training Harder - Paul was the winner of our free coaching competition, follow his story and experiences leading up to Ironman Austria!
Read MoreHelen Money, Nutrition and Sports Nutrition Specialist at The Bosworth Clinic Helen Money of The Bosworth Clinic and our on-side nutritional professional talks through her top three common mistakes seen amongst triathletes when it comes to nutrition and a few ‘starters for ten’ to get you on your way.
Read MoreBelow is a guest blog written by coached athlete Judith Ormston. Jude has been coached by Tri Training Harder since 2014 and has spent a number of weeks at Tri Training Harder's training base in the Algarve over the past few years.
Read MoreAre you yet to take the plunge and buy a cycling power meter? Or have you purchased a power meter only to be disappointed with the reliability of your device?
Read MoreWhen I go about my daily business I am always surprised, and perhaps a little saddened, that people sometimes don't achieve what they want or set themselves appropriate goals because they have already talked themselves out of it.
Read More“Even a journey of one thousand miles starts with one step”
This is so very true, yet so often forgotten. What is also forgotten is that journeys have an end point or a target end point and so should your training.
Read MoreElaine Garvican reflects on her 2016 season. Her coach, Philip Hatzis dissects some of the observations and offers some insights to where changes were made in order to improve her overall performance in the races that mattered.
Read MoreOver and over again within my coaching, the situation arises where an athlete has questions about test sessions. How do I pace it? How did I do? Did I do it correctly? What does which bit of data mean? At this time of year it may be the case that you are considering where you are at right now.
Read MoreWith so many different ways of fuelling your body and many different options available to the athlete seeking to fuel their training, what actually works? Below we look at a few different methods that we have seen many athletes talking about recently. It is very much down to you to make your opinion of them but remember nutrition is the fourth discipline of triathlon, so you need to get it right!
Read MoreStrength and Conditioning, three words that are so often bandied about by athletes and sportsmen alike but what does it actually mean and how can it be used to best impact performance?
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