As coaches, we can focus on tracking metrics to help guide your training and performance as an athlete. It helps to see a quantitative measure of if things are on track or going as expected. One of these metrics is power or wattage, in this article Coach Alan looks at why ‘winning’ or riding with the lowest average power can result in a better performance.
Read MoreThere are as many different ways to create a training plan as there are athletes - at TTH, all athletes are treated as individuals, and plans are generated from the ground up to suit the athlete's goals, lifestyle, and constraints. However, there are some basic principles that have been around for a long time; you probably know the one Coach Kevin is going to discuss: which is to complete a block (or blocks!) of base training before you start to think about increasing the intensity of sessions. It might seem a bit ‘old school’ to some, but in this article, he’ll discuss four reasons why we think it’s still a good idea.
Read MoreThere are many swim tools and toys available in the swimming world. Some are favoured more by triathletes than by pure swimmers and vice versa. In this blog, coach Jon looks into the equipment that can help you improve your triathlon swimming performance.
Read MoreFor this year's International Women's Day, Coach Philip spoke to some athletes about some of the female-specific barriers they may feel or people new to endurance sports like triathlon may think. As a male coach, he was less interested in the science behind the differences; there is plenty of air-time about that both in our female athlete section on our website and generally in research (though more is needed). Instead, he was more interested in practical solutions to what some women may consider deal-breakers for getting into this sport. Below he captures parts of the discussions.
Read MoreIn this latest article, coach Kevin looks at how much recovery you need – how you can track recovery and some of the important skills you can develop as an athlete that goes far beyond just training.
Read MoreSo what does it take well to perform over the standard distance? In this article Coach Alan dives into the metrics that really matter to race fast and hard over 1.5k of swimming, 40k of biking and 10k of running.
Read MoreIn this article Coach Alan focuses on answering the simple question “what does it take to ride that potentially elusive sub-five-hour IRONMAN/Long Distance triathlon bike split.” Read on to find out some of the factors that go into that performance and how you could overcome this.
Read MoreHere Coach Jon highlights some of the benefits of our Live Tri Training Harder Strength and Conditioning sessions.
Tri Training Harder initially began hosting live strength and conditioning sessions for all our coached athletes via Zoom during the COVID 19 pandemic. Due to the popularity and convenience of performing an ‘at-home workout,’ they have become a staple part of many of our coached athletes' weekly schedules. We know that strength training has many great benefits for endurance athletes. Today’s blog explores the advantages of performing your strength training live with one of our TTH coaches.
Read MoreStrength and conditioning can be a confusing subject. Was it high-reps and light weight I was supposed to be doing today or was it the other way around? There are countless models out there to progress strength and conditioning workouts, in this blog coach Jon explains how to implement these into a triathlon training program.
Read MoreIn this article, coach Kevin reflects on an athlete conversation he had during a group workout. He asked a simple, but very deep question. “What are your four key training principles?” Read on to hear the athletes’ answers.
Read MoreIn this latest article, coach Kevin looks at recovery tools and how effective they are. Read on to find out more
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 article, Coach Philip looks at the classic first-time IRONMAN athlete dilemma: To do a marathon in the Spring before a Summer IRONMAN, or not? Have a read on to find out more.
Read More“Only use your small chainring in winter”. This is a traditional piece of cycling advice, first suggested to me over 25 years ago. I’d joined my local cycling club and had been going on Sunday rides (usually just me and the ‘old boys’) for the autumn, and now winter was here. The main thing I recall was that at the same time as getting this nugget of wisdom, the frustratingly slow pace (for a 15-year-old) was getting even slower on these long rides. I’m sure the drop in pace was intentional on their part – and looking back, I suspect the advice was delivered with perfect timing.
So is it actually sound advice? Here are a couple of arguments why it might be worth listening to…
Read MoreAs Coach Tim continues this series around Strength & Conditioning for Triathletes, he looks into what else you can do with limited gym equipment or space. He's already discussed the dilemma regarding strength training trying to schedule into the weekly plan. He has also discussed the benefits of adding strength work into your training regime and the benefits of better technique, injury reduction and ultimately faster racing. At the same time, many triathletes still find it hard to strike a perfect balance with strength training.
The answer? Bodyweight conditioning is a great way to build muscular strength without adding muscle mass. Read on to find out more.
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 MoreIn this blog, Coach Jon looks at making injury prevention a permanent part of our daily routine.
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