Posts tagged Biomechanics
Episode 23: Coaches on the Couch – How can I run faster off the bike?

Pretty much every triathlete has posed the question: “how can I improve my run?” when looking at the results list. “Improving my run” is the most common request that athletes have when come to us for coaching.

In this episode, we listen to the Coaches on the Couch, where Coaches Alan, Diogo and Philip discuss how can you run faster off the bike and what aspects you need to consider to be able to improve your run for the race day. These coaches review the different options often athletes consider as well as suggesting a straightforward approach to action as you aim to improve your run off the bike.

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Episode 16: Coaches on the Couch - How sitting can affect your performance?

In this episode, our coaches on the couch discussed sitting and its impact on performance. This is an increasingly important subject as, with the current situation where most of us work from home; we tend to spend a huge amount of time sitting down. How can this affect your performance? How will this change your posture? What can and should do to avoid any future issues? Listen to what Coach Tracy, Philip and Alan have to say about it in this podcast as they help navigate sitting and how you can improve your home-working space. If nothing else, we will guarantee you will spend the episode checking your own posture while you listen!

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Episode 15: Trevor Perkins - Running the distance

In this episode, we talk with Trevor Perkins. Trevor is one of our longer-standing coaches, and he is totally passionate about endurance sports. As a sports fanatic when he was younger (he almost picked up a pro card in surfing), Trevor found his calling in endurance sports. Eventually, he moved into coaching, where he is one of our most attentive and caring coaches. His attention to detail and athlete welfare is inspiring. He has coached future IRONMAN Champions, Kona qualifiers, Yukon podium athletes, as well as ultra trail athletes too.

Trevor shares with us his experience and expertise not only about triathlon but also about Ultra Endurance Running too, what motivates him and how he manages to be able to do so many miles running. As a competitive “Master” Trevor is the envy of all our younger coaches as not many of them can keep up in swim, bike, or run and that is over the distances Trevor is bad at, no one dares take him at ultras! Join us to hear what Trevor has to say, as he is always worth listening to.

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Episode 4: Alistair Chapelle - Harder doesn't mean faster

Alistair is one of our high performing coached athletes. In this episode he shares with us how a High Performance Rower ended up doing triathlon: what motivated him to change for this sport and what he learned when he started being coached by Tri Training Harder. Alistair is a phenomenal cyclist but he enjoys learning the process of going faster and sometimes that process doesn’t mean you need to do things harder.

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