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Pedal Efficiency

A Biomechanics way of analyzing a pedal stroke would start with, well, the pedal.  Seeing how the athletes forces were distributed around the stroke would give a clear idea where practice is needed.  

Typically, most cyclists have a force pattern similar to what is shown in Image 1.  They use strong muscle forces to push [...]

Running Off the Bike

There isn’t a triathlete alive who absolutely loves running off the bike.  Even the fastest athletes like Alistar Brownless and Craig Alexander probably wished the race stopped after the bike.   But a triathlon can’t be completed unless you finish the run (or it’s just an aquathalon).

So how do you run faster off the [...]

Know Your Training Values

In the whirl wind season that is triathlon, sometimes its easy to get away from your goals.  At the beginning of the season, in those dark days of winter, you may of had 1 or 2 solid goals in mind.  These were to become the foundation of your season.  Then as the  season begins, [...]

Hydration 101

If your going to read anything about fluid intake, please start here.  There is a lot of information on the web offering their opinion about how much is recommended.  It’s all controversial; how can a fluid intake be given without knowing your height, weight, sweat rate or even intensity?!  Plus the ranges of fluid intake are [...]

Lactic Threshold Farce

This is a great article which clears a lot of misconceptions about “threshold” training.  Click here to read the full article or read through the highlights below.

 

Where does the lactic acid theory come from?

The acid theory held sway from an early “frog’s-legs” experiment before the First World War.  Voltage was applied to [...]

Law of the Present Moment

There are not many athletes who can honestly say that their performance is never affected by mental or psychological factors.  Almost everyone who competes or attempts to do their best at some important aspect of life has experienced both mental boosts and hindrances.  Doubts, confidence, anxiety, poise, courage and fears for example can have [...]

Mental Game

This is probably the best article I’ve read yet on how to improve your mental game. The website also has great information on power, training and cycling. Check it out here.

If you don’t read this whole clip at least take this in:

I once asked a champion cyclist how they went so fast [...]

GIMME SPEED

I’m not fast enough.  I put in so much work but I just can’t get faster.  I eat this, I wear these and I sleep in an altitude tent.  Why am I not getting faster?

Do a quick search for “fast” in google and you will have more than 725 million websites to choose [...]

Swim Videos That Work

Be the Next Ironman Champion

So you want to win Kona? Well I’m going to tell you how.

But wait a second why would I tell you and not just keep this secret to myself? And how the heck did I find out “what it takes” (not to be confused with the movie created a few years ago showcasing Peter [...]

Two Great Posts…

Below are two posts sharing similar ideas.  Each author must have been thinking the same thing or got asked the same question!  Take the time to read the whole article even though I only put a snippet up so as to not infringe on copy writes.

This is from: Alan Couzens

What it Takes Part [...]

Piece By Piece

In my last post I showed a schedule that would encompass a year of training.  The three main ingredients were Strength, Aerobic and Race Specific Training (RST).  These were further broken into three sub categories which are endurance, power and speed.  In this post, I’d like to talk about the first part of the season [...]

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