Triathlon Training

As you get into the swing of the Transition Phase, you can be challenged with how to maintain your level of fitness while not completely boring yourself with the same old workout routine. Alas, worry no longer!

As the racing season winds to an end, it is an ideal time to review what worked and what did not from the season past. One of the most common training errors we see athletes make is to overtrain. As such, we think it is a perfect time to explore the topic of overtraining and how it might be detected before it’s too late. After all, that’s the key: avoiding overtraining in the first place.

As we progress into the off-season and colder months for many triathletes, indoor cycling workouts, or "spinning", becomes a primary mode of cross-training for the bike leg. This article will help you understand some of the differences between cycling outdoors (or indoors) on your bike, and cycling on a spin bike.

I’ve recently answered a number of postings on sports medicine sites about plantar fasciitis and overall foot pain. This can be a very debilitating condition, and should be treated promptly if it occurs. It usually starts as a pain or ache near the front of the heel on the bottom of the foot. Typically it hurts the most in the morning, especially the day after a long or strenuous run workout.

Resistance training exercise, or weightlifting, is crucial to decreasing risk on injury, increase your strength, and attaining your goals with a balanced body. Those of us who need to lose weight this offseason will appreciate that research has shown a combination of weight training and cardio to sheds more pound and boost the metabolism higher than cardio alone.

Well I have to admit I have a sweet tooth, and a pretty strong one at that. Since eating a bunch of sweets isn’t a good way to fuel your body for health, nor for optimum training and recovery, I have a few alternatives to indulge any sugar cravings. Here are four quick, easy and nutritious - and sweet - dessert ideas: 1. Pineapple Raspberry Parfait

One of the most important aspects of training for triathlon that is either neglected or approached incorrectly is planning your season. A diligent, focused triathlete who spends hundreds of hours pounding the pavement each year will certainly expect real returns. No one begins the season saying, “This year I want to be slower than ever before!” We all want to advance to the “next step”.

With the weather getting cooler and many of us having completed our A-priority race for the season, it’s time to take stock of our accomplishments and begin the transition into thinking about our winter training and what we would like to accomplish next season.

Year after year more and more people really want to make it to the Hawaiian Ironman in Kona, the granddaddy of all Ironmans, the Ironman World Championships. Competition is fierce to secure one of the 1800 coveted spots to the Big Island and the qualification times seem to get faster and faster.

So let's say that you already know that carbohydrate loading might give you an added advantage, perhaps a little more "oomph" on race day, and maybe even a good excuse to eat more Italian...but how the heck do you do it without a calculator and ultra-accurate kitchen scale? Here are my super simple guidelines for a race week carbohydrate loading meal plan.