Biking Question
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toni posted 1 year ago.
I wish I would have started tri's at your age! I think it's great that you're getting into it now.
Biking just takes time to acquire strength, speed and climbing ability. Everytime you ride up hills you're going to get better. They'll still be hard, but you'll get faster at them and eventually they will get easier. Increasing your distance will help as well. As I'm sure you know from running, distance and time increase endurance, strength and ability. You just need to apply the same strategy to biking.
Good luck with it. I'm sure you'll get some great info off of here.
-Toni
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PJT posted 1 year ago.
Toni is right that it all takes time. Here's a couple things you can try if you're not already doing them.
1. Make sure you get into an easy gear for those hills. Stay seated on your bike and try to keep your cadence (RPMs) up.
2. If you have a weightroom at school, have a coach teach you how to correctly do squats. They are a great strength builder, but proper technique is very important because you don't want to hurt yourself. Hamstring curls are also helpful. Once you start weightlifting, make sure you dedicate enough time to flexibility, too.
Practice, practice, practice.
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UFTriGator posted 1 year ago.
PJT;70134 wrote:
Hamstring curls are also helpful.
If you're going to do hamstring curls, make sure to do leg extensions, too (for your quads). You need to build strength evenly (i.e., if you work the back of your legs, you need to work the front too) to avoid injury.
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PJT posted 1 year ago.
UFTriGator;70135 wrote:
If you're going to do hamstring curls, make sure to do leg extensions, too (for your quads). You need to build strength evenly (i.e., if you work the back of your legs, you need to work the front too) to avoid injury.
True.
Also, as I think about it, make sure your coach agrees that you are old enough to start weight training. (I started at 14, but that was a long time ago and I'm not sure what the current thinking is on the subject).
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TriFatBoy posted 1 year ago.
blake93;70124 wrote:
I'm 14 years old and I've been running for about 5 years, I have decided I wanted to go for a triathlon. My running and swimming routines are doing fine, but my biking seems to be a little slow. The neighborhood I ride in has lots of steep hills, and I feel like i'm going super slow up them. I spend most of my time on the bike pushing as hard as I can up these treacherous hills, I can't really seem to get a steady pace or anything. If you have any tips on biking technique or strength training, please share!--
Blake
Lower gear, steady cadence (RPM), staying in the saddle, and breathe through them. They are your friends. Just think of how much faster you will be on level ground.
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I'm 14 years old and I've been running for about 5 years, I have decided I wanted to go for a triathlon. My running and swimming routines are doing fine, but my biking seems to be a little slow. The neighborhood I ride in has lots of steep hills, and I feel like i'm going super slow up them. I spend most of my time on the bike pushing as hard as I can up these treacherous hills, I can't really seem to get a steady pace or anything. If you have any tips on biking technique or strength training, please share!
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Blake