When you extend your body beyond your center of gravity, you risk injury.
Keeping your body balanced and supported is the best way to make effective movements and remain injury free.
This applies not only to sport but most activities that you complete on a daily basis just doing life. So, we need to apply these principals in our sport, triathlon. Over reaching while swimming, biking, and running, is the fast track to becoming injured. Muscles do not like to be stretched …
Many of my athletes tend to get a little unsure about what they should be doing once the season ends. You need to keep training; only differently.
*Strength training
~ The longer you have gone this past season, the more important it is to rebuild the muscle that you’ve lost. Endurance sports reduces muscle so get back at the weights and get stronger.
*Keep moving
~You need to keep moving and there are so many different ways to move your body. Mix up …
Admittedly, this is the time of year when eating lots of calories is associated with family, fun, and holidays. And, there is nothing wrong with that; in fact, eating builds muscle and that’s a good thing. However, carbohydrates tend to dominate our eating habits this time of year (I am sure we don’t need to create a list of the obvious carbs I am talking about). So, what do you do? Everything possible! Splitting wood, going on walks, extended swim …
Strength training is critical during the off-season months because it prepares the body for the rigors of intensity and volume in racing during the season. It is the time of year to build and repair muscle that has been neglected while racing and recovering. Usually, there is less volume during the winter months which will give individuals the time needed to rebuild strength and stamina. Certainly, at least one day is recommended however two to three times per week is …
One of the most popular work outs to do in multi-sport is the “brick”. This is in reference to doing two sports back to back, swim-bike, swim-run, and the most popular, bike-run. Whether you are preparing for a sprint, olympic, half or ironman, the brick is an important component that offers insight on one’s fitness, endurance, and mental fortitude. Most sprint triathlons can last up to an hour and thirty minutes, olympic distance up to 3-4 hours, half 6-8 hours …
