Sometimes, the hardest part of a workout is getting out the door in the first place. Once that step is overcome it almost always goes better than expected. One trick if you are feeling particularly un-motivated is to simply get your kit on. Just commit to pulling on those [...]
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If you really want to improve in triathlon, it is important not only to have some vague goal of “doing well” in your next race, but to write down specifics. When what you want to acheive is written out in front of you it solidifies your desire. You [...] A great way to speed recovery from a hard workout or race is to give youself the hot/cold treatment. 10 minutes in cold water, warm up for a bit, then get back in the cold water. If you don’t have the opportunity to have both hot and cold water [...] Breathing is something that we all take for granted, but supplying our working muscles with oxygen, and removing waste products is a critical part of any athletic performance. While racing we can sometimes do silly, subconscious things with our breathing. Shallow breathing, often in time with the peddle stroke [...] The Triathlete’s Guide To Mental Training (Taylor and Schneider, 2005) and several other mental training resources, including “In Pursuit of Excellence” by Terry Orlick (2007) identify FOCUS as one of the key aspects of the sport, of any sport. Focus doesn’t mean concentrating on one single thing for a [...] The ‘off’ season, or base building season as we prefer to think of it, is a great time to get out and do activities that swimming, biking and running usurp the rest of the year. In addition to letting you savour nature a little more than running allows, hiking [...] The next time a blister makes its way onto your foot you may want to think about using Duct Tape as a cover up. Most Band-Aids or blister solutions don’t stick enough to stay on over the course of a sweaty run. Granted, Duct Tape doesn’t always work either, [...] Sometimes training is not fun – we feel demotivated, sore, tired, frustrated – and this can lead to a downward spiral of negative thoughts that make matters worse. A simple way to break the cycle is to SMILE. It may be the last thing that you feel like doing, [...] Some call them Bricks, some call them T-runs. This may seem like second nature to those in the sport for more than a couple years but if you’re just getting started you may not have thought about it. Running immediately after a bike ride not only teaches you what [...] We were transfixed by how fast Michael Phelps swam in the summer Olympics and by how relaxed he looks in the water. The ability to stay relaxed while working hard is one reason why winners win. Tension is slow and inefficient but relaxing tends to go against most athletes’ [...] |
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