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Pull Glide drill
The majority of triathletes like using a pull buoy to make life easier for themselves. Very few use it as a tool to improve their swimming - so here is a potential drill that you might be able to use. Rather than relying on a pull buoy to keep the hips afloat you can...
Should I Eat Before I Run?
Some runners can’t walk out of the door for a morning run without having something to settle their stomachs. Others cannot have a bit of food in their stomach without causing stomach discomfort. The overarching theme of sports nutrition is “every athlete is...
Video Swim Analysis
With the racing season fast approaching, most athletes are thinking of entering events - whether its their first ever race or as a seasoned competitor! One of the things that can really help your motivation towards the season, and help give you real direction with...
Finish Your Stroke
One of the first segments of a swimmer's stroke to fall apart when fatigue sets in is the finish, the last bit of underwater pulling that takes place during the arms-submerged cycle. Powered by the tricep muscles of the upper arm, the finish of your stroke is...
Long Runs And Making Them Interesting
The long run is a rite of passage for most runners. Everyone from your weekend warrior to the world champions includes this staple workout as part of their weekly training schedule. If everybody is doing it and it has stuck around this long, it obviously has a lot of...
Training With Heart Rate
Training With Heart Rate The potential benefits of training with heart rate monitors have been so positively encouraged in running magazines that many runners feel it’s a necessity to train with heart rate. Heart rate monitors can keep you in the right training zones,...
Swimming Quiet, Swim Fast
When you look at a pool of swimmers doing lengths, which ones are moving the fastest? The ones who are splashing and churning away at the water? Or the people being controlled, swimming quiet, serenely and smoothly through the water. Of course its the swimmers making...
Keep Your Head Up
Your head position when you run is crucial, but people don't think about it enough, and it's often something that can hold you back that you don't realise. How you hold your head is key to overall posture, which determines how efficiently you run. Lets look at how...
Swim Jargon, Language, Do YOU Understand It?
Negative split. Catch. CSS training. Threshold. Feel of the water. Functional training. These are all terms bandied around by athletes, coaches and magazines alike. Things we all see and hear weekly or even daily. But do YOU actually know what these words or terms...
Running Posture
Firstly, let me preface my following comments by saying that running technique isn’t a one size fit’s all subject (for example the heel striking vs midfoot striking debate). Every runner is different. However, we are all bound by the same laws of physics! As such,...
15 Swim Tips for Winter 2018
When asked what scares athletes (especially beginners) the most about triathlons, it is the swim and when prompted to explain what they are scared about, they usually say, finishing. Preparation, therefore, is key. Here are 15 swim tips you can focus on to make this...
Breathing is Overrated
Breathing creates havoc while you are swimming. However, breathing is reasonably important to survival, let alone performance, so we need to look at the effect that the action has - and how we can minimise the effect on the body's travels through the water. Have you...