I was listening to a podcast the other day. One of the guys who is a coach for team GB’s Elite Triathletes was saying how most endurance athletes are a little bit OCD. The context of the conversation related to how most of these OCD people are more inclined to do too much training rather […]

One of the great things about Triathlon as a sport is that it has a relatively low barrier to entry – apart from the cost of Ironman events………. Nearly everyone has at some time run. Nearly everyone will have learned to ride a bike when they were a kid.

Unless you are a bit daft, you probably don’t do exactly the same training each day. In fact, you probably don’t just repeat the same sessions each week. There will be some level of programming and periodisation to your plan.

If you are on a diet at the moment and your goal is to lose body fat. You may also want to see actual weight loss but we know the most important thing is fat loss. How then can we target actual loss of fat, over just weight?

Losing weight is all well and good and obviously can have benefits to performance in triathlon. However, if we do weight loss the wrong way, we can be left relatively light but still a bit fat. This is usually because we have dieted and in the process not only lost fat but also muscle. That […]

This is usually the approach adopted of the highly motivated dieter. It is my suspicion that form the 17,000 triathletes reading this, a good proportion of you will have adopted this strategy in the new year. Let me tell you about Alex:

There is no doubt that to be successful at something, you have to buy into it. The obvious example is your training. If you have a plan you don’t believe in, you will not do the sessions and then……. Well, it won’t work!

There are a couple of obvious markers to reference in deciding the answer to this question: – Level of leanness – Energy levels – Quality of recovery – Prevalence of illness/injury If you feel that any of the above is being compromised then it could be that you are:

It can feel like at this time of year it is all about fat loss and to be fair, for a lot of people it is. But what if eating for performance is your real aim? You want to be a better athlete. You want to feel better day to day. More energy! I know […]

Were all used to pain in this game. But the sort of pain the goes away when we stop or at least shortly after. The first week in January pain though, that is a different level.