The Beginner S Guide To Triathlon

Your First Triathlon offers a 12-week training plan for total beginners as well as custom plans for athletes who have some experience in running, cycling, or swimming. Each triathlon training schedule includes realistic swimming, biking, and running workouts with options to add strength workouts. These simple plans will build anyone into a triathlete. Friel simplifies your triathlon race day with smart tips to navigate your race packet pickup, set up your transition area, fuel for your race, finish your swim without stress or fear, and ensure your race goes smoothly from the moment you wake up until you cross the finish line. Triathlon is a fun and challenging sport that can help you get fit, healthy, and feeling great. Your First Triathlon will help you get off to a great start in the swim-bike-run sport.

From Triathlete magazine - the most popular and extensivesource for triathlon information - comes this guidebook of weeklytraining plans for triathletes of all skill levels.

Learn how to train effectively right from the start with this easy-to-follow triathlon training guide. After reading this book, you will be able to: - Understand the sport of triathlon "what is a triathlon and how does it work?" - Develop a comprehensive triathlon training plan that simplifies your season and removes the guesswork - Train smarter, not harder so you get maximum results for very little time spent and minimize the risk of getting injured - Help you decide on the right triathlon wetsuit, triathlon shoes, triathlon bike - Teach you mental toughness so you feel confident when you are on the start line - Decide what race length is best for you from sprint triathlon to Ironman triathlon - Buy the right triathlon gear to suit your ability and your aspirations In this Triathlon Book, you will discover: - Where to start - types of races, what you need to know, and where to begin - Jargon buster - helping you understand the terms of the sport so you can understand what people are talking about when they say "T1" or "Brick"! - Triathlon training rules and techniques - Swimming technique and etiquette - Running technique and how to prevent injury and run faster - Cycling in a pack what to do and what not to do - Transition - how to lay it out, what to bring, and how to be effective - Understanding triathlon nutrition and why it is key, how best to manage your race day fuel, and does triathlon nutrition vary between triathlon training and racing - Race day - what to look out for, how to prepare, and what to expect

A breakthrough program for triathletes -- beginner, intermediate, and advanced -- showing how to balance training intensity to maximize performance -- from a fitness expert and elite coach. Cutting-edge research has proven that triathletes and other endurance athletes experience their greatest performance when they do 80 percent of their training at low intensity and the remaining 20 percent at moderate to high intensity. But the vast majority of recreational triathletes are caught in the so-called "moderate-intensity rut," spending almost half of their time training too hard--harder than the pros. Training harder isn't smarter; it actually results in low-grade chronic fatigue that prevents recreational athletes from getting the best results. In 80/20 Triathlon, Matt Fitzgerald and David Warden lay out the real-world and scientific evidence, offering concrete tips and strategies, along with complete training plans for every distance--Sprint, Olympic, Half-Ironman, and Ironman--to help athletes implement the 80/20 rule of intensity balance. Benefits include reduced fatigue and injury risk, improved fitness, increased motivation, and better race results.

This book covers everything you need for doing your first triathlon: from how to do a triathlon, to how to train for a triathlon, to what gear you need for training and racing. This was designed to be a quick read and manual for the triathlete. It also includes training plans for triathlons!