Tom Williams is a coach and athlete with Total Tri Training as well as working in Merseyside based ITU, so comes at this article with a great real world perspective on the Pandemic for athletes. Whilst many of us are very fortunate to still be doing what we love, of course this virus has stopped us fully pursuing our dream within the sport from a race, travel and in some cases, motivational stand point
Nothing is ever lost…..
A note from one of our head coaches, Phil Murphy, to his athletes ahead of the start of November and as the build to 2021 starts in earnest for many northern hemisphere athletes. If you are already experienced and performing well in Triathlon, shifting your key focus through the winter months is likely the way to find the best gains. We thought we would share his/our views…….
Ironman Marathon causing you sleepless nights? read on…
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Training for a big challenge around life and work
Arthur Connall is a TTT coach based in North Wales. See his Bio here
Strength and Conditioning in endurance sports for improving performance
A pivotal time of the year for many where your season has ended, the break for a little R+R is finished and now is the time to get back on it. A time where most people will start to put gym and strength sessions back into their programme, but are you actually doing it properly to unlock your true potential or are you building the ego?
Burning Fat – the myths and the facts around fat utilisation!
Fat burning is one of the physiological adaptations that your body can only make if you train slow or easy!
Total Tri Training – Sprint Races 2020 – “The Lockdown Series”
Total Tri Race series on Zwift and 5-10km run off – here are the rules and regs for the 3 weekly race we are doing in Spring time…..
Bike Saddle Discomfort! A Pressing Issue
The relationship between rider and saddle is crucial to both enjoyment and performance in cycling. Yet being typically British we don’t tend to talk about matters ‘down below’ and often accept that the Human body and the bicycle are simply not wholly compatible with each other…….
Reflections on 7×2.5min Intervals
Having been involved in the participation and coaching of our interval sessions this week I thought I would feedback on some of my TP data to help you begin to look at and to understand yours. I will just give you some of my stats/figures as background and then talk you through the 2 sessions highlighted below………..
Recovery in Lockdown……….
In the current situation with Coronavirus, when asked to rest and recover most athletes just want to fill their day with something so they get back on the bike or go for their daily run just to get out the house……..and inevitably go too hard.