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…….
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?
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.
Coronavirus – Facts and advice, not “fake news”
As a lot of you know, I am an Intensive Care Consultant as well as a triathlete. My wife is a GP so we are both heavily involved in the healthcare response to Covid-19. As such I have had a lot of queries from athletes and friends asking for my views on various things that are doing the rounds with regards to the virus. So I thought I’d do a quick summary of the things I will, and won’t, be doing over the next few weeks, and why.
Lab testing- why is this useful for Age Group triathletes?
Lab testing has long been used for profiling elite athletes for performance benefits, especially in endurance sports. Many amateur athletes have taken part in studies looking into specific areas amongst performance, thus creating more knowledge in the sport science world. However, there is much to be gained from amateur athletes having a performance profile test just like an elite athlete would
From the BBC red couch to the mountains of Patagonia……
A Great Interview with Louise Minchin on what it is like working with Total Tri Training Coach Claire Holliman and how what may seem the impossible at first can be achieved if you simply believe and follow the process…..
Vlog – Do you need to spend 5k on a fancy TT bike for Triathlon?
In part 2 of our winter series of Vlogs on bike fitting and position changes in the off season we cover something we see every day. The athlete with one bike for all events and training. In this video we show that you can really optimise your position to get huge gains in speed and performance. We see this as a common issue for those new to the sport who have not yet taken the plunge in to a TT bike, younger athletes who race a mix of draft legal and non-drafting races as well as the recreational athlete who simply does not want to make the huge investment required in a bike they feel they might not get that much use out of.