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A Beginners Guide To Salt Tablets For Runners. Are They Dangerous Or Are They Your Secret Weapon?

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A Beginners Guide To Salt Tablets For Runners. Are They Dangerous Or Are They Your Secret Weapon?

Salt tablets for runners are one of those confusing topics, not much discussed in the athletic community. Are salt tablets useful or should they be avoided? There is a lot of controversy about rehydrating products, and electrolyte drinks. Both of these serve the function of salt supplementation for the athlete who does a normal workout routine, or lives […]

Filed Under: Run, Triathlon Training Tagged With: dehydration in endurance athletes, electrolytes for runners, extra salt for runners, how to replace sweat fast, hyponatremia, salt tablets for runners, sodium for runners

Best Exercises to Prevent and Treat Achilles Tendon Pain

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Best Exercises to Prevent and Treat Achilles Tendon Pain

Achilles tendon pain gives you that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. It usually happens when you feel invincible, when you are posting the best running times of your season or when you skipped that “rest day” because you were feeling so great. Though, sometimes intense Achilles pain can appear out of the […]

Filed Under: Run Tagged With: achilles pain, achilles pain treatment, achilles tendon pain, achilles tendon prevention, achilles tendon recovery, achilles tendon rupture, achilles tendon treatment, achilles tendonitis

Ketogenic Diet: What Benefit Is There For Athletes?

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Ketogenic Diet: What Benefit Is There For Athletes?

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, probably heard the name “keto” or “ketogenic diet” floating around lately. And you’ve probably heard that it’s supposed to cure diseases, improve athletic performance and help you lose weight. How Is The Ketogenic Diet Different To Paleo or Atkins Or Just A Low-Carb Diet? Is there any truth […]

Filed Under: Triathlon Training Tagged With: diet for athletic performance, ket diet to cure diabetes, keto, keto diet to cure cancer, ketogenic diet, ketogenic diet for triathletes, paleo diet for triathletes

The Best Triathlon Race Day Strategy

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The Best Triathlon Race Day Strategy

Prepare your triathlon race day strategy as throughly as you prepare your weekly training. You write out your weekly training schedule and the record the results in your triathlon training journal. Likewise, your triathlon race day strategy should be thought about, and written out in advance. Know exactly what pace you will swim, cycle and […]

Filed Under: Triathlon Training Tagged With: ironman race day, race day checklist, race day strategy, triathlon race day, triathlon race day strategy, what to eat on race day, what to expect on race day

Half Ironman Training and Goal Setting. Are you stepping up to 70.3? How to set your goals then smash them!

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Half Ironman Training and Goal Setting. Are you stepping up to 70.3? How to set your goals then smash them!

Half Ironman training is very specific and needs to be suitably tailored. 70.3 triathlon is many triathlete’s favourite distance. It is certainly a great challenge, maintains awesome fitness and keeps you on your toes in terms of training, nutrition, sleep, productivity and effectiveness. If you have a plan that is well executed, it will allow […]

Filed Under: Triathlon Training Tagged With: 70.3, 70.3 training, beginner triathlon training program, Half Ironman, ironman training, swimbikerun training, triathlon training

How To Develop Unshakeable Self-Belief

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How To Develop Unshakeable Self-Belief

Developing unshakeable self-belief is so important as an athlete. If everyone has trained the same amount of hours and done similar preparation, the one with the most confidence,the greatest self belief will win every time. Learn to use this as one of your weapons, develop it every day. Sharpen your mental toolbox and it will serve […]

Filed Under: Mental Edge Tagged With: develop mental toughness, develop self-belief, improve mental strength, improve self-confidence, mental strength, self confidence

Dehydration in Sport and How It Affects Triathlon Performance

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Dehydration in Sport and How It Affects Triathlon Performance

Dehydration in sport causes fatigue- no question. Fatigue toward the end of a prolonged sporting event may result as much from dehydration as fuel depletion! Exercise performance is impaired when an individual is dehydrated by as little as 2% of body weight. Losses in excess of 5% of body weight can decrease the capacity for […]

Filed Under: Triathlon Training Tagged With: dehydration, dehydration in endurance athletes, dehydration in sport, dehydration in triathlon

7 Best Recovery Strategies Every Triathlete Needs To Know To Enhance Performance

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7 Best Recovery Strategies Every Triathlete Needs To Know To Enhance Performance

Recovery strategies are not often discussed between triathletes. We tend to discuss more fun things like mileage, watts and  data. However speeding up recovery is the key to maximising performance whether you are an amateur or a pro. As a triathlete, you are generally training 5-6 days a week and constantly trying to juggle the demands […]

Filed Under: Triathlon Training Tagged With: 70.3 tri, beginner triathlon, beginner triathlon training program, quick recovery, recovery strategies, triathlon training

Turbo Trainers or Rollers: How To Train For Awesome Results

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Turbo Trainers or Rollers: How To Train For Awesome Results

Turbo trainers or rollers? Indoor cycling sessions are the key to many top cyclists and top triathletes performance. Many athletes dust off their turbo trainer or their rollers in the winter to stave off the flab and maintain their hard earned fitness when the bad weather makes it impossible to get out on their bike. […]

Filed Under: Bike Tagged With: indoor bike, indoor bike training, indoor cycling, rollers, tacx neo, turbo trainer, wahoo kickr, winter bike training

How To Run Faster

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How To Run Faster

How to run faster is simply one of my favourite topics. The feeling of speed and abounding energy when you run is simply poetry in motion. It is almost nirvana! (And a small confession: even better, as a competitive athlete, the feeling of overtaking others when it really counts, never gets dull!) But sadly for […]

Filed Under: Run Tagged With: good running drills, how to run fast, how to run faster, how to run longer, improve running, running fast, running speed work

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