Turning a Corner
Cornering skills come quite naturally to a lot of people, especially those that have ridden motorbikes, but for many it is something...
TRAINING GUIDES — Triathlon
Burning Fat – the myths and the facts around fat utilisation
The ability to utilise stored body-fat to produce energy is of utmost importance for the endurance athlete. Triathletes can benefit from both...
Your Essential - Busy half marathon Training Plan
Making the step up to 13.1 miles needn’t get in the way of day-to-day life. Feeling ready to make the step up...
Looking to Purchase Bike Speed: where to spend your cash?
It is possible to go faster in cycling, time trialing and the bike leg of a triathlon through purchasing of free speed....
Testosterone and Age-Related Performance.
No adage is more relevant to an age group veteran master to increasing performance than ‘train smarter not harder’. For 99% of...
Should Endurance Athletes take Creatine?
Creatine has a pretty long and glorious history compared to other sports supplements. The supplemental form, creatine monohydrate, was first taken up...
Keep Your Cool to Race Faster
As you may have read in my previous blog post I’ve recently started attending cold water immersion sessions and this sparked my...
Simple Tips To Avoid Motivational Lags
Motivation requires both passion and a goal. It doesn't matter if you're coming back from an injury, competing in your first race...
Lactic Acid vs Lactate: What Is The Difference?
Do you know the difference between lactic acid and lactate? If not, you're not alone! A lot of people don't know the...
How to run a great 10K
Deciding to really go for a 10K is a bold choice. Run it flat out from the start and you’ll have legs...
Seven swims in seven days
While repetition might sound boring, consistently doing something with the correct amount of load is agreat way to make improvements. Consistency is key in triathlon, but by...
April is Stress Awareness Month.
Phil Ellison explains why stress isn’t all bad! Stress is everywhere! We are all stressed on a daily basis. The good news...
Thank God for the Squad
SQUAD TRAINING Coming off the back of a couple of tough years of COVID, with ruined race plans and disjointed training sessions...
5 ways to run smarter
1) Ditch the junk miles - only add work-outs that have a purpose. Instead of assuming that squeezing in an extra run is always...
Hit your stride
Foot strike is dominating the discussion about running form. Some researchers say that if we run as our ancestors did (barefoot or close to it), it would...
Early breath drill
When a triathlete has difficulties with breathing during freestyle, the problem is usually starting the breath too late in the stroke cycle. This degrades the swimmer’s ability...
Training with Young Children
By Kara Tranter Trying to find time to train around home-life and work can be difficult enough without throwing young children into...
Lactate is not your enemy
For years the conventional thinking among fitness experts, and even scientists, has been to demonise lactic acid, or lactate, as the culprit...