When it comes to setting your racing goals simply remember your ABCs. Before the season starts, identify the main races you want to target and prioritize those races using these ABCs: A-priority races: The one to three most important races of the season. Training will be designed around these races to allow you to peak for them. Ideally, these will occur together in a … [Read more...]
After Setting Your Goals, Now What?
Establishing an ambitious set of goals for the season can sometimes feel like an accomplishment in its own right. But setting your goals is only the first step toward achieving those goals. So what’s next? 1. Make those goals a priority Once you’ve set your goals it’s time to make those goals a priority. That means eradicating those attractive (but inevitably misleading) … [Read more...]
Begin it Now
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” These lines, often attributed to Goethe, seem particularly appropriate as the calendar turns the page into the New Year. If you have had your sights set on a dream you have never quite been able to act upon, heed the call. Begin it. Begin it now. Here are three … [Read more...]
Focus on the Positive by Tapping into the Love
The key to success in running? In triathlon? In the Ironman? How about in life? Love. The Beatles sang it: “All we need is love.” Pete Jacobs, the 2012 Ironman World Champion, agrees. Two weeks before Hawaii, Jacobs went to a kinesiologist who performed muscle tests while Jacobs visualized different race scenarios that were thrown at him. The purpose of the drill … [Read more...]
Three Details to Make You a Better Multisport Athlete
This video discusses three details worth paying attention to as multisport athletes: functional strength work, running drills, and recovery. Attention to these details will help you become a stronger, fitter and faster athlete. … [Read more...]
Three Fundamental Training Principles
This video discusses three general training principles to help you approach your multisport training: (1) begin with the end in mind, (2) pay attention to the details, and (3) focus on the immediate task at hand during training and racing. … [Read more...]
What’s “Normal” for the Aging Process?
Here’s what we know about the biological process of aging. As we age, our bodies undergo physiological changes that impact aerobic capacity and muscular strength. Here’s what we commonly see as outcomes of aging in an increasingly sedentary American population: development of chronic diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity), degenerative … [Read more...]
Are You Sleeping Enough?
The recommended amount of sleep for healthy adults is 7-9 hours per day. According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 30 percent of American adults are “sleep deprived,” meaning they sleep less than 6 hours each day—leaving them vulnerable to adverse health and safety effects. As any athlete in training knows, skipping on sleep is not conducive to … [Read more...]
Ten Guidelines for Effective Goal Setting
“The longest journey begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu Whether we make formal New Year's resolutions or not, most of us find the beginning of the new year to be a time of reflection about what has passed and what we want to achieve now that we have a "fresh start". It's a time of setting goals and for athletes, many of these goals relate to training and racing. When … [Read more...]
Healthy Habits for the New Year
Four Simple Ways to Become a Better Athlete As you make your resolutions for the year ahead, here are four healthy habits to add to the list. Working these positive practices into your life will help you become a better athlete. Add functional strength work to your training The principle of specificity states that triathletes must spend the majority of their training time … [Read more...]
