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    Triathlon Strength Workout. At Home with Minimal Equipment
    Gunnar Roll
    • Dec 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Triathlon Strength Workout. At Home with Minimal Equipment

    Strength workouts are an important part of triathlon training, but are often not a priority for many athletes. Strength training doesn't...
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    Planning Your Triathlon Racing Season
    Martin Spierings
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Planning Your Triathlon Racing Season

    At about this time of the year, we start thinking about how many, what and when you want to race. You don't need to plan out every race...
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    Should I Join a Masters Swimming Program?
    Martin Spierings
    • Oct 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    Should I Join a Masters Swimming Program?

    As someone who's written hundreds of triathlon-specific (and I think pretty interesting) swimming workouts, it might come as a surprise...
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    Fartlek revisited
    Martin Spierings
    • May 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Fartlek revisited

    Adding some interval training during this interminably long preseason can help prepare the body and add some variety to the monotonous miles
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    Dear Coach: Peloton or bike trainer?
    Martin Spierings
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Dear Coach: Peloton or bike trainer?

    Q: When needing to ride at home, is it better to ride my bike on the trainer or do the Peloton. I've been doing the peloton because I get...
    68 views0 comments
    Triathlon Training Is Not Canceled...This Time
    Martin Spierings
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Triathlon Training Is Not Canceled...This Time

    As of midnight tonight the San Francisco Bay Area will be under its second Shelter-In-Place order of the year. But unlike the first in...
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    Your Other Runs Are Probably Too Hard
    Martin Spierings
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Your Other Runs Are Probably Too Hard

    The other runs should be the bulk of your program and the most common error is to run too hard or fast a pace.
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    Some Tips for Training with Baby
    Martin Spierings
    • Oct 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Some Tips for Training with Baby

    "Your life is going to change forever." I couldn't count how many times I heard that while my wife was pregnant. When Hayden "Bubsy"...
    21 views0 comments
    Triathlon Goal Setting: Mapping Out Your Season
    Martin Spierings
    • Oct 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Triathlon Goal Setting: Mapping Out Your Season

    The New Year is all about setting goals, and runners and triathletes are planning where and how much they want to race. Not every race of...
    25 views0 comments
    Tethered Swimming In A Small Pool
    Martin Spierings
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Tethered Swimming In A Small Pool

    If you only have a hotel or play pool to choose from and want to maintain your feel of the water you can try this pandemic-era hack.
    41 views0 comments
    3 Rules Of Triathlon Training
    Martin Spierings
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    3 Rules Of Triathlon Training

    three simple rules that apply universally and might help guide a debutante who didn’t want to launch straight into hiring a coach.
    73 views0 comments
    Spice Up Your Swim Sets
    Martin Spierings
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Spice Up Your Swim Sets

    Tired of your traditional main set of 100s and 200s repeats? Looking to spice up your swim training a little? Try these creative main...
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    How To Find Maximum Heart Rate
    Martin Spierings
    • Jul 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    How To Find Maximum Heart Rate

    Ideally on a track. Warm up very easy for ten minutes. Run one mile at tempo pace or approximately your 10K race pace. Once your tempo...
    28 views0 comments
    Training With Dryland Swim Cords
    Martin Spierings
    • Mar 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Training With Dryland Swim Cords

    Triathletes are eager to keep their swimming strength and fitness up using dryland cords
    86 views0 comments
    Triathlon Goals When Events Are Cancelled
    Martin Spierings
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Triathlon Goals When Events Are Cancelled

    So how do you set goals for yourself when races are cancelled?
    72 views0 comments
    Eat More, Drink More, Weigh Less
    Martin Spierings
    • Feb 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Eat More, Drink More, Weigh Less

    Develop a positive relationship with food while shedding extra pounds by shifting your focus from deprivation to abundance.
    22 views0 comments
    What Is The Optimal Carbohydrate Concentration of Sports Drink?
    Martin Spierings
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    What Is The Optimal Carbohydrate Concentration of Sports Drink?

    This question was reignited in me the other day when I was looking at the new Nuun Endurance formula that had begun popping up, which was...
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    Why none of my workouts are key workouts
    Martin Spierings
    • Dec 24, 2019
    • 3 min

    Why none of my workouts are key workouts

    It made some sense when I first came across it. The loose concept is the coach can write a weekly plan for, let’s say 10 hours of...
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    What Is Weight, But A Data Point
    Martin Spierings
    • Dec 7, 2019
    • 3 min

    What Is Weight, But A Data Point

    Weight is a useful number, but it is a data point, not a complete picture of your health.
    13 views0 comments
    How Much Break Should I Take?
    Martin Spierings
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    How Much Break Should I Take?

    When I take on a new triathlete it’s always one of my goals to help them make triathlon part of their lifestyle. Not an extra “thing” on...
    33 views0 comments
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