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Bike To Work
A solution for the overbooked amateur endurance athlete is to combine their transport and exercise by biking to work

Martin Spierings
May 6, 20231 min read
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Essential Swim Gear
TCMTriSquad’s list of essential swim gear for your pool sessions available through Finis Swim and Blueseventy. TCMTriSquad Members get...

Martin Spierings
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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The Problem With Prescription
It was the year 2012. I was living in Chicago and went on a group run with some other triathlete friends. At that stage maybe about 25%...

Martin Spierings
Jul 7, 20224 min read
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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...

Gunnar Roll
Dec 8, 20211 min read
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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...

Martin Spierings
Oct 15, 20213 min read
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Fartlek revisited
Adding some interval training during this interminably long preseason can help prepare the body and add some variety to the monotonous miles

Martin Spierings
May 10, 20211 min read
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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...

Martin Spierings
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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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...

Martin Spierings
Dec 17, 20202 min read
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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.

Martin Spierings
Oct 28, 20203 min read
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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"...

Martin Spierings
Oct 21, 20202 min read
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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...

Martin Spierings
Oct 17, 20202 min read
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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.

Martin Spierings
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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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.

Martin Spierings
Oct 7, 20202 min read
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Training With Dryland Swim Bands or Cords
Triathletes are eager to keep their swimming strength and fitness up using dryland cords

Martin Spierings
Mar 29, 20201 min read
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Triathlon Goals When Events Are Cancelled
So how do you set goals for yourself when races are cancelled?

Martin Spierings
Mar 17, 20203 min read
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Eat More, Drink More, Weigh Less
Develop a positive relationship with food while shedding extra pounds by shifting your focus from deprivation to abundance.

Martin Spierings
Feb 5, 20203 min read
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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...

Martin Spierings
Jan 31, 20203 min read
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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...

Martin Spierings
Dec 24, 20193 min read
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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.

Martin Spierings
Dec 6, 20193 min read
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Is It Possible To Be Too Healthy?
By Julia Blanton Every so often I come across what seems like a “perfect client,” someone who does everything I tell them and more. These...

Martin Spierings
Nov 7, 20193 min read
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