Archive for Training Advice

DOMS – What’s the best cure and treatment?

Melanie Ryding (GBR Triathlete) this week helps you understand what DOMS is, why it occurs and how you can help reduce the effect of it.

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Mark Cooper: Running in Snow

Mark Cooper – a runner who has completed 50 marathons in 56 days – gives some advice for running in the snow.

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Kevin Holt: Cadence – what is it?

Kevin Holt explains what ‘cadence’ actually is and how you can use it to your benefit when competing and training for triathlons.

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Your Coach Training Tip #4 – Indoor Training

This week Your Coach provides you with tips to get off the roads and into the gym, pool or front room. If you have the will to train, you’ll find a way.

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Neuro-Linguistic Programming – What’s that got to do with athletes?!

I am the kind of athlete who is always looking for the next answer. I want to know what will make me faster, better, fitter, healthier, leaner, etc etc etc and I am constantly looking out for more information that can help me along the way. It’s easy to find a million people who will [...]

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Kevin Holt: The benefits of ice baths

Kevin Holt explains the benefits of having ice paths in order to aid recovery between training.

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Your Coach – Training Tip #3 – Winter Training

This week Your Coach offers tips and training programmes to help you keep up your training through the dark and difficult winter months.

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Small steps take you on a journey – where will yours take you?

Inspirational Melanie Ryding decided she needed to lose weight so embarked on an incredible journey and has become a GB triathlete along the way!

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Your Coach – Training Tip #2 – Planning The Year

Knowing when to change your training routine to suit your event is key. Whether you’re competing in triathlons, marathons, ironman or all three changing your schedule and having some variety will stand you in good stead for when ‘game day’ comes around.

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Your Coach – Training Tip #1 – What kind of athlete am I?

This is the time of year for reflection and re-assessment, for looking at the past year and making plans for the next. The first question you must ask yourself is : What kind of athlete am I? At the bottom of the list, though no less worthy of attention, is Jo Jogger, going out 2 or [...]

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