Strength Training for Triathletes: Yes or No?
One of my clients asked me about strength training this week: I have been doing these exercises with max weight at about 6-8 reps to build power this off season: Hip Abductors Leg Press Squats Calf raises Knee extension Hamstrings What are your thoughts and suggestions around these leg exercises? Should I not be doing these or is it too much? I responded: Those are good overall leg strength exercises. I would also include adductors (opposing motion to abductors). I like squats better than leg presses because you have to stabilize your body more vs. just following the line of motion of...
Read MoreReflecting back on 2009
With the end of 2009 and the beginning of a New Year fast approaching, now is the time to reflect on 2009 and start looking ahead to 2010. This reflection ritual below is one I received from my friend and executivecoach Margarita Rozenfeld, founder of YES!Circle and Incite International, who I’ve worked with on and off over the past few years. This ritual is a powerful exercise that can be applied to any and all aspects of your life. As an Ironman triathlete trying to survive the depressing doldrums of a cold and dark winter, I’ve found that the completing the ritual makes a...
Read MoreMy Road Back to Kona: On Deck for 2010
When I raced at the Ironman World Championship in Kona in 2002, I suffered like a dog. I left with no immediate desire to come back. Just a few weeks prior to the race, I had broken the 9-hour mark in an Ironman for the first time at the inaugural Blue Devil Triathlon in Durham, NC. I put everything I had into that race and it left my physically, mentally and emotionally drained. At the time, Kona was a simply line item on my bucket list. Something I wanted to do just so I could “check the box” and say that I had race at Kona. My motivation was low and my body, after...
Read MoreClient Success at Beach2Battleship Ironman
As a triathlon coach, it’s always rewarding to see my clients succeed in their goals. When I sit down and think about what my client Dan Head accomplished at Beach2Battleship on November 7th, I am truly amazed. Beach2Battleship in Wilmington, NC was Dan’s first Ironman triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run), and he finished in an amazing time of 10:59. What makes Dan’s finish time so amazing is not that Beach2Battleship was his first Ironman race nor that he is 45 years old and works full-time as a consultant, but rather that Dan is a husband and father...
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