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Are you thinking about joining a triathlon competition? If you have enjoyed athleticism in the past or are involved in endurance sports and are interested in joining a triathlon, the first step is to know exactly how to approach your triathlon training. Training correctly is very important when it comes to endurance sporting events like triathlon. If you do not have enough training, then your competitive performance will be poor and you may even become injured or ill as a result.

What should triathlon newbies keep in mind?

1 – First and foremost, when you are first starting out it is absolutely vital that you pace yourself. You need to avoid trying to prove to anyone else that you can do it, including yourself, your family, your spouse, or even your dog. You need to be able to start off slowly, and you need to be able to gradually build yourself up to longer workouts and greater speeds. If you do not do this, the only thing that you will prove is that you can make yourself too exhausted to be able to be competitive properly on race day. If you don’t take things slow, you’ll go too far and will end up hurt or sick, potentially for weeks.

2 – Next, you need to keep in mind how important it is for you to stretch well. Lack of stretching is going to rob your muscles of their strength, as well as taking flexibility away from your movements, which can lead to some truly serious injuries. Your stretching regimen should be truly involved, and it should it should cover all of your muscle groups at once. You should take your time, and you absolutely should not ever take stretching lightly because it is truly vital for your training regimen.

3 – If you ever feel like you are too tired to work out in the same intensity level that you planned, stop. This does not mean that you cannot push yourself to the limit, but what it does mean is that you need to know and thoroughly understand your capabilities and limits. If you go too far, you put yourself at risk for injury, illness and burn out. You need to be able to listen carefully to your body to know when you are strongest, and when you truly need to rest in order to restore your health.

4 – Building on the aforementioned tip, when you build a schedule for working out, you should stick to it, but only as long as you are not putting yourself at risk. Build a strong mental focus and you will find it easier to be committed and to feel energized when you go about your workout every day. You should plan your workouts up until the day before the race, exercising caution not to overdo it or to over tax your body.

Originally posted 2009-01-27 14:22:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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There is a large variety of athletes who participate in triathlons. These can range from the professional triathlete to the people who just appreciate being able to compete and finish. These different types of athletes lead to different requirements when it comes to training. The professional type of athlete will train to push his capabilities, and develop his technique. However, the latter type of athlete shouldn’t have that approach to training. They compete for fun and health, and training should not be any different. Here are some training tips for beginners who race for fun.

- Fun is most important. Instead of speed, focus on distance goals. You should be sure to become use to running and jogging before a more intense running regimen

- Work on distance before intensity. Slowly build up your distance until you reach your goal. Once you have met your goal, and then build up intensity.

- Wear the proper attire. Comfortable clothing should be, with supportive running shoes.

-Similarly run or walk on smooth, soft surfaces when you can.

-Repeat workouts enable the athlete to quickly building up their capability in jogging. At a track, the way to train is to jog one lap followed by walking one lap. When that becomes easy, go for 2 laps jogging, one lap walking.

- Learn about the race conditions that you will face in your triathlon. If you will run on pavement versus a dirt path, the bike portion will be held in hilly terrain; you can match your training to the race day so you are comfortable and can better enjoy you race.

- Do not worry about special features on your bike or special shoes. Just try to be comfortable.

-Know the distances in the race, and train for 110%. If you will run for three miles, train for three and a half. A half mile swim should be trained for with swimming for 3/4 of a mile.

-Rest when you need it. You are planning on just finishing, so do not worry about rushing through transitions. That is where the body becomes taxed the most, when having to transition over a few seconds. Instead, take you time, stretch a little, and enjoy the race.

-Bring support to the triathlon. Friends and family can provide great motivation to help you through the more difficult legs of the race.

-Prepare for long workouts and races by taking food and water with you. If you are feeling thirsty, then it is too late to drink fluids. Also do not experiment with food choices, instead picking something that the body will readily accept.

-Prepare for the race a few days in advance, making sure not to forget anything on race day.

-Most important: make an appointment and get a checkup and talk to you doctor before competing. A triathlon is a taxing experience which your body should be in good enough shape to attempt.

Following these steps will help ensure a fun and enjoyable triathlon experience for the beginning athlete.

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Originally posted 2009-02-02 05:23:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Strength training is a vitally important part of your training program when you are a triathlete. Maximizing the quality level of your workout is going to need to be a prime objective if you want to develop a strength training program that is going to help you improve your performance.

Today there are a wide variety of different tools that an athlete will be able to use in order to get stronger and benefit themselves in other ways. There are also a number of things that you can reasonably avoid because they will not help you maximize your gains in training for your triathlon. Most machines that you find in a gym, for example, are an example of this concept. Triathletes are going to need to learn how to support and coordinate their own body in an effective manner in order to maximize their gains come race day.

The best way for you to maximize your triathlon training capabilities is to simulate the conditions of the race as much as you can. There are plenty of machines as well as contraptions out there but none of them are going to effectively train you for your triathlon because they are not simulating the race or benefiting your race training in any way. Here are three things that you should be focusing on instead:

1 – First and foremost, as a triathlete your number one focus should be on multiple joint, whole body types of exercises. Multiple joint exercises mean that you should be getting more than just a single joint involved one at a time in every exercise movement that you make. Squats and lunges are both excellent examples of multiple joint exercises because they simultaneously work the knees, the ankles and the hips all together when movement is produced. Multiple joint movements are the best thing that triathletes can do to train because these are things that triathletes do when they swim, bike and run during competition.

2 – Bands and free weights tend to be much more practical for a triathlete in comparison to machine workouts. When it comes to using these tools for the purpose of strength training you should be stabilizing the movement of your body more than if you were using a work out machine. This, in turn, will build more strength specific to planning and preparing for race day.

3 – Supporting your entire body while you are doing the exercises should be one of your main focuses. Sitting on a stable surface such as a machine is going to take away from the specificity of training for race day rather than contributing to it. Keep this in mind when it comes to choosing strength training workout options and varieties for your needs.

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Originally posted 2009-09-10 03:54:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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