LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

As triathletes we have a very intimate relationship with fatigue. No doubt we all have experienced the tired, burning legs from simply walking up our apartment steps, hitting the snooze button repeatedly before dragging ourselves to swim practice in ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

Brick workouts: Hard, physically demanding, race-simulating efforts that all triathletes need to do three times per week in order to perform at their best? Not necessarily. Here’s how to plan multi-discipline workouts during various times of the ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

Spring is finally here and the first quarter of the 2008 racing season is finished. Now is a good time to check on your progress and move your nutritional goals up on the priority list to ensure that they are receiving the proper focus. While you ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

Tapering is a gray area for many novice and intermediate athletes, almost as much as the actual “A” race’s outcome. Miles upon miles have been logged, heart rate zones and power files have been poured over by athlete and coach to prepare for ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

A-priority races, B-priority races, training races. This seems to be the time of year when everyone is planning out their racing calendars and deciding what events are going to be the big focal races and which ones are going be “trained through” ...

Core training seems to be the latest buzz in training. But what is the “core” and what is beneficial about training it? If you ask different experts, you might get a few different views on which muscles make up the core. Basically, if you look ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

Even the most experienced triathletes can benefit from flip turns. Learning to manage and balance your body in different positions as well as incorporating other strokes into your weekly workouts can benefit as much as wearing your wet suit. ...

Over the past several years, I have traveled to dozens of athletic events, working with hundreds if not thousands of clients, and have found several constants among a majority of athletes. These things especially seem to hold true for triathletes, ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

Common musculoskeletal injuries such as piriformis syndrome, plantar fascitis, and high hamstring tendinopathy affect a growing number of runners and triathletes. It’s been my experience that female runners tend to experience high hamstring ...

Hi Monique, I really enjoy your "Feedzone" column (appears monthly on InsideTri.com) and informative responses. My question revolves around the slippery slope of weight management. A big challenge for me is maintaining lean body mass once ...

The week of your springtime A-priority Ironman race is finally upon you. What should you do these final days? After months of long rides and extensive tempo work, watching your power meter, tightening your nutrition, getting used to new equipment ...

LifeSport Coaching works with some of the finest multisport athletes in the world. The coaches strive to supply these athletes with workouts that have a specific physiological purpose while providing inspiration. These training sessions are often ...

Although “lactate threshold” is one of the most common buzzwords surrounding training for triathlon, many athletes don’t realize its importance in improving performance. Understanding and knowing your lactate threshold can help you get the ...

Note: These workouts assume you have a working knowledge of the Friel training Zones 1 through 5c. Zones 1 through 3 are aerobic, Zones 4 through 5a are at or near lactate (or anaerobic) threshold, and Zones 5b and 5c are very anaerobic. To learn ...

I've received thousands of e-mails recently asking me about my training regime. More specifically, when do I train and when do I not train? Okay, I’ll be completely honest here and state for the record that I did get one e-mail about six months ...

An excerpt from the VeloPress book Crosstraining for Endurance Athletes: Building Stability, Balance, and Strength by Raul Giusado DEVELOPING CORE STRENGTH Stability of the trunk is dependent on core strength. Popular exercises such as ...