Try swimming in Jell-O at your next triathlon
By David Wendkos I recently heard a great ‘word picture’ to help describe how to initiate your catch in the water and maintain a grip as you pull through your stroke. It is the common thought to view a freestyle stroke as placing your hand in front of you and then stroking backward toward your [...]
Read More Of This Article...Tri Swim Coach Podcast #19- Interview with Glenn Mills
In this episode, I interview swim instructor and coach Glenn Mills of GoSwim.tv who shares some great insight on swimming training. References: Sign up for the Tri Swim Coach newsletter at: www.triswimlessons.com or http://triswimcoachonline.com Please comment on this podcast! Tri Swim Coach podcast comments: Click here to open up itunes and add a rating/comment! Music: [...]
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Carbo loading, is it still a good idea?
I’m currently training for a half marathon with a local running group, and we’re about a week away from starting our “taper” phase, which means we will slowly start to decrease mileage and intensity of our runs leading up to the race we are training for. I’m bracing for the nutrition plan our coach is [...]
Read More Of This Article...The Low Carb Triathlete: Jonas Colting
Today, I had the pleasure of listening to an interview with Swedish pro triathlete Jonas Colting on the Livin la vida Low Carb show with Jimmy Moore. Jonas is a 36 year old champion triathlete in his prime, eating a low carbohydrate diet and clearly thriving. This supports much of what I discuss on the [...]
Read More Of This Article...Running, recovery and the downsides of reverse tapers
I’m about 2 weeks away from doing my first half marathon since April 09, and yesterday I realized how unprepared I am for the race. I ran 11.2 miles, and about the last 2.5 hurt! And, this was not at any kind of brisk pace, just finishing the run was the challenge yesterday. So today [...]
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