Triathlon Science
Joe Friel, Jim Vance
Language: English
Pages: 664
ISBN: 1450423809
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Leave ’em in your wake, leave ’em in your trail, leave ’em in your dust. Get your brain as fit as your body and achieve your triathlon potential.
Triathlon Science is packed with all the expertise you can handle, and more. From fine-tuning your physiology for each of the three disciplines to plotting the best race strategy for your fitness level, personal goals, and competitive conditions, you’ll find the insights and prescriptions typically available only from a top-level coach.
With editors Joe Friel and Jim Vance and a who’s-who list of international experts on the sport, Triathlon Science offers you an unprecedented wealth of advanced yet accessible information on excelling in the sport.
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Intensity workout each week. Workout Guidelines Most riders are better off riding alone during their aerobic steady-state base building rides, because group riding almost always ends up incorporating more intense training. Performing the base building endurance training sessions at excessive intensity is counterproductive. Doing so will increase fatigue over time and not allow the body to achieve general aerobic fitness adaptations such as improved capacity to use fat as fuel. The goal of.
These triathletes review personal race performances from past triathlons. Swim, bike, and run paces are collected for baseline performances. Transition times are reviewed from each event and compared with the best performances in the race. The goal of training is to improve race performance from baseline numbers. The triathlete who is looking for a podium performance or championship qualification is more likely to select specific race venues and travel to events. For example, ocean swims or.
To increase resistance to the catabolic effects of high-intensity training and stress. As the intensity of training increases, the body has to use its natural defense mechanisms to help repair and replace the damage that occurs. Using adaptogens could allow this defense mechanism to work more efficiently. The benefits of taking adaptogens are more likely to occur in the more intense training cycles. Most of the current research has targeted physiological markers important to athletes such as.
On triathlon performances, at least in cycling and running. Additional studies examining the changes in training volume and physiological characteristics of older triathletes are required to understand the age-associated changes in triathlon performance. Such studies will provide valuable information for understanding how to maintain physical capacity and performance with advancing age. Conclusion Physiological factors (e.g., percent body fat and oxygen carrying capacity) and.
Natation (FINA). Within a competitive pool event, mandated FINA guidelines include the level of lighting, the length and depth of the pool, the lane widths, lane ropes, starting platforms, lane markings, specifications for the bulkheads, and the element that affects triathlons the most, water temperature. In pool swimming competitions, FINA requires the water temperature to be maintained between 25 and 28 degrees Celsius (77 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit). In triathlon events, the ideal temperature.