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A perfect companion to any triathlon training program, The Triathlete's Training Diary offers an ideal way for you to plan, record, and better understand your workouts and performance. With undated pages for use any time of the year, this diary offers plenty of space for all the objective and subjective performance metrics you might want to track in a smart format that's been carefully designed, tested, and refined by Joe Friel, the top coach in the sport of triathlon. The Triathlete's Training...

It's no secret: most triathletes are weak swimmers. Improving your swim will make you a faster, more confident triathlete, and you'll enjoy your time in the water. Swim Workouts for Triathletes, 2nd Ed. will help you develop real swimming speed. This waterproof book of 75 swim workouts provides the structure, variety, and drills triathletes need to become more efficient and faster swimmers. Each workout is designed around a specific goal--endurance, speed, form, muscular endurance, or anaerob...

Okay, you've finished your first short distance triathlon. Now it's time to up the ante and go further and faster. Paul and Roch are up to the challenge. Longer workouts, balancing work, family and training, adding speed work, recovery and the mental game are all essential when you decide to move up to the Olympic and then half Ironman distance. No one has more training or racing experience than Roch and Paul. They will get you to your target race healthy, happy and ready for more. Guaranteed. S...

This is a unique guide to help young athletes train for, and begin a career in competitive triathlon events. It combines three of the most popular sports in the world - swimming, cycling and running. The Triathlon is an amazing sporting endeavour that involves three of the world's most popular sports - swimming, cycling and running. "Triathlon for Youth" is a unique volume that will help young athletes train for, and begin a competitive career in triathlon. This volume aims to provide young athl...

Swim. Bike. Run. If the combination of those three words gets you excited, then you need Train to Tri: Your First Triathlon. Written by experts with USA Triathlon (USAT), the largest multisport organization in the world, this book provides proven strategies, secrets, and advice to gear up for your first sprint-distance or standard-distance event. This is not another one-size-fits-all program. Train to Tri is designed so you can focus on...

Imagine being able to compete in a triathlon in just three short months! You can, with this all-encompassing, easy-to-use training program! The 12-Week Triathlete gives the most exciting, encouraging, and up-to-date exercise information for the fitness enthusiast. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned triathlete, this book offers a complete program that will help you strengthen, tone-up, and both physically and mentally prepare for the big day. It will appeal to both men and women and includes...

Every triathlete wants to be faster, and most know that adding strength training to their programme will help them get there. In "Strength Training for Triathletes", fitness phenomenon Patrick Hagerman explains how small changes in muscle strength add up to big race results. For triathletes, the benefits of strength training are many, from increased stability in the water and on the bike to a faster metabolism. Stronger muscles can work longer before feeling fatigued, making strength training in...

Internationally recognized psychologist and Ironman triathlete Jim Taylor, Ph.D., and former professional triathlete Terri Schneider give multisport athletes in-depth, yet practical information and skills they can use to master the challenges of the mind while increasing their enjoyment of the sport.