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Joined EzineArticles on Aug 11, 2007 Triathlon Training For Busy Professionals - Can High Intensity Skyrocket Your Triathlon Performance?
Recreation and Sports: Triathlon • Published: October 5, 2009
You're a busy professional...a CEO, physician, lawyer, small business owner, or maybe a full-time working parent. Do you ever feel like you are completely stretched thin with no time for triathlon training? Have you read popular books and articles on triathlon that espouse long-slow-distance training and shun faster workouts? If so, you can appreciate the frustration that many busy triathletes also experience...you just don't have time for it all.
Sprint Triathlon Training - Overcome Procrastination and Move Your Fitness Forward
Recreation and Sports: Triathlon • Published: September 9, 2009
Everyone is familiar with procrastination and faces it on a daily basis. Some people however chronically procrastinate their workouts, especially workouts that call for some intensity. The problem is that as long as there is procrastination, one cannot move forward. In this article, learn how to overcome procrastination and get your fitness moving forward.
Sprint Triathlon Training - Get Race Fit in 4 Hours a Week!
Recreation and Sports: Triathlon • Published: August 31, 2009
Can you achieve your personal best with a sprint triathlon training program that requires only 4 hours a week or less? You may be surprised, but the answer is yes. Many people assume that getting fast requires long hours. This misconception is compounded by popular triathlon literature which states that the majority of your training should be "long slow distance", and that intensity can be potentially harmful to your development.
Sprint Triathlon Training - Improve Your Bicycling Cadence and Get Faster
Recreation and Sports: Triathlon • Published: August 12, 2009
Ultimately your speed on the bike comes down to just two basic components that you can control...your cadence and the gear you are using. I hope that you can understand how training your body to use a higher cadence will help you go faster on the bike leg of your training.
Sprint Triathlon Training - Planning Your First Sprint Triathlon
Recreation and Sports: Triathlon • Published: June 22, 2009
Sprint Triathlon Training Plans are abundantly available online, but it can be frustrating to sort through the many free plans that are available. You can purchase a training plan online as well, but you don't quite know what you are getting until you've already paid for it. This article will cover some basics on how to create your own sprint triathlon training plan.
Sprint Triathlon Training - Does My Sports Background Give Me an Advantage?
Recreation and Sports: Triathlon • Published: June 3, 2009
Most people who begin training for a sprint triathlon have a background in one of the three sports, either swimming, biking or running. If you have a strong background in one of the three, then you have a great head start with your sprint triathlon training.