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Wayne Goldsmith, coach with a long experience with the Australian team triathlon, able to observe directly some of the most common errors committed by athletes.

According to this expert in sports training, sometimes the illusion, the great motivation and inexperience get in the logic of triathlon training and the risk of injury multiplies, so here are details the more common errors:

1. Rapidly increasing training volume. You try to increase the training load of a 2-3% per week and every four weeks you should have a week of rest and recuperation

2. Ignore stretching and injury prevention. Take some time to develop flexibility in the joints and keys develop abdominal strength and lumbar spine, this will help you better support the training and prevent many injuries. Read the rest of this entry »

To begin preparing for the 42km, you must meet three basic conditions

if you do a marathon runner or not you are nothing. This leads to much
people to participate in marathons but not yet ready.

The most logical is to go gradually increasing your goals, from 5 to racing 10 km the half-marathon and once completed a couple of tests 21 km dare already proof queen.

But how to know if I’m ready to run a marathon. Before starting the training (Which must be four months), you must meet three conditions:

1. Bring at least six months running

2. Train at least 3 times a week, every week

3. Being able to complete 60 minutes of running without stopping to walk without you assume a super-effort.

So important is coaching swimming, cycling and running, and the transitions, so we’ll give some tips to train them and you’re the fastest in changing from one sport to another.

Think of the effort and dedication it requires, for example, lower your mark in a 1500 in the pool. If those precious seconds, then lose in the transition, all your effort have been in vain, for not working the aspects involved in implementing a good transition. There are two types of transitions (T1 and T2) and let them explain in this article as train them in technical and physiological: Read the rest of this entry »

Try to follow a varied diet to ensure good nutrition for triathlon

It is a common error in triathletes to only eat carbohydrates and some protein and the same food every day as pasta, rice, snack bars and energy drinks and do not change the menu or try other foods because they think that by following this diet are doing the right thing , but there is a good diet if eaten every day a little bit of everything, and you get to know well what your body needs to live and train every day. Read the rest of this entry »

For many people make is in the running series that the equations in mathematics for children.

As surely as without sets or changes of pace (the work to improve aerobic power) comes a moment longer and is not improve without a baseline of aerobic work can not make or a series.

The first is to run at least an hour without problems (70-80% of your maximum heart rate, let you can run 60 minutes talking non-stop with a partner without that crackled the voice). Read the rest of this entry »

Triathlon is a sport that combines swimming, cycling and running.

You do not have to be a “Super Woman“, or train the three sports per day, the distances involved are very affordable even to all women. With a little training in your spare time you can enjoy this sport that you end up hooking, because it brings together three sports in one and, furthermore, the festive atmosphere of the triathlon will take you to try one after another.
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The coordination between the arms and coordinating arms with breathing, are the most common mistakes.

Below we detail the errors and possible solutions:

The coordination of the arms: The arms should move in an alternative and complete in every movement. Common error is called stalemate in which both arms are practically directed forward. This causes a great loss of speed that could only be supplied by a potent action of the legs. If your case is not seeking exercise of swimming with one arm or half cycles of stroke with stops in which one arm must be placed front and one behind. Also swam with one arm is another exercise highly recommended. Work these techniques during the long series by placing them every so often. That will help set the proper habit. Read the rest of this entry »

Position depends on the resistance that water offers to the advancement of our body but also the ability to successfully execute all the actions of this style.

We will focus on three actions that influence the position of the body:

* Alignment of our bodies we must correct the possible alterations. Working with dry media such as fitball can give us an idea of what we perceive or what position we put ourselves to the hip or rock is not sunk continuously, resulting in a twisting motion and a minimum efficiency in the arm action. First of all we should get the maximum body alignment, since it is one of the most efforts to improve outcome from the start. As correct it slightly increases your swimming speed and even some of the errors disappear previously unsuccessfully tried to deal with related to arm movement or breathing. Read the rest of this entry »

This is already an important step because we come from less than one-compete hour. A lot of people took to the adventure of a marathon without go through 21 km And instead we recommend that you wait a little of 42’195 km and first spend some time training the media. Read the rest of this entry »

Stretching is crucial to maintain and improve your flexibility. If you’re flexible lesion less and avoid back pain and many injuries also will help you improve your marks quite quickly. Read the rest of this entry »