Coach TJ Tryon

Here’s a great article by Mike Koerner about measuring your swimming efficiency. This is one of the things that I tend to preach about. I like to define efficiency as using less energy to go the same speed, or better yet, going faster with the same amount of effort/energy. Triathletes really understand [...] [...]

The article below does have some commercial content, about a product I have never tried, namely a Fitsense Spedometer, but the concepts in the article are sound, and can be applied with  any brand of GPS or foot pod heart rate watch.

By: Jesse Darley
What is your athletic goal? Do you want to set a marathon PR or [...] [...]

 
Barry continue’s his series about Run Training – The Program (part 3), discussing running volumes and such for different ability levels, as well as how to break up runs to do some technical and speed training. Again, Barry’s insights on th…is are very well thought out. Again, this is to get you thinking of creating [...] [...]

Here’s part 2 of Barry’s article. It really speaks to the importance of having separate tempo and interval workouts. This is something I really emphasize in developing a training program, with a proper amount of 4 types of runs, namely, L…ong Slow Distance, Recovery, Interval and Tempo/Threshold. A proper mix of all these runs is [...] [...]

Here’s a great mini-article by Barry P. about his philosophys of run training. This is a fantastic article, full of great information, and it explains the “why” in this running plans. I’m not saying everyone needs to or should run 6 days a week, but it is a fantastic starting point for designing your own [...] [...]

By Mike Koerner, USA Swimming and ASCA Certified Coach
With the culmination of the triathlon season approaching, this article will review some open-water techniques and provide some proven race tips to help you get through the swim portion of your triathlon. 
If you are a competent pool swimmer, open water should pose no special challenge…except, perhaps, the [...] [...]

I’ve had this topic come up 4 times this week, and it’s had much discussion on a couple internet forums I frequent, as well as at the triathlon last weekend, and my open water swim clinic.  I was looking for some reference, and ran across this great article: http://www.coachtj.com/?page_id=126
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Kpoulsen – 2009-06-24 3:25 PM
Are there other drinks out there with a bit of protein and non-simple sugars? thanks for your help. keith
Coach TJ:  Protein intake during or just before exercise is not necessarily a good thing, and is probably a hinderance to you. Protein in your stomach is harder to digest/absorb than carbs, and [...] [...]

I’ve been away from the PC a bit the last couple of weeks, so there have been no updates, due to a bit of bronchitis I gave myself trying to aspirate a bit of birthday cake.  Doctor thinks it should be gone in the next few days.
 
I got a email newsletter from Dr. Mirkin, and [...] [...]

So, you’ve competed for the last time for the year, taken your rest, and are getting ready to start your winter maintenance plan.  You have goals to build aerobic base this winter, but how does this work?  The basic answer for this is to live your training this winter in HR Zone 2 & 1, [...] [...]