In a recent podcast call my guest, professional swim coach, Josh Spencer stated: "There are only two ways to get faster in the pool - reduce the drag, and increase propulsion." Increase propulsion to get faster [...]
Last week I asked the question, which comes first, action or motivation? The results of the poll show that most people feel that motivation comes before action. I totally get that this is an ‘it [...]
Intensity versus consistency in training, which is more important? The #1 rule for becoming a better athlete is consistency. Hands down!! Nothing else comes close. Champions in all walks of life are built from many [...]
Two weeks ago we published episode 200 of the High Performance Human podcast. I thought it would be fun to look back at those conversations and see if I could pick out some key lessons. [...]
As we emerged from lockdown I started writing swim sets with 25 & 50m reps on the basis that short intervals could lead to big improvements in your swim fitness. Let's talk about the reasoning [...]
On April 12th (hopefully) we will all be able to get back into the pool and resume our ‘full’ triathlon training programmes. The time will go quickly, and there’s plenty that you can do to [...]
Rewind 30 plus years to the late 80’s. September 1987 to be precise. That’s when I started my triathlon journey. After my first event I was hooked, and determined to train hard for a bright [...]
10 days ago I attended the Training Peaks Endurance Coaching Summit in Boulder, Colorado. As usual they had some excellent speakers and below are some of the gems of information that I picked up. [...]
Imagine training for months, maybe years, with the goal of finishing an Ironman triathlon and then after swimming 3.8km, cycling 180km, and running 42km you miss the cut off by 56 seconds. Would you be [...]
In the last 25 years, I’ve probably coached and worked with around 50 athletes who have qualified to race at Hawaii Ironman World Championships. Whilst each of these athletes have followed a slightly different path [...]
