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Triathlon – why swimming, cycling and running training is not enough
Triathlon may be the ultimate test of cardiovascular endurance, but according to Nick Grantham, triathletes who neglect musculoskeletal strength and flexibility will never fulfil their true potential
Glycerol - can it help athletes stay hydrated?
Glycerol - how does it work and are there any downsides?
Strength Training for Endurance Athletes
Endurance Strength Training - Optimising muscle mass
Strength Training Program Part 1: Competition Preparation
The best Weight Training Exercises to prepare for competition
Pilates for Running with Caroline Sandry
In this video TV presenter, personal trainer and Pilates expert Caroline Sandry takes you through a number of Pilates exercises that are of specific benefit to runners.
The Seated Good Morning
The seated good morning is another variation of the standing version of this low back exercise.
The Single Arm Low Cable Row
The single arm low cable pull unilaterally strengthens the upper back while at the same time improving your ability to move weight with one arm.
Triathlon Nutritional Information
Why Triathletes Don't Need Extra Sodium
Cycling Training improves sports performance
Can bike training improve the performance of non-cycling athletes?
Supplements: Glucosamine
Does glucosamine really work?
Time Efficient Running - run less to run faster?
Running efficiency training ideas
Allergic rhinitis in endurance athletes
Allergic rhinitis in endurance athletes
Hiigh sodium drinks
High Sodium Drinks: Sodium, plasma and performance
how to train triathlon
How To Train For A Triathlon : Your complete strength and conditioning programme
triathlon swim
Triathlon Swim: Swim slower for faster triathlon times
agility
Agility: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: sport-specific drills for boosting agility
drugs in sport
Drugs in sport: From EPO to gene doping: Ron Maughan on the ceaseless quest for the undetectable magic bullet and the sterling efforts of the 'good guys' to stay ahead of the game
distance runners
Distance runners: Running is a poor man's sport: Bruce Tulloh on the inexorable decline in Northern European endurance running
osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis: What happens when you hang up your sports kit - for good?
sports science articles
The Peak Performance index of back issues
vitamin e
Vitamin E: Vitamin E and immunity
Triathlon Swimming Techniques
Triathlon swimming techniques - Drafting for triathlon swimmers
Triathlon: Cycling Training
Why triathletes need to worry about their cycling cadence.
Pentathlon: an interview with sports star Steph Cook
Steph Cook: the rower who became a shooter, fencer, swimmer, horse rider, runner and gold medalist
Coffee
Coffee to go: how caffeine may shave seconds off your time
Triathletes
Triathletes should drink less to prevent hyponatraemia
Distance events
Distance Events: The risks of going long: when the super-fit endurance athlete turns into the heart attack victim
Clothing
Clothing: Technical clothing offers limited benefits
carbohydrate loading research
carbohydrate loading Research: A revolutionary new way to slam 20 per cent more glycogen into your muscles.
Mental fatigue
Mental Fatigue: When your brain tells you to stop going, here's how to tell it to shut up.
Vitamin E
Can Vitamin E (a-tocopherol) supplementation boost the performances of endurance athletes? Some sports nutritionists think that it might.
Swimmers - Is fatter faster?
Swimmers - Is Fatter Faster?
Building bone-mass
Building Bone-mass: Hoping to build bone mass? Try squash and weight lifting!
Shin splints 1
Shin splints: These exercises will help to strengthen your lower legs, and prevent or repair shin splint problems
Triathlon
Triathlon: To boost your overall performance, you should focus on the crucial bike-run transition
Ironman Triathlon
Ironman triathlon: how to determine the optimum intensity
Marathon carbohydrates
Marathon Carbohydrates: Which works best before and during a marathon: carbs in liquid or solid form?
creatine facts
Creatine facts: The latest research results are all good - and don't believe the rumour that it causes cramp.
athletes diet
Athletes Diet: The triathletes who ate nearly twice as much, yet gained no weight, and improved their performance times by 8 per cent.
rowing machine training
Rowing Machine Training: Our veteran rower moves into the third stage of his record-breaking programme.
Sports nutritional supplements survey
Sports Nutritional Supplements Survey: what the nutrition experts take
Fat as fuel
Fat As Fuel: What value are medium-chain triglycerides as an energy source for endurance athletes?
Anxiety and sport
Anxiety and sport: If you want to get rid of anxiety, go out and run for 10 hours.
Personal experience: longevity
" I am now running, at 59, the sort of times I was running as a 19-year-old National Serviceman" .
Cross Training: A Triathlon Training Schedule
It can stop you getting injured and, who knows, might even help you to win
Cross training
Cross Training: Triathletes are right to combine cycling and running in the same training session
Triathlon training
Triathlon training: To boost your overall performance, you should focus on the crucial bike-run transition
Triathlon Clothing: the benefits of wearing a wetsuit
Triathletes - why a wetsuit will improve your swimming leg
Triathlon Clothing: the benefits of wearing a wetsuit
Triathletes - why a wetsuit will improve your swimming leg
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