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Category Archives: Triathlon
Heart Rate Training – Part 1.
Your heart rate is an insight as to what is happening in your body. A low resting heart rate indicates fitness, a higher than normal resting heart rate can indicate that there is something wrong with you physically. Training with … Continue reading
Posted in Injury File, Running, Triathlon
Tagged fat, glycogen, heart, heart rate, injury., training
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My Top 10 Swimming Tips.
We have a saying in our swim squad, and it goes like this, “If you fight the water, you will lose”. Swimming is all about grace, efficiency and glide. Here are some tips to get you going: 1. Stretch your … Continue reading
Posted in Swimming., Triathlon
Tagged freestyle, open water swimming, Swim, swim squad, triathlon
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Understanding Heart Rate Zones.
I would encourage people training for a specific event to incorporate heart rate based training into their regime. Without it, your training will tend to become one dimensional, you may train at a similar speed each run and never actually … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition, SBR Sport Triathlon Club, Swimming., Triathlon
Tagged aerobic, anaerobic, heart rate, mhr, training, zones
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Cervelo 2015 Time Trial Bike Range.
The new 2015 Cervelo range is landing shortly. Here are some of the details with regard to their Time Trial bike range. P5 – Expect to pay over R 100k for this for standard shifters, and over 125k for Di2. … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 Bikes, Cycling & Bike Setup., Product Review, Triathlon
Tagged cervelo, HED, Mavic Cosmic Elite, p2, p3, p5, setup, time trail bike, triathlon
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Know your Muscles – Quadriceps.
If you are seated, look down at your legs, and you will be looking at your quadriceps or quads. Your quads are responsible for extending your lower leg forward. Of the four quads, three of them find their origin on … Continue reading
How to prevent overtraining.
How to prevent overtraining. Read the previous article so that you are better able to recognise the symptoms involved. https://sbrsport.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/signs-of-over-training/ Keep a training diary. In your diary, you can record details such as your resting heart rate when you wake up … Continue reading
Posted in Injury File, Nutrition, Running, Triathlon, Trigger Points & Massage
Tagged carbs, diary, massage, overtraining, stretch, training diary
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The week before your big event.
With just one week before your big race, it is time to do a number of things that will enhance race day. You will now be scaling back on both distance and intensity of training. That means that your body … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling & Bike Setup., Running, Swimming., Triathlon, Trigger Points & Massage
Tagged coffee, massage, nutrition, racing, water
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Training and racing in hot weather.
It’s summer time and to make matters more interesting, roughly 3000 athletes are getting ready to race Ironman 70.3 in Buffalo City. Unless the weather is exceptionally kind, you will most probably find yourself running in the heat toward midday. … Continue reading
Posted in Injury File, Product Review, Triathlon
Tagged heat, Running, salt, summer, sunscreen, triathlon
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Open Water Swimming.
So, you are getting ready for your first open water swim. Your swim will either take place as a unique swim event, or as the first part of a triathlon. You are in for a few challenges. The good thing … Continue reading
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