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Everybody has heard the horror stories of triathletes who have a triathlon training schedule that squeezes swimming, cycling, running and gym visits into a week with a full time career and the usual demanding rigors of daily life. And everybody has also heard of those same triathletes who one day wake up and find that this same triathlon training schedule has left them with no family, very few friends, and a suffering career, albeit very nicely shaved and muscular calves. Are you afraid that this might happen to you? Whether you’re an Ironman triathlete or a complete beginner, you may find yourself sucked into the vicious vortex of a triathlon training schedule that results in some pretty serious social and familial implications. But have no fear – you can safely rely on these 5 rules from the Rock Star Triathlete Academy to carry on a successful triathlon training schedule without getting a divorce.
Rule #1: Biomechanical superiority and efficiency is not more important than family. If running with your spouse means you’ll go slower, then exaggerate your heel-to-butt kick and increase your vertical distance from the ground with each step. You’ll experience just as much cardiovascular stimulus, you just won’t have as much mechanical efficiency – allowing you to work hard while running slower. Yes, you’re running slower – but you’re running WITH YOUR SPOUSE. Same goes for baby strollers, whether you’re pushing them or towing them behind your bike. There is no rule that every session in your triathlon training schedule needs perfect, undistracted form.
Rule #2: You can get fit in a living room, while you are watching kids. Even if you can’t make into the pool, your triathlon training schedule can include a warm-up game of hide-and-seek, chase or tag, followed by child-holding crunches, kid-gripping swing squats, overhead youngster presses and vigorous dancing to The Chipmunks can give you a little bit of that cardio and strength cross-over effect.
Rule #3. There is no magic difference between 50 minutes and 60 minutes. That’s right: if you get home from your run with 10 minutes to spare, and you’re thus able to be showered and sitting at the dinner table, it is not going to destroy the triathlon training schedule that said you were supposed to run for 1 hour. Aerobic adaptations will begin to set in after just 20 minutes, and you really aren’t going to get any significant physical adaptations by tacking an extra ten onto your jaunt. Now you just have to get over your mental fear of not having a “perfect hour long” run. It’s OK. After a few repeats, the new time range will feel normal.
Kerry Sullivan & Ben Greenfield are the head coaches at the Rock Star triathlete Academy. For free triathlon training advice from the best coaches and athletes in the world go to http://www.rockstartriathlete.com
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