It covers the last two weeks before your Ironman and will help you stay calm on your way to the event. View the Ironman Taper Training Plan. Get the latest triathlon news and gear reviews straight to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter. Ironman Triathlon Training Plans 18th March Whether you're trying to lose weight or want a nutritional breakdown of your daily food consumption, the MyFitnessPal app is a must for triathletes wanting to take their nutrition to the next level.
The database included in the app has thousands of meals to choose from, but you can also input specific ingredients from recipes or scan packaging barcodes to upload what you eat.
Strava segments are a lot of fun and a great way to compete against others out on the road. Extra motivation aside, Strava is a must when cycling or running for its ability to receive data from power meters, HRMs, head units, wearables or GPS devices, keeping track of just about any performance metric you can think of all in one place.
Add in social networking and the ability for loved ones to track your workout live when you're away from home, and you've got an endurance app you shouldn't be without. If you don't want to spend a bunch of extra money on a GPS running watch or a cycling computer, the Wahoo Fitness app can provide you with much of the same information without the extra cost.
Audio announcements are also an option to give you live feedback and help you stay on track during workouts. It can even be used with the Wahoo Kickr indoor cycling trainer to adjust resistance levels and control the simulation modes.
Busy schedules and traveling for work can make it tough to get a quick swim workout in when you're away from home. To solve the problem, the Swim Radar app will provide you with info on the nearest pools in your area—no matter where you are in the world. You can even use its sorting feature to find yard, meter or the best open water swim locations to suit your individual needs. When used in conjunction with Google Maps, the app will even provide you with step-by-step driving directions to make squeezing a swim in as easy as possible.
Understanding the stress of your training load and when you're properly recovered for your next workout is a crucial element to any training plan. To help you out with the basics of heart rate variability, the Elite HRV app uses heart rate data to provide live biofeedback to determine how your body is responding to training.
Over a period of time, the app will help you determine if you're overtraining, right on track or not progressing as you should, which will help you alter your workouts as needed. Twitter Icon. Hal Higdon Free, with paid interactive versions available Legendary coach and longtime author Hal Higdon developed these extremely straightforward, beginner-friendly, eight-week plans for sprint-distance triathlons.
Read this next. By: Triathlete Editors. By: Frederick Dreier. Lessons Learned from My Impulsive Triathlon. These following plans have 'Printer Friendly' screens.
No reason not to print one out today and get started! Links will take you to the plan descriptions and details. Many distances will have several different plans to choose from depending on the athlete. They are just that. Plan descriptions and a printer-friendly view to start your training today.
The free plans below do not include specific workouts as beginners just need to focus on building endurance safely at slower pace. If you do the minutes, you will cross the finish line comfortably.
These are the plans that started the site and serve as the foundation. I did my first triathlon with these plans-so did my mother at age 59! This monthly series is an excellent program for the overweight or those not comfortable with running as it starts out with two months of biking and strength training, followed by swimming then by running.
The end of the program will allow you to complete a sprint-level triathlon. Start month one and follow along as the program progresses. Have no endurance base? A newbie in the truest sense of the word?
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