Friday, April 15, 2016

Tips For Triathletes From A Triathlon Coach

By Jerry West


No one in this world would want an unhealthy body. Of course, everyone wants to be healthy that is why most people do some exercises everyday or every weekends. Exercise is important because it strengthen your muscles and burn the calories that are stored in your body.

Exercise does not only gives us strength and energy, but it also gives us a physically fit body. There are lot of simple exercise which you can do like biking, running, and swimming. But there are other people who do all of these all altogether and they are called triathletes, and they are trained by their triathlon coach in order to achieve all of these.

Triathletes are athletes who enter into competition which forms three parts and those are the biking, swimming and running. Being like this one, you would have to endure a hard training and do a lot of preparation. Here are some method on how to prepare to become your dream of being a triathlete.

Be equipped. You must be prepared before doing all the necessary work out and exercises. You need to have the apparatus and the right suit to wear. This is in order for you to do the drills and the work out properly.

Plot out your training schedule. A right amount of preparation would definitely lead you to where you have always wanted to be. One effective way to have a proper preparation is to plot out your schedule as to when you will be having your training. Be sure that the drills are equally balanced so that you will not end up being good only to one aspect of the race.

Do a solo training. Doing the drills with your buddies is really fun, but sometimes you would have to do it solo. This is in order for you to focus on your weaknesses and overcome them. This would also give you the time to feel at ease and just focus on improving yourself, instead of comparing yourself to your buddy who have done a lot of drills perfectly.

Keep it simple and gradual. Since you are still a beginner, it is enough that you will just do simple trainings. Do not go overboard for this might cause harm in your body. Do the simple drills first and later, if you can already do the simple ones, that is the right time that you should do the complicated drills.

Eat a balanced diet. Of course, since you are doing all the trainings, you need to fuel up and eat. However, you must remember that you should only to eat a balanced and healthy diet. Consult your physical fitness trainer or your coach on what is the appropriate meal for you so that you will be properly guided.

Stay hydrated. Drinking water is very important, especially when you are working out for your triathlon goals. Constant training would leave you constant sweating so always stay hydrated by drinking water often. You can also consider drinking energy drinks and some other drinks who may have electrolytes that can help you boost your energy.




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