Strength Training

Increase your swim strength with this simple-to-execute routine.

Strength work is a valuable part of your training regimen both as a way to improve power output and for preventing injuries.

This strength session is focused on endurance, with lower intensity exercises and short rest.

Weight training has amazing endurance benefits, but we tend to skip it anyway. Here's how to get motivated the next time you’re feeling lazy.

These static exercises target key muscles and prepare you safely for dynamic, explosive moves, and better running.

When you're an endurance athlete, any imbalance is exaggerated because it takes place over hundreds of hours.

Fix and treat the imbalances that are causing you neck pain or mobility issues.

This exercise engages your entire core.

Ready to test the weight room waters? Here's a great routine for getting started.

Struggling to fit strength work into your plan? Do this quick and easy circuit, which uses only an exercise ball.

The deadlift is an effective exercise that won't disrupt your training.

Lifting heavy weights to improve endurance performance might seem counterintuitive, but it can benefit distance athletes more than you might think.

On the road again? Try these four quick-and-easy workouts next time you’re forced inside.

Counteract the effects of indoor training with this mobility, stability, and strength routine.

Use these super-simple dynamic pre-workout drills to get more out of your body.

The single leg dead lift balances and strengthens your hip muscles, the ones that generate the most power when riding.

A small amount of strength and mobilization work can reduce your risk of injury—and increase speed.

In as little as 10–15 minutes, three to four times a week, you can become a stronger, more balanced athlete.

The quadriceps, hamstrings, and gluteals, can be strengthened with one important exercise: the weighted lunge.

There are many benefits to off-the-bike strength work.

This tough exercise will get your butt in shape.

Five key moves to build posterior power

Use this mixture of hill running and simple body-weight movements to build incredible up- and downhill strength.

Pistol squats help a runner identify leg imbalances and work on improving these imbalances by training the legs separately.

Strength training is key to help you avoid injury and get more power out of every move you make.

The high-intensity studio workout has exploded in the past few years.

This strength routine can easily be added to even the busiest triathlon training regimen.

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Use this simple, but difficult, strength set to gain super power on the bike—no weights needed!

This one simple tool can help you create an efficient and effective strength training session.

Despite its benefits, some athletes are reluctant to begin strength training.

While strong legs are important, a toned upper body can improve your running more than you might think.

We have to balance swim, bike, and run with the other chaos of life, so it's easy to neglect or completely ignore strength training.

Repeat this with us: Strength training does not always mean weight training.

Box jumps are an excellent plyometric exercise for building explosive muscular strength in the hamstrings, glutes and quads.

Stretch cords are a versatile, underrated tool to use for developing strength and technique in the water.

A little bit of creativity and your own body weight can help you maintain fitness and build strength without needing to go anywhere.

Burn off those excess holiday calories and jumpstart your unused muscles with this unique bike/run/weight brick.

If you spend most of your day sitting, you can pretty much guarantee your posterior strength leaves something to be desired.

A well-designed strength training program can dramatically improve your performance all season.

“You’re engaging your calves, quads and glutes."

Squats, single-leg squats, tree pose, single-leg deadlifts, dumbbell curls, and kickbacks all become infinitely more challenging when using a balance board.

Think your best fitness is in the past? Think again.

Resistance bands are among the easiest and cheapest ways to get in a strength workout.

It takes more than just talent and good swim/bike/run workouts to make a world champion.

"Triathletes are now hitting the gym to not only reduce their injury risk, but to also improve their performance.”

Pedal stance bent row corrects all of the slouching you do while riding while improving your leg strength.

Dumbbell windmills improve your cornering by increasing your hip mobility and ability to balance with your weight shifted to one leg.

Dand push-ups strengthen your upper body, while also loosening your tightest areas.

These exercises targeting the lateral muscles in the hips, which, when inefficiently trained can lead to knee and hip pain.

Boost your power with this strength workout from San Diego’s Rehab United co-owner Bryan Hill.

What exactly is functional training and why is it a great option for triathletes?

Whether you’re at a hotel, Airbnb or even a campsite, here are five exercises you can do to tune up your tri muscles.

The goal of this gym session is basic mobility, core strength and preparation strength for the coming training phases.

These five simple, classic movements will improve performance and reduce the chance of injury.

And what you should do instead.

Just one hour a week of supplemental training could make a huge difference in your overall performance.

Offset the imbalances and weaknesses caused by indoor cycling with these 10 exercises.

Avoid the weight room with this quad-blasting hill workout.

If you're looking for something new to try this winter, you’d be hard-pressed to do better than Tabata training.

The latest research says there’s no best way to nail strength training. The important thing is that you're doing it.

Test your limits with six rounds of this fast and furious session.

While it might be counterproductive to focus on strength training during the season, neglecting it entirely would be a mistake as well.

A few twists to common exercises can make a huge difference.

Don't have the time for an elaborate weight session at the gym? Try this short but effective TRX workout.

A key thing triathletes need to learn is to “train movements, not muscles.”

One study tries to answer the question that endurance athletes always ask.

Strength training is an essential part of a year-round training plan for all athletes.

Four shoulder exercises aimed at preventing injury and improving your swim stroke.

Strength training, especially during the off-season, is key to becoming a better cyclist.