Training

Making recovery a priority can make you faster than ever.

Ditch the heavy weights and focus on some micro exercises that can deliver huge benefits.

This simple but powerful workout consists of 9 exercises all aimed at building you a stronger and faster running body. You just need a barbell and maybe weight plates.

How well are you cutting the tangents when you race?

The well-respected coach explains his approach to identifying your limiter—and what common limiters are.

These creative spins on Tabletop can help you access your deepest ab muscles, which are essential to building core stability.

Through his over 20 years of coaching, Matt Dixon has identified five common triathlete archetypes that, despite best intentions and total dedication, fall short of realizing individual athletic potential. Could you be making the same mistakes?

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Four pros share their go-to race week workouts, including how to prepare for the session, nail it, and recover well afterwards.

Why you freak out in the week before a race–and how to stop it.

Although a strong single-sport background can provide an edge when getting into triathlon, it can also make for a difficult learning curve.

What might seem natural to some can be a struggle for others. We shed light on the dark art of how to shift bike gears and when.

Unless you're very intentionally paying attention to these elements, you're probably learning bad habits that are contributing to weak glutes.

Sit-ups are one of the least effective ways to strengthen the core.

Road rash from a cycling crash is not an especially deep injury, but it can bleed and is definitely painful.

You've logged endless hours in the water, but now you're ready to test your legs on dry land.

We explore all aspects of peaking and tapering to help you arrive at the start line in your best shape yet.

Knowing how to warm-up for your race can be a key factor in achieving peak performance.

A meta-analysis of research done on interval training and the effect on time trial performance revealed a few key lessons.

Several savvy triathlete multitaskers share their top tips for time efficiency.

Did you start biking during the pandemic or ready to take on a new challenge with your cycling? It's time to try a tri.

Training solo or in a group can bring about very different results—but which is best for you?

We explore three important types of workouts—steady runs, tempo runs, and VO2 max work—and how to properly “feel” the proper pace and effort while doing them.

If you want to take your first leg of triathlon to the next level, you're going to have to do more than log laps.

Get your body and mind ready for racing with this simulation workout.

World Athletics looked into eight years of performance improvements, and some crazy statisticians from Cornell reviewed thousands of web photos — and they have numbers.

It's time to learn how to corner on a bike (without fear!). Get around the bend faster with these pro tips from a world champion cyclist.

When it comes to getting stronger while training for races, focus on mobility and balance.

Coach Matt Dixon explains that it's all too common for triathletes to become stuck in a vortex of dysfunctional training.

It might as well be the official motto of endurance sports: You never know what’s going to happen on race day.

Derided by online analysts as a victim to his own running form, the fleet-footed Matt Hanson is firing back at his heel-striking critics with some advice of his own.

Build bike-specific strength and threshold power - and all in under an hour.

Calm your nerves and ease your return to racing with these tips.

New research suggests hot tubs, not ice baths, might be better for recovery.

Canadian Lionel Sanders broke the tape just ahead of Sam Long in last week’s epic duel at North American 70.3 Championships. We share the inside track to his prep and two of his key workouts.

Successful parent-triathletes share their tricks and tips for making it all work.

The 2016 70.3 world champ shares her go-to race-week bike session.

We dive into all aspects of open-water swimming, including the key skills you need, how to overcome anxiety, and how to find the right wetsuit for you.

This ever-important session is an essential part of run training to get you race-ready.

You can get in a quality distance workout by breaking your swim down into smaller parts.

The situation is fluid, but here's some guidance to help you assess the risk of various exercise situations.

Whether you use heart rate, FTP or both to train, we break down why your numbers go down as your age goes up.

Endurance athletes are at high risk for skin cancer–here’s how to prevent it.


It's been awhile. Be sure to practice these things before your next start line.

Why do we choke? Why doesn’t positive self-talk always work? Why does swearing help us deal with pain?

Sometimes when you reawaken sleepy hamstrings, they can be a little grumpy. Our quick guide to tight hamstrings can help.

This set focuses on pulling to build the proper strength you need to succeed in the open water.

Learn from the mental strategies of triathlon’s experts and pros to reach your own peak performance on race day.

You can find would-be-triathletes all around.

Britain’s Jodie Stimpson secured her first win in five years with an emotional victory in Challenge Miami in March. With the Olympic dream on the backburner, the 32-year-old shares the sessions that have helped her make the switch to non-drafting racing.

It can be one of the most intimidating parts of getting ready for your first triathlon. Clip in like a pro with these tips.

When it comes to any pain that results from swim, bike, or run training, the solution is not to suck it up. Instead, seek professional help and consider one of these unique techniques.

The time after vaccine doses is a good opportunity to celebrate science and practice caution with training.

As the popular fitness service grows exponentially, we break down how to fit Peloton into your everyday triathlete training.

Answer these eight questions to dial in the training program that works for you.

This swim session is all about your race-day goals.

We examine the 10 percent rule, a popular way of increasing mileage every week. Is it really that effective?

This progressive workout will help you build your aerobic fitness and hone your pacing in the water.

What does it mean to be present in the moment—even when the moment is painful?

A pro triathlete offers a fun guide to not taking transition too seriously.

Quicker recovery intervals help runners learn how to better deal with the byproducts of fatigue, along with other performance benefits.

Two relatively new coaching platforms use artificial intelligence to create highly customized multisport training plans, but do either stand up to the tri Turing test?

Triathlon season is approaching so it's time to get race ready!

Starting out in triathlon can seem overwhelming—but here's some key information that'll help give you a headstart.

Torbjørn Sindballe reveals the secrets of a proper peak, which can help you have the race of your life.

Understanding what causes injuries is often the first step to preventing them.

This swim workout blends technical work with some aerobic endurance training.

CBD is rapidly becoming a go-to tool among endurance athletes for its relaxing and restorative properties.

What is plyometric training and how can it benefit you?

Whether you're looking to improve swim, bike, run, or mobility we've got a month's worth of workouts that will help you become a more well-rounded triathlete.

A sports scientist explains why our bodies seem to be working against us at times.

For triathletes, it’s a way to kill two birds with one stone—get to work and get a workout.

Training, racing, fueling, gear, and more—we talk about all the things you need to know when you're first starting out in triathlon.

Being able to change pace in the water and having a variety of speeds at your disposal can really help you make gains.

Late-bloomer triathletes share the lessons they learned and the benefits they gained from starting triathlon later in life.

Can't run? The benefits of aqua-jogging are bigger than you might realize.

With so many of us working from home, the opportunity to fit in a workout at various points of the day is greater than ever. Here's how to use that flexibility to your advantage.

It’s the fourth and final week of our swim month—which means it’s time to repeat the benchmark test!

Runners who stopped their strength training retained the benefits for four weeks, and got faster.

A swim workout designed to work on race day efforts, ideally for the peak phase of training.

Coach Jim Vance gives us a peek into the data behind Ben Kanute’s podium finish.

Learn from the pros so you can hone your race-specific skills before the big day.

The formidable Kiwi has been quietly dominating the middle-distance tri scene in Australasia. Here, the fleet-footed 30-year-old shares two killer run workouts.