{"id":6641,"date":"2020-11-11T22:07:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T22:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=6641"},"modified":"2020-11-11T22:07:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T22:07:24","slug":"winter-triathlon-training-what-to-concentrate-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=6641","title":{"rendered":"Winter triathlon training: what to concentrate on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><strong>Top tri coach Andy Bullock <strong>shares his top tips for off-season training, and\u00a0<\/strong>says now\u2019s the time to maximise recovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><strong>220: Can you share your top advice for the off-season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >Andy: Maximise recovery. Very little in nature flourishes all year round and this is certainly true for athletes. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >Take your time to relax and let your body unwind from a hard season of racing. Make sure that when you get back to training you do so gradually, incorporating easy sessions and a good recovery routine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p ><strong>What are your favourite swimming drills?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >My favourite drills fit into two areas. The first is to improve body position by doing drills such as kicking on your side and six kick, one stroke, six kick (6-1-6).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >The second is to improve the feeling of catch and propulsion through drills such as sculling.<\/p>\n<p ><strong>What do prioritise for bike training?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >Along with working on an aerobic base through long and sociable steady rides, it\u2019s good to build strength through the winter.<\/p>\n<p >This can be done by increasing the number of hills that you ride up or if you don\u2019t have too many hills, spend a bit more time in the big ring pushing a big gear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >If you do ride up hills, remember to work your descending skills on the way back down too!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p ><strong>How do your running sessions change in winter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >Run sessions can move to spend a little more time working on a weakness, be it technique, strength, endurance or speed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >Running hills is again useful here as they will help you develop a strong technique (focus on running tall with high hips) and also give you a good cardiovascular workout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >For the remainder of the sessions, working at a steady effort to improve aerobic base is good.<\/p>\n<p ><strong>How do you change your approach to nutrition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p >Remember that everything is about balance and that the off-season coincides with Christmas, which can be a time to relax a little.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >Away from this you might want to consider working on getting into good nutritional habits such as reducing the amount of processed sugars in your diet.<\/p>\n<p >Also, make sure your post-training recovery nutrition is optimised, using something like milk or a recovery drink.<\/p>\n<p ><strong>Is there any winter-specific training gear you cannot do without?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >Warm clothing is a must for the UK winter; a warm body functions much better than a cold one!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >On the bike gloves, waterproof overshoes and something to keep your ears warm is a very good start, along with a good windproof jacket. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >For run sessions some good leggings and a base layer that will help keep your upper body warm.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.ifootballshop.com\/liverpool-424.html' title='liverpool mens jersey'>liverpool mens jersey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top tri coach Andy Bullock shares his top tips for off-season training, and\u00a0says now\u2019s the time to maximise recovery. 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Very little in nature flourishes all year round and this is certainly true for athletes. \u00a0 Take your time to relax and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}