I’ve started these threads primarily as therapy/support for anyone subjecting themself to the Full or Half distance training plans! Please do post anything you want, getting through the plans and to the start line is not easy, and I know I’ll need some group therapy to keep me going and others prob…

Im echoing what others are saying, it doesn’t seem that strength is your limiter, it’s probably your technique. Better technique will automatically lead to less fatigue during your swim sets and bring down Times overall. The thing with strength training is that it will get you to the pool with more …

I am assuming you’re new to tri. If so then just follow the builder guide. For you the base is of more benefit.

not exactly new… been in the sport since 2013… 1st half iron distance in 2014. This half iron in July would be my 10th race in that distance… just starting to properly train with power… hoping to be able to improve further… before this it was all RPE…

[image] djbwhizz: starting to properly train with power Yeah, I’d echo @Alen ‘s advice Base in TR isn’t really what we traditionally think of as base. You might assume that your general training fitness means you don’t need to do a Base plan, but it’s generally untrue. As you’re new to stru…

Does anyone use headphones in the pool? I am thinking about investing in one seeing as I find swimming such a chore especially the long steady state stuff

[image] djbwhizz: there similar ones for this guidance for 70.3 races? [image]

Hey @JoeX Been doing a bit of drop in’s in the thread and haven’t given an update. Been focusing on volume this season, so this last block I did 9k, 8k, and this week will also be 8k in the pool, hoping to get to where I can get in 2-3 10k weeks as the final build up to my A race and that swim is o…

That’s an interesting approach, let us know how it pans out over the weeks :+1:

[image] Simo429: Does anyone use headphones in the pool? I am thinking about investing in one seeing as I find swimming such a chore especially the long steady state stuff The only easy swim I have is the 400 warmup. After that I’m always focusing on some thing or grasping for every oxygen mo…

Swimming for a non-swimmer like myself is always a struggle between fitness work and technical work. Its kind of a ying and yang. Opposites but can only be understood when coupled. Better technique and you can get away with less fitness, better fitness and you can get away with worse technique. If…

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