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Triathlon Training Schedules: Crucial for Your Success
Triathlon training schedules are very important to the success of the triathlete. Training for this incredibly demanding sport is serious business. The triathlete cannot afford to "just wing it" when it comes to her training. It does no good to face each day with the attitude of "do I feel like training today?" The answer to that question is quite often going to be "no".
Now, this doesn't mean that you're lazy or unmotivated if you wake up and feel that way. It means you're tired and sore because you're pushing yourself way beyond what the average person does as far as daily physical activity. You can also be mentally drained. Make no mistake about it, this is some difficult stuff you're doing. You've got to be mentally prepared every bit as much as physically prepared for the big day, and that takes a toll on your psychology. If you tell yourself that you don't really feel like training today, it could also be a sign of the stress you're placing on your own shoulders. (Triathlon training actually helps you deal with daily stress tremendously better than you may have before; but I'm talking specifically about the pressure you put on yourself to perform and cross that finish line as close to #1 as possible).
This is the first place where the triathlon training schedule comes into play. If you have your schedule mapped out and written out in advance, it takes the emotion out of making decisions about how to approach your training, how far you'll push yourself today, how you'll feed yourself, and anything else relevant to your training and conditioning. It doesn't matter if you "don't feel like it" today; your schedule says you're going to do body weight resistance training, wind sprints, plyometrics, 40 miles on the bike with "brick" training where you come off the bike and run eight miles, and then have a really good stretching session when you're done--so that's what you're going to do!
Now, there's some leeway given here, because the only thing worse than not training is over-training, where you should take a light day because of a slight pull but instead you push extra hard just because it was on the schedule and...suddenly you can't swim a lap or you can barely stand up, let alone run. But with the triathlon training schedule as your guide, you won't taking days off or giving yourself light days just because you're tired or frustrated. You'll have the discipline needed to take yourself to another level.
But the other important aspect of your triathlon training schedule is to prepare yourself to be in peak condition just when you need to be most--the day of the competition. Some triathletes have their entire training schedule mapped out a year in advance of the event! The idea is to work yourself up to your maximum output potential gradually so that you aren't overtraining, burned out, or injured; then making sure you have yourself peaked for the big event; then give yourself sufficient rest time after the competition so you can start preparing properly for the next event. You'll want to work with a coach if you're new to triathlon training so he can help you get on the "perfect" schedule for you.
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