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Entries in Strength Training (10)

Thursday
Mar222012

Gearing Down: Using Early Season Force to Build Cycling Endurance

How to incorporate big gear efforts and force into your early season cycling workouts to help you build efficiency and endurance for the racing season.

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Monday
Feb062012

Functional Core Strength for Triathletes in 10 Minutes a Day

Functional strength work can help triathletes of all levels overcome muscular imbalances to become stronger, more efficient, and less injury-prone. You can improve your functional core strength in as little as 10 minutes a day with these basic and advanced core workouts. Video tutorial included.

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Tuesday
Dec132011

How To Get Legs Like Lance Armstrong

Of all the sports on the face of the planet, professional cycling produces some of the most impressive legs. But you don’t have to ride a bike for 4-6 hours a day to get those same rock-hard quads, rippling thighs, and powerful, muscular calves. In this article, Ben Greenfield will show you how through a series of workouts for your quads, hamstrings, and calves.

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Tuesday
Mar012011

Functional Training That Gets Results

Many triathletes are hitting the gym these days, but most spend the majority of their workout time building non-functional muscles that rely on hinges and bolts to function properly. That's right - I'm talking about working out on "weight machines".

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Tuesday
Jan112011

Weight Training & Nutrition Periodization For Triathletes

In his newest article for TrainingPeaks, top coach Ben Greenfield talks about why you need to get strategic with your nutrition AND weight training.  Periodization isn't just for "regular" training --- apply that methodology to your diet and time in the weight room and leave your competition in the dust.

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