Strength Training for Triathletes offers a comprehensive strength
training program for triathlon that will help triathletes build power,
speed, and muscular endurance for faster racing over any race
distance.
Certified USA Triathlon coach and NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year
Patrick Hagerman, EdD, reveals a focused, triathlon-specific strength
training program that will enable triathletes to push harder during
training and on the racecourse when the effort is hardest. Triathletes
who master this progressive strength training program will also become
more resistant to injury, meaning fewer missed workouts.
Strength Training for Triathletes features 75 of the most effective
strength training exercises for triathlon swimming, cycling, and running
plus core strength and general conditioning. Full-color photographs
illustrate each simple exercise, and exercises are grouped so athletes
can focus on their own individual performance limiters. Hagerman
simplifies the science underlying strength training, offering
easy-to-follow guidelines on resistance and reps that will make
triathletes stronger through every phase of the season.
Strength Training for Triathletes develops these abilities in
triathletes:
- More powerful, longer-lasting muscles
- Resistance to fatigue and injury
- Improved body composition with stronger, leaner muscle mass
- Better performance without added bulk
New in this second edition are sample strength training programs for the
most popular triathlon race distances and for each of triathlon's three
sports, full-color photographs showing detailed body positions for each
exercise, several new exercises, new indexes that specify body-weight
exercises and weighted exercises, an exercise log template to track your
goal weights, and a new index to improve usability.
Strength training often separates the top performers in triathlon from
the middle of the pack. Even small improvements in muscle strength can
add up to big race results. Strength Training for Triathletes makes it
simple for triathletes of all levels to get stronger and race faster.
