Triathlon Training For Dummies by Deirdre Pitney, Donna Dourney

By Deirdre Pitney, Donna Dourney

This publication was once a superb guidance for my first triathlon. It gave me all of the details wanted at the a number of equipment and coaching required. I owe a wide a part of my luck in my first tri to this ebook and that i hugely suggest it! when you are pondering approximately this enjoyable and hard recreation, get this ebook and provides it a test!

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Strengthening and stretching your limits Training with weights can help you to build stronger muscles, and the power from your pumped muscles can improve your overall triathlon performance and reduce your risk of injury. Don’t worry — you don’t need to spend hours in a gym. Performing two exercises, twice a week, for each of your major muscle groups — chest, back, biceps, triceps, core, hamstrings, and quadriceps — can yield dividends. Treat your working muscles right with some gentle stretches, too.

You can find Jammers for around $45. Traditional racing suits, or bikini briefs, are also an option. You’ll find briefs in the $25 to $35 price range. If you normally take to the surf in your favorite board shorts, test a bathing suit with a slimmer fit for a more efficient swim. Baggy suits slow you down — after a while, swimming laps in board shorts can begin to feel as if you’re dragging a piano behind you. Chapter 3: Gearing Up with the Right Equipment Triathlon suits: Traditional versus multi-sport After you have your suit for training, it’s time to consider what you’ll wear at the event.

Then you have to take it off — quickly. What time you gain in the water, you may lose in your transition times. Wetsuits can be expensive, too, running anywhere from $200 to $600. Surf wetsuits can be less expensive but are designed for warmth not buoyancy, so what you gain in costs savings you lose in energy savings. Surf suits are designed to accommodate a paddling motion, not an efficient stroke, and the surf-suit material is tougher to hold up to friction on the board, reducing your smoothness and increasing risk of chafing.

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