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Spm073
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Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone had any tips on online
weighttraining guides for triathletes.
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Steve Freides
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Spm073 wrote:
>
> Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone had any tips on online
> weighttraining guides for triathletes.
The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of guidelines.
Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a general strength
routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger overall and perhaps
being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from injury - or whether you
wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be used in one or more of
triathlon's sports.
For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
sport itself.
Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase in
absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some combination of
these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a combination of strength and
size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle and get a little stronger over
the winter and make good use of their increases during the season.
My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this for
the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com, has
more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most folks
can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance is a
cool thing, says me.
Hope that's of some help to you.
-S-
--
http://www.kbnj.com
>
> Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone had any tips on online
> weighttraining guides for triathletes.
The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of guidelines.
Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a general strength
routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger overall and perhaps
being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from injury - or whether you
wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be used in one or more of
triathlon's sports.
For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
sport itself.
Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase in
absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some combination of
these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a combination of strength and
size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle and get a little stronger over
the winter and make good use of their increases during the season.
My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this for
the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com, has
more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most folks
can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance is a
cool thing, says me.
Hope that's of some help to you.
-S-
--
http://www.kbnj.com
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Dr. Harry Johns
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Conflict of interest here? Methinks you're trying to push your balls.
Harry
Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> Spm073 wrote:
> >
> > Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone had any tips on online
> > weighttraining guides for triathletes.
>
> The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of
> guidelines. Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a
> general strength routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger
> overall and perhaps being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from
> injury - or whether you wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be
> used in one or more of triathlon's sports.
>
> For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
> find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
> sport itself.
>
> Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase
> in absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some
> combination of these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a combination
> of strength and size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle and get a
> little stronger over the winter and make good use of their increases during the season.
>
> My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this for
> the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com, has
> more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
> about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
> down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
> isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most folks
> can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance is a
> cool thing, says me.
>
> Hope that's of some help to you.
>
> -S-
Harry
Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> Spm073 wrote:
> >
> > Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone had any tips on online
> > weighttraining guides for triathletes.
>
> The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of
> guidelines. Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a
> general strength routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger
> overall and perhaps being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from
> injury - or whether you wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be
> used in one or more of triathlon's sports.
>
> For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
> find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
> sport itself.
>
> Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase
> in absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some
> combination of these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a combination
> of strength and size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle and get a
> little stronger over the winter and make good use of their increases during the season.
>
> My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this for
> the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com, has
> more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
> about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
> down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
> isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most folks
> can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance is a
> cool thing, says me.
>
> Hope that's of some help to you.
>
> -S-
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Tom G
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my sentiments exactly.
Tom
"Dr. Harry Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Conflict of interest here? Methinks you're trying to push your balls.
>
> Harry
>
> Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Spm073 wrote:
> > >
> > > Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone
had any
> > > tips on online weighttraining guides for triathletes.
> >
> > The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of
> > guidelines. Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a
> > general strength routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger
> > overall and perhaps being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from
> > injury - or whether you wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be
> > used in one or more of triathlon's sports.
> >
> > For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
> > find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
> > sport itself.
> >
> > Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase
> > in absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some
> > combination of these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a
> > combination of strength and size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle
> > and get a little stronger over the winter and make good use of their increases during the
> > season.
> >
> > My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this
> > for the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com,
> > has more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
> > about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
> > down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
> > isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most
> > folks can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance
> > is a cool thing, says me.
> >
> > Hope that's of some help to you.
> >
> > -S-
Tom
"Dr. Harry Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Conflict of interest here? Methinks you're trying to push your balls.
>
> Harry
>
> Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Spm073 wrote:
> > >
> > > Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone
had any
> > > tips on online weighttraining guides for triathletes.
> >
> > The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of
> > guidelines. Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a
> > general strength routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger
> > overall and perhaps being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from
> > injury - or whether you wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be
> > used in one or more of triathlon's sports.
> >
> > For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
> > find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
> > sport itself.
> >
> > Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase
> > in absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some
> > combination of these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a
> > combination of strength and size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle
> > and get a little stronger over the winter and make good use of their increases during the
> > season.
> >
> > My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this
> > for the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com,
> > has more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
> > about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
> > down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
> > isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most
> > folks can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance
> > is a cool thing, says me.
> >
> > Hope that's of some help to you.
> >
> > -S-
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Gordo Byrn
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Tom Henderson
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"Gordo Byrn" <[email protected]> wrote in news:b5ppm4$725$1 @lust.ihug.co.nz:
> You'll find some my ideas on this subject here...
>
> http://www.byrn.org/gtips.htm#f
>
> Good luck,
>
> g
>
>
>
Gordo!
Where you been hiding?
> You'll find some my ideas on this subject here...
>
> http://www.byrn.org/gtips.htm#f
>
> Good luck,
>
> g
>
>
>
Gordo!
Where you been hiding?
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Steve Freides
Guest
"Dr. Harry Johnson" wrote:
>
> Conflict of interest here? Methinks you're trying to push your balls.
I have made my opinions clear; no conflict of interest I'm aware of. I use kettlebells and I do make
a commission if someone buys them from my web site. I do not post that fact in every message but, if
you look at my recent posting to this newsgroup and others when kettlebells have come up, you will
see this "disclaimer" in almost every message.
My apology for not including it here. I will endeavor to include it in every message in the future.
If anyone wishes to see exactly what the commission structure for selling Dragon Door kettlebells
is, this information is freely available on the Dragon Door web site under the "Affiliate Program"
link. For kettlebells, if memory serves, it's about 15%, and I think it's 30% or so for books and
videos. Here's a direct link to that page: http://www.dragondoor.com/finalaffiliates.html.
I do not sell kettlebells for a living nor am I a fitness professional although I am seriously
considering becoming one in the near future. I enjoy helping others, I have trained many of my
friends and answered many private emails on the subject of training with kettlebells for no cost
whatsoever. The commissions I received from the sale of kettlebells and related materials pay for
things like the hosting of the web site and, as of this writing, a little more. One could endlessly
argue precisely how much money I make from these commissions and what I use that money for - I hope
we won't do that here.
Please see the following thread on this newsgroup for more information:
AD: http://www.kbnj.com, Kettlebell Beginners' Web Site
That message was posted a week or so before this one. As I mentioned in that message, I visit this
newsgroup infrequently but am a regular on misc.fitness.weights and a former regular on rec.running.
-S-
--
http://www.kbnj.com
> Harry
>
> Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > Spm073 wrote:
> > >
> > > Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone had any tips on online
> > > weighttraining guides for triathletes.
> >
> > The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of
> > guidelines. Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a
> > general strength routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger
> > overall and perhaps being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from
> > injury - or whether you wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be
> > used in one or more of triathlon's sports.
> >
> > For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
> > find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
> > sport itself.
> >
> > Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase
> > in absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some
> > combination of these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a
> > combination of strength and size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle
> > and get a little stronger over the winter and make good use of their increases during the
> > season.
> >
> > My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this
> > for the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com,
> > has more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
> > about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
> > down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
> > isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most
> > folks can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance
> > is a cool thing, says me.
> >
> > Hope that's of some help to you.
> >
> > -S-
>
> Conflict of interest here? Methinks you're trying to push your balls.
I have made my opinions clear; no conflict of interest I'm aware of. I use kettlebells and I do make
a commission if someone buys them from my web site. I do not post that fact in every message but, if
you look at my recent posting to this newsgroup and others when kettlebells have come up, you will
see this "disclaimer" in almost every message.
My apology for not including it here. I will endeavor to include it in every message in the future.
If anyone wishes to see exactly what the commission structure for selling Dragon Door kettlebells
is, this information is freely available on the Dragon Door web site under the "Affiliate Program"
link. For kettlebells, if memory serves, it's about 15%, and I think it's 30% or so for books and
videos. Here's a direct link to that page: http://www.dragondoor.com/finalaffiliates.html.
I do not sell kettlebells for a living nor am I a fitness professional although I am seriously
considering becoming one in the near future. I enjoy helping others, I have trained many of my
friends and answered many private emails on the subject of training with kettlebells for no cost
whatsoever. The commissions I received from the sale of kettlebells and related materials pay for
things like the hosting of the web site and, as of this writing, a little more. One could endlessly
argue precisely how much money I make from these commissions and what I use that money for - I hope
we won't do that here.
Please see the following thread on this newsgroup for more information:
AD: http://www.kbnj.com, Kettlebell Beginners' Web Site
That message was posted a week or so before this one. As I mentioned in that message, I visit this
newsgroup infrequently but am a regular on misc.fitness.weights and a former regular on rec.running.
-S-
--
http://www.kbnj.com
> Harry
>
> Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > Spm073 wrote:
> > >
> > > Im working on revamping my weight training and was wondering if anyone had any tips on online
> > > weighttraining guides for triathletes.
> >
> > The subject is too broad and the range of opinions too diverse to have any single set of
> > guidelines. Generally speaking, you might start your thinking off by deciding if you wish a
> > general strength routine - on the theory that doing a little lifting will make your stronger
> > overall and perhaps being stronger overall is what you need to race faster and be more free from
> > injury - or whether you wish to design a progrm that specifically targets muscles that will be
> > used in one or more of triathlon's sports.
> >
> > For me, someone who has a bad back and a history of injuries, I prefer the general approach. I
> > find I get all the sport-specific practice I want, need, and have time for by practicing the
> > sport itself.
> >
> > Once you've chosen a direction, you then have to decide whether you want to work for an increase
> > in absolute strength, an increase in muscle size, increased muscular endurance, or some
> > combination of these things. Lots of people in endurance sports find working towards a
> > combination of strength and size in the off-season is a good thing - they put on a little muscle
> > and get a little stronger over the winter and make good use of their increases during the
> > season.
> >
> > My personal prefence is to work for a combined strength/endurance. I use kettlebells for this
> > for the most part and have been very happy with the results. My web site, http://www.kbnj.com,
> > has more information about them. I posted recently in greater detail about my own background and
> > about kettlebells here. I do workouts like swinging a 50 lb. kettlebell over my head and back
> > down again (called a one-armed ******) for 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20 minutes. 50 lbs.
> > isn't a lot by the standards of the iron game but it's more than nothing and more than most
> > folks can do. The movement involves your entire body - nothing is left out. Strength/endurance
> > is a cool thing, says me.
> >
> > Hope that's of some help to you.
> >
> > -S-
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Tribro3
Guest
Here are some articles I've found around the web dealing with weight training and core strength as
it relates to triathletes and training.
http://www.trifuel.com/articles/index.php?PID=8
Also, check out Mark Allen and Julie Moss' book "workouts for working people". There is a
weight training section in the book which covers different specific exercises and how much and
often to lift.
hope these sources help. -tribro
it relates to triathletes and training.
http://www.trifuel.com/articles/index.php?PID=8
Also, check out Mark Allen and Julie Moss' book "workouts for working people". There is a
weight training section in the book which covers different specific exercises and how much and
often to lift.
hope these sources help. -tribro