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Coaches Top Tip
- Try hard or perform well? Which is preferred for your brain surgeon? It's the same for athletes. Train for performance, not effort.
- In the spring you may begin to feel bullet-proof. Resist the temptation to leap tall buildings. Patience!
- The harder your hard workouts, the easier your easy ones.
- Want to be excellent? Everyone has the desire to excel; few have the will to make it happen.
- You can't make a tired muscle stronger. You can only improve its endurance.
- Being 100% healthy is more important than being 100% fit. Don't force it in the early stages of injury or illness. Back off.
- For the experienced athlete, intensity, not volume, is the key.
- I discover who I am when I race.
- Training your muscles is much more important than training your heart.
- Training is science. Racing is art.
- True champions win, but they also know how to lose.
- Swimmers, golfers and tennis players practice skills daily. Too many runners and cyclists just run and ride.
- Everyone has the will to win. It's the will to work that makes winners.
- The closer to your A-priority race the less important volume becomes and the more important intensity & duration become.
- Focus on the process, not the outcome.
- The 2 main elements of recovery are sleep and nutrition. Neglect either and recovery is prolonged.
- Whether you're a pro or novice, only 3 things can be changed in workouts: frequency (how often), intensity (how hard), duration (how long).
- When you come into top form you experience physical changes that border on astonishing.
- Do you accept setbacks as steps on the way to success or as signs you simply can't do it?
- Discipline: how important to you are nutrition, sleep, periodization, goal setting, sport skills, attitude, health, strength?
- What does it take to be mentally tough for sport? Dedication. Discipline. Confidence. Perseverance.
- The most common mistake athletes make? Not enough rest. Rest is when fitness happens.
- No dreams, no goals and no priorities means permanent mediocrity.
- The bigger your athletic goals, the more your lifestyle must be focused on achieving them.
- Most athletes don't get how important movement economy is. Most would go faster from improved economy than from improved VO2max.
- As you approach race day your training should become more like the race. This is the foundation of periodization.
- The common denominator for all of the best athletes I have known is a 'can-do' attitude.
- Four words are the keys to success for top performers: Just a little more.
- Good athletes don't become good by training randomly. You need a plan to achieve your goals and purpose for each workout.
- Do the least amount of most specific training at appropriate times that produces the desired results. All else is overtraining.
- I see many goals that are actually wishes - vague desires for grand achievements that are poorly defined. Clarity is needed for success.
- Recovery is just as important as a hard workout. Train hard. Rest harder.
- Racing is how I find out who I am, what my limits are, and how I can overcome them.
- Best way to improve running? Frequency. Most common cause of running injuries? Frequency.
- A hard workout only creates the potential for fitness. It's realized when you allow for recovery.
- Peak athletic success takes months and years, not hours and days. Be patient and train consistently.
- High frequency improves sport skill efficiency. High duration does the opposite.
- Consistent and moderate training are the keys to success in endurance sport.
- To run or climb faster remove excess weight, increase muscular power, or, preferably, both. It's hard to be fast dragging an anchor.
- 1 pound of excess fat costs roughly 1.5 watts on a climb and 2 seconds per mile when running a 10k.
- The fastest way to raise your VO2max is to lose excess weight.
- If you haven't changed your mind on how you train in 2 years, check your pulse. You may be dead.
- In order to find your limits, it is sometimes necessary to exceed them. But rarely.
News : Triathlon Master Class with Elite Coach Darren Smith, London, AUG 11th/12th
Triathlon Master Class with Elite Coach Darren Smith, AUG 11th/12th
If you didn’t manage to get tickets to the Olympics fear not. Tri Dynamic has just announced an exciting new UK event with Aussie Super Coach Darren Smith who will have a record 6 athletes from his current squad competing in the Triathlon at the London Olympics. The events will take place at Hampton Outdoor Pool and St Mary’s University College, Twickenham just a few days after the Olympic Triathlon events. If you are an aspiring Age Group triathlete this is a unique opportunity to spend a day receiving coaching and analysis from one of the top triathlon coaches in the world.
This once in a lifetime opportunity in AUG will enable you spend a day being treated like one of the pro triathletes in Darren’s famous ‘D squad,’ which includes ITU superstars Lisa Norden, Sarah Groff, Anne Haug, Kate Roberts, Vicky Holland and Bart Aernouts who recently came 2nd at Ironman Switzerland 70.3 and debuted in 8.18 at IM Melbourne in April. Darren Smith splits his time between Davos, Switzerland, Canberra, Australia and Sedona, Arizona with his squad who have racked up ITU podiums all over the World. This event is perfect for motivated individuals who value learning from the best to improve their triathlon performance.
There will be 2 x 1 day clinics to choose from, each day will be strictly limited to 10 places to ensure athletes receive a high level of individual coaching and advice from world class coach Darren Smith. The events will take place on SAT 11th and SUN 12th AUG just a few days after the drama of the Women’s Tri on the 4th and the Men’s event on the 7th August. There will be a dual focus each day, with Darren Smith concentrating on swim and run skills with classroom, practical and video analysis components, just like he does with his pro athletes. Darren Smith is well known for taking in relative non swimmers and turning them into front pack athletes, as was the case with Swedish Olympian and 2010 World Sprint Champion Lisa Norden, who last season won the prestigious Hy-Vee Triathlon Des Moines, Los Angeles Triathlon and the Toyota US Open Dallas Triathlon.
The swim component of the clinic will be based at Hampton Pool’s magnificent outdoor 36m heated pool with classroom sessions and video analysis taking place in the poolside studio. The run component will take place at nearby St Mary’s University College in Twickenham utilising the athletics track where several Team GB stars including Mo Farah have trained. There will also be a classroom session to go over the videos and then back on to the track to apply new techniques.
Each participating athlete will receive pre and post-event reading materials and preparation work from Darren Smith to enable them to hit the ground running and to get the most out of the day’s coaching. So the earlier you book the better. After the event you will be sent all your videos from the day so you have a record of your progression. You will have the chance to ask Darren any questions you like on training, racing and learn from his expert knowledge throughout these unique days.
For more info and to book your place today visit www.tridynamic.co.uk. There are only 10 spaces each day so early booking is recommended to avoid missing this amazing opportunity.