FB # 84 - Training For the Off-Season
The Endurance Specific Podcast
English - April 03, 2015 04:27 - 43 minutes - 24.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsSports Health & Fitness ironman multisport ultrarunning coaching gravel health interviews performance triathlon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Whilst we don't get much of an off-season here in Australia - mainly because of the continually awesome weather - it is important to take a bit of downtime at certain points throughout the year to allow the body to reset and work on key aspects if your endurance development whilst having a bit of fun. Like most things, there is an art to getting the off-season right. It doesn't need to be all serious and Long course racing driven, and it must be enjoyable, but the off-season can provide some fantastic athletic development.
In Today's Episode We Cover:
Planning for the off-season.
Repeating the recovery process.
Using your time to understand EASY.
Seeking a "mental refresh".
Using non IM specific training to develop your IM racing ability.
Having a plan to come back to racing after downtime.
Pushing your body without proper rest is a killer.
Finding the passion in what you do as an endurance athlete.
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