Eat your calories, don’t drink them.
 

Weight loss is a game with only one rule: to lose weight, you must consume less than you expend. You already know the rule, but how do you make it work for you over the long haul? To succeed, you must find a way to happily eat fewer calories for the rest of your life. Anything that takes the “happily” out of it is bound to fail, and failure is costly. It erodes your confidence and weakens you sense of power over food.
 

The Problem
Since I have been coaching, there has been no greater obstacle to get around than time. Our lives are so busy; it’s hard to fit everything in; and being a triathlete is making a commitment to not one, not two, but three sports. This is a daunting task for anyone. If you have 10 or more hours a week to train, this article is not for you. But if you are in the group that has 5 or 6 hours to train per week, this is for you.

With the 4th of July here, we'd like to wish everyone a happy and safe weekend. We will be out of the office for the holiday, but will be back next Sunday with new articles!

Brick workouts are an important part of triathlon training. Basically, a brick workout is training for two or more of the disciplines (swim, bike, and/or run) in a given workout, sometimes including transition(s), when applicable, in preparation for a triathlon. The most popular is the bike to run brick. There is also the swim to run; the run to bike to run; or you could even practice all three disciplines.

In “Land Drills for the Swim,” we discussed the importance of addressing the body’s basic movement fundamentals to encourage efficient swim technique. How we move in the water is an extension of how we move, at a more basic level, on land. The same concept applies to cycling, especially when trained as a constituent sport within triathlon: maximizing efficiency on the bike begins with sound movement fundamentals off of the bike.