Quick tip – Training outdoors in the winter Layers (and gloves) are your friend. Working out in the great outdoors can be a lot of fun – even in the winter. In fact, getting outside as much as possible makes the winter pass much more quickly than hunkering down indoors and waiting for it to pass. … Continued
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When Sport Hurts
Above: Leanna Lee/ Credit: Something Else Productions -By Ayesha Rollinson It’s what we do right? We make ourselves hurt. Some of us want to hurt a lot and some of us want to hurt just a little, but as athletes, we all endure pain. We stress ourselves appropriately, progressively and with intervals of rest. This … Continued
Training Through Injury
By Tara Norton Thanks to the inherent variety of our sport, triathletes can often train through injury in at least one of the disciplines. Nonetheless, it’s imperative that you let pain be your guide. It’s crucial that you get to know the difference between “bad pain,” for which you need to stop and readjust or … Continued
Maximizing Your Warm-Up
By Darian Silk Why just doing some cardio doesn’t cut it. It’s now pretty much universally accepted that warming up is an important part of every exercise session. Some of the benefits of warming up include an increase in strength, blood flow, and your body’s ability to extract oxygen from the blood. It also lowers physical resistance … Continued
Mobility Matters Most
-By Ayesha Rollinson “Should I stretch, or should I strengthen?” This is a question I get asked by swimmers multiple times a year. My answer is to focus on mobility—the ability to move or be moved freely and with ease. By working on developing shoulder mobility, you will automatically need to both strengthen and stretch because your aim … Continued
Power Up Your Swim: Strength Work for Triathletes
Many of us are joining the Team Atomica dryland sessions on Zoom, but for those who aren’t, here are Coach Darian’s suggestions for building swim-specific strength. No gym required! Most athletes will swim faster if they develop more strength. However, most triathletes are already taxed with onerous training schedules and lead generally busy lives, so … Continued
Enjoy the Holidays, Skip the Weight Gain
Photo by @element5digital (The following article has been adapted from Coach Ayesha’s article in the December 2019 Newsletter) We may have less of an entourage this holiday season, but many of us are still celebrating within our households. But, indulging in festivities doesn’t have to result in weight gain. With a mindful approach to celebration, … Continued
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Triathletes in Your Life
There is no shortage of gadgets and techie triathlon trends on the market, but coming up with gifts that stand to make a big difference in how triathletes train in a pandemic requires some careful consideration. With less access to the treadmills we may once have taken for granted at our local … Continued
Power Discrepancy Troubleshooting Tips
The thing about training with power is that it’s amazing… until it isn’t. I have never encountered a rider who trains consistently with power who has not had a frustrating experience with power reading discrepancies and inaccuracies at least once. There are now so many options on the market with slick innovations such as Bluetooth … Continued
lululemon Canadian Pro Triathlon Championship
Check out the exciting coverage (and pro athlete interviews) of the lululemon Canadian Pro Triathlon Championship race that took place earlier this month and watch Team Atomica’s Tamara Jewett take the first of her back to back weekend wins. Tamara also won the Old School C3 Half Distance race on September 19, demonstrating that the … Continued