The Complete Book of Triathlon Training: Ironman Triathlon Edition - Softcover

Kleanthous, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782550224 ISBN 13: 9781782550228

Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2013

Synopsis

The Complete Book of Triathlon Training is for all athletes who want to improve in or convert to the fascinating sport of triathlon. It shows among other things how to construct a training program, how to approach a competition and offers an Encyclopedia that covers all aspects of triathlon.

This book shows the triathlete and aspiring triathlete everything they need to know about triathlon, whether a sporting novice or an accomplished athlete in another sport. It tells you how to get started, what equipment to buy, the diet you will need, how to devise a training routine and how to arrange your busy life in order to accommodate it, and then explains how to finish a race, as well as how to recover from it. The Complete Book of Triathlon Training will tell you how to be the best that you can be in triathlon; not necessarily by training harder, but by training smarter.

Every aspect of your life has the potential to affect your mental and physical performance, and you need to take this into account when devising your training in order to avoid both over-training and under-training. Mark Kleanthous system for monitoring training-stress levels which he has been successfully using for many years is unique to him but is revealed in this book. Use it and you can achieve your optimum performance.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Kleanthous has competed in over 1,000 races of all sorts of which 420 were triathlons, including Ironman, double Ironman and triple Ironman events and has achieved British triathlon level 1 and 2 coaching awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1782550224
• ISBN 13: 9781782550228
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 375