Learn how to create your own Triathlon Training Programs more efficiently

We will now get more into the meaty details of creating your very own Triathlon Training Programs. If you haven't read the article about structuring and laying out your Training Plan, please do so now and come back to the Triathlon Training Programs when finished.

Before we start you need to learn one more concept about training and exercising called "cyclic exercising and proper structure of training rhythms". As you already know by now we have to give our body time to recover after we expose it to some training stimulus. This knowledge gives us some incredible intelligence regarding our planning. We can now expand our definition of proper recovery to training cycles.

That means that we increase our performance in waves. You could expose yourself to some heavy training stimulus for 2 or 3 days and and then take one day of. Then you start over again. This is called a microcycle.

On a higher level you structure your training the same way with your weeks. Let's say you do some heavy training for 2 or 3 weeks and then you significantly reduce (but not necessarily stop) the intensity and amplitude of your training (mesocycles).

If you put your scope on a whole year you want to do the same thing: Perform strong for a couple of weeks or month (time of competitions or a training camp) and then you reduce the impact again by following with a phase of relief (e.g. some low intensity units in winter).

This idea is crucial for the whole planning process. Ignoring the cycled structure will lead to injuries and continuously reducing performance. Simplified we could say that we give just ourself a deserved rest after each exercise.

What you do with your aggregated data is this: Take some sheets of paper and make each sheet of paper one week of your training schedule. You should have 7 columns on each paper - one for each day of the week.

Now we get into the fun part. According to your time preferences and your accumulated knowledge of your recovery times you just simply make appointments with yourself. It's like making a date or an agreement with yourself while saying "Yes, I'll be there". Nothing fancy. No science here. Just write down what you would like to do each day of the week and which kind of training method you are going to use. Of course you want to change the events throughout the weeks.

Don't put swimming on each Tuesday and cycling on each Thursday. That will eventually lead to training boredom and burn-outs.

Now, the more Triathlon Training Programs you are going to make, the easier and more familiar the whole process is going to become to you. Just get started with your first one.

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