good triathlon books
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relavity new to this triathlon business and was wondering if anyone could recommend some good books for training tips/advice. i am entered into blenheim (sprint) & london (olympic) and have been following my own training routine since xmas but feel like some quality advice from experts would be very useful. all comments welcome. thanks.
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I have to say I don't read alot of tri books, but of what I have read I would reccommend "The Triathletes Training Bible" by Joe Friel; for a non tri specific but excellent book on training and conditioning "SERIOUS Training for Endurance Athletes" by Rob Sleamaker and Ray Browning.
David.
Nb: A swimming buddy may help to make sure that you are "assuming the position."
http://sweat365.com/library/articles/sports-specific/triathlon/total-immersion-1/
total immersion. what do you think?
Basically I spent the thick end of a year with the TI book, and felt I was going nowhere. I could swim front crawl, but only for about 100m before I turned blue and sank![:-]
After only 45 minutes with an instructor, the bigger flaws with my stroke had been corrected (and I could swim until I got bored), and unless someone had pointed these out to me, they'd have never been fixed. So TI BOOK = great for teaching some of the kinesthetics; real life, hands-on experience & coaching = great for correcting errors & getting a swim stroke that works.
I read the book and find myself swimming more efficiently. Had some great help through the site though, where you can see the drills on video. More drawings should be added in the TI book. Although I'm a lot better (not great, but better[&:]), just by reading the book and trying to put some time in the pool.
Nevertheless I agree with the coaching issue, never hurts to let someone look from the pool side whoknows his stuff.