Hey what's up guys Taren here consistency is key in Triathlon so if you are a very time
crunched triathlete and you've got a tough time fitting in all the workouts you're much
better off to eke out 30 minutes a day as opposed to just two big workouts on the weekend
or sporadically here and there stick around because I'm going to run through 10 really
easy tips that you can use to fit in about a half an hour to 45 minutes every single
day the first thing that you can do is use your commute to work to bike into work and
get that bike workout in it only has to be about 45 minutes long you've got to get your
heart rate up a little bit and keep it at a steady pace and that will be enough to get
you a little bit of effort in to help you with triathlon the second thing that you can
do to save some time is to not leave your living room by getting a bike trainer and
doing all of your bike rides indoors trainer rides suck yeah but things like coffee stops
flat tires and even just getting geared up to go outside for a bike ride takes a lot
of time it's lot easier if you can just pull out a bike trainer setup your bike and go
with less gear less travel less of a production to get out there the third thing you can do
is integrate socializing into your training if you don't want to cut out your social life
but you still want to train for Triathlon you can put the two together by getting a
training group or buddies that you train with regularly what I'll often do is decide what
I'm training for on the day depending on where the biggest group of friends is going the
fourth thing you can do is just pick one sport go with that and forget the other two swimming
alone can make you very strong and keep your pretty injury-free cycling is a sport that
takes up the biggest proportion of the race and running you can do practically anywhere
anytime you're not going to go to any Olympics with this strategy but if the goal is just
to be fit enough to do a Triathlon it's more than you need my recommendation is to pick
whatever sport you like the most because you'll probably end up doing more of it number 5
work the smartphone I use this a lot when I'm on the bike trainer I'll respond to emails
I'll make calls I'll catch up on messaging with people on social media I'll use the bike
trainer in that mindless time that would otherwise be pretty boring or just watching PVR'd shows
to do some work so I'm not totally useless when I'm on the bike number 6 you can Outsource
some of your busy work or housework if you've got the set up at work to do it you can pull
some Tim Ferriss 4-Hour workweek hacks and outsource some of the tasks at work and big
money Hustlers would be able to hire staff to help out around the house or at least I
hear they can I don't have that issue the seventh thing you can do is to exercise in
the margins early mornings and late nights will become your friend beyond that if you
want to get really creative you can do things like run laps around a soccer field while
your kids are games or practices that is busy triathlete level expert you can pull that
off thing the eight thing you can do is save meal prep Time by cooking in bulk things like
rice based meals slow cooker meals bars pre-made snacks pre-made smoothies all these thing
will help you eliminate a lot of food prep time so that you can just grab and go after
or before a workout the 9th thing that you can do is work through lunch and then use
that extra time that you would have at lunch to get in a workout if you can scarf down
your meal in five or ten minutes sitting at your desk and then bank that time for either
end of the day or coming in a little bit later or even working out for half an hour over
your lunch break just a little bits of exercise here and there throughout the day will help
you out and the 10th and very final thing that you can do to get in Triathlon training
if you're really busy person is to focus on quality over quantity this means focusing
on things like speed work when you're running and not just garbage miles getting in a brick
workout and running after every bike concentrating on your swim technique instead just swimming
aimlessly and getting really good quality sleep so that the training that you do soaks
in and your body adapts to it you and get faster there you have it those are 10 very
quick very simple ways that if you're a busy person but you still want to train for Triathlon
you can fit it in like I said of the start focus on consistency getting a little bit
in every single day is a lot better than getting in big workouts sporadically every other day
or on the weekend that's a good way to get injured and you're probably not going to get
any faster doing it that way as always happy and hard training and kill your next A-Race
Awwww that Stupid air conditioner is back on f*ck it we're going anyway