Hey what's up everyone Triathlon Taren here I often get asked if I can give people tips
for triathlon training as they're just getting into the sport now that is a very big topic
but what I'm going to do here today is pick my single biggest baddest and best tip for
the swim the bike and the Run now to start off my tip for swimming is this calm the F*ck
down yeah that's right I said it see now here's the thing about swimming that's very different
than biking and running when you're biking and running if you're pushing harder you're
probably going to go faster it ain't that way in swimming swimming is more like yoga
or Tai Chi where it's about technique as opposed to just Brute Force strength swimming is about
learning the technique calming yourself down learning how to get control of your breathing
and learning a technique that you can get through the triathlon swim with minimal effort
it's about going a reasonable speed and keeping control of your breath I will put a link up
here and in the description below to that video that I just put out about how to get
control of your breathing as you start Triathlon swimming these are some very very basic techniques
that are about calming yourself down and getting control your breathing as you learn to Triathlon
swim alright now on to the bike the tip that I'll give for that is that you don't need
to kill yourself on the bike you just need to learn how to get aero you shouldn't be
going all out on the bike portion of a triathlon you got ease back so he save your legs if
you kill yourself on the bike you're going to make for a pretty rough run I had that
run now how you make up for not having a fancy bike and for not killing yourself on the run
is by getting aerodynamic about 80% percent of the total drag that you have to push yourself
through in a triathlon is from your body so the best thing that you can do is get low
and get out of the wind so you're staying aero you do this in two ways first its going
to your local bike shop that does triathlon bike fitting and getting whatever bike you're
starting out with to be a aero as possible within your bodies is natural limits and then
the second thing you go and do is grab yourself a pair of clip-on Aero bars that will fit
onto whatever bike you're going to use and learning how to get down into that Aero position
and be comfortable there if you're looking for a pair of Aero bars to clip onto your
bike and you want to be super cool and support the channel here I'll put a link in the description
below to a really well reviewed set of aerobars that I found on Amazon that are only eighty
bucks they've got really high ratings in my opinion the setup of the Aero bars is really
good for beginners and just so you know I'm not getting rich off of that if you do end
up buying those Aero bars Amazon just throws a couple of loose coins our way help support
the channel and I really appreciate it hownow onto the long run the single biggest tip that
I'll give for having a successful running your first triathlon is to learn how to run
after biking I've said it in a lot of other videos I'll say it again because I can't stress
this enough having a good run and Triathlon isn't about running a whole lot in your training
it's about running a whole lot after the bike it's a totally different thing because your
blood has to reroute itself from your biking muscles into your running muscles as quickly
as possible and if you haven't taught your body how to do this you're not going to have
any blood in those running muscles and you're going to cramp up so what I would recommend
is getting at least six work outs in where you're going from the bike to the run as quickly
as possible If you really want to step it up and get the most that you can out of a
triathlon brick workout I'll put a link to this video that I did about 5 tips and I put
together about creating an effective brick work out in a short period of time so there
you have it those are the most effective tips that I think that I can give for each the
swim the bike and the run if you do just these three things concentrating on getting ready
for your first triathlon you're going to be ahead of a lot of people out there including
yours truly it did not go well so that's it that's all happy and hard training to everyone
out there good luck and kill your A-race damn that shot is so bokeh OW!