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How Pro Balazs Csoke Won IM Korea

ironguides own Balazs Csoke recently won Ironman Korea, earning not only his first victory at this distance but also a spot for the 2012 Ironman World Championships. His coach Alun “Woody” Woodward talks about the training program that has brought steady progress for this pro athlete.

Balazs has made steady progress over the last 2 years with a very consistent training program, always working on developing his weakness while building on his strengths. His goal when he came to ironguides for coaching was to qualify for Hawaii, which has come about now with his breakthrough win in the Korea Ironman. Through the last 2 years Balazs has come to realize he has the potential to be a world class athlete and win some big races—goal posts are always moving!

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FOCUS: Thinking about what you’re doing

This article is written for the obsessive competitive streak in all triathletes and runners. Every athlete putting in dedicated training to a well-thought-out plan will eventually approach their physical limits for that season of their athletic career.

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Beginner Open Water Swim Tips with Ben & Kerry at 9EST/ 6PST

Tonight at 9EST / 6PST Ben & Kerry will be talking about what you need to know as
a beginner triathlete when swimming in the open water.

Open water, in race race settings, can often be intimidating and scary for those
who just starting in the sport.

Ben & Kerry will teaching you all the the thing you need to know and practice so
come race day you are able to perform at your best.

To Ask your questions on swimming in the open water answer them in the box below

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“How To Structure Your Triathlon Training Week” Call Now Available For Download!

Training for three sports can be incredibly. It can be even harder when you have work, a wife, kids and whatever else life may send your way. So how then does one structure a training week to get the biggest bang for buck, so you can have a killer race?

In  this call Ben & Kerry will be showing you how to structure your training week so you can rock on race day.

Keep reading to download the call.

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Q&A With Triathlon Coach Lee Zohlman Now Available For Download!

Lee Zohlman began his multi sport career in 1996 and found his new sport to be a driving passion for a new career. Leaving the lucrative field of television broadcasting Lee was one of the first 25 USA Triathlon coaches ever to be certified by the sports governing body. Soon after, BodyZen Enterprises was launched with immediate success.

With Lee at the helm he has steered BodyZen to fantastic heights. Now, Coach Lee is an Elite Level 3 certified coach (one of only 20 in the world) and BodyZen has broadened its ventures. Lee and BodyZen are currently involved in not only a successful coaching business but Professional athlete management, event marketing and multimedia initiatives.

Lee and BodyZen are now considered key influencers in the endurance sports world. The last fourteen years have been fruitful and Lee and BodyZen will make sure the next phase is even more successful.

To listen to the call with Lee, in which we talk about everything from mental performance to compression socks, just keep reading!

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How and Why to Train Through Races, Instead of Tapering

As we head full on into race season, tapering is the topic on everyone’s mind. Should we taper for every race, how do we recover from the race, and how do we get back to productive training as soon as possible. The process of tapering I have talked about in previous articles. What I want to talk about here is the process of training through smaller, less important races that we use as stepping stones to our BIG races.

We can only really go through a full taper process 2 or 3 times per season without losing fitness—these tapers should ideally be a month or more apart.

For smaller races we do not maintain our full training schedule right up to the race either. Instead we have a mini refresh before the race and train as normal immediately following the race, essentially treating the event as an important training session.

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Essential Triathlon Swimming Gear

In this video, Kerry Sullivan tells you everything you need to know about the essential triathlon swimming gear you need as a triathlete. Keep reading to check out the video!
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From Good to Excellent: Training to Win

This article is about the training strategy that took ironguides athlete Leonardo Moreira to an age group win at Ironman Brazil 2011. It explains the strategies we used to win the M40-44 age group and finish in 9hr 03, a 19-minute PB for Leonardo.

When a coach is working with an improving Ironman athlete who over the years managed to go from 10hr 56 to an age group (M40-44) win with 9hr 22 at the age of 40, both coach and athlete are faced with a new challenge.

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How Do You Get Faster?

The most commonly asked question of any triathlon coach is ‘How do I get faster?’ Pretty simple question but there is no simple answer, unfortunately. My typical reply is “How much time do you have to train? And what are your strengths and weaknesses?” These two factors will determine how the training should be structured. So much is made of intervals, tempo workouts, using new equipment that is guaranteed to make you faster and so on. What it really comes down to is the basics: how much time you have to train, and what you do with that time. As my former coach, Rick Niles, says, “It’s not how MUCH you train, but HOW you train.” That is one of the most important things to remember in setting up your training plan.
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Learn From The Best

Recently I got an E mail from a Rock Star Triathlete Member challenging me to put together videos of how you should swim, bike and run at the absolute peak of performance. Thus I have decided to take on this challenge =)

I believe that looking at video of elite athletes is a great way to learn. I think that when you look at kids today and why certain countries excel in particular sports, a lot of it is to do with exposure. Europe for example gets way more exposure to soccer on TV and in there over all culture compared to the US and as a result you see kids at the age of 16 in europe have more game and tactical awareness than kids in the US at the same age. But when you look at kids in the US playing american football at the age of 10 they can tell you what a play action fake is.

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