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Yes it's SIMPLE, but not easy
By: Kristian Manietta, Coach - Noosa, Australia
A while ago I was reading an article by Alwyn Cosgrove, who is one of the heavy hitters in the fitness industry and an expert on fat loss.
Alwyn was answering the question: Is losing weight easy? His answer was the title above. It's SIMPLE, but not easy.
That got me thinking about triathlon; Is getting great results in triathlon easy? You may guess the answer because of the title and that is, yes it's pretty simple, but it's not easy.
When it comes to performance enhancement we all pretty much know what to do, and how to do it. But what trips most of us up is putting it all together. Lets have a look at some of the most important but simple things.
Nutrition: Undeniably, the less weight you have to carry around, the faster you are going to go. Period. All the high tech gadgetry in the world is not going to help you if you're lugging around excess body fat. If you fill your diet with lean proteins, fruit, vegetables, good fats and only consume sugars and starches during and immediately after training, it's going to have a profound impact on your health and triathlon results. That's fairly simple, but it's not easy!
Body Maintenance: I have written about this in the past, as I believe this is the most underutilized area of improvement. There are enormous benefits to sleeping 7-8 hours a night and looking after your muscle tissue health through regular massage or self massage with TP Therapy Tools. Again simple, but not easy.
Training: Ah yes, you need to train to get results. That's simple right? Yes it is but definitely not easy when you're and stressed and tired from work and there's family and social commitments, not to mention the little voice in your head saying "it's not going to hurt to just miss one session". As coach Vinnie stated in a recent blog post "After coaching for a number of years, it is clear that if the athlete has done the training, he/she will perform well at a race. Period. End of story."
Consistently putting all the above together is what it WILL take to start seeing greater improvement in your triathlon results.
It's fairly SIMPLE but it's NOT always EASY. It's going to take discipline, it's going to take a great deal of focus, it's takes some will power and it certainly takes effort.
But when it's all said and done, the PROCESS is SIMPLE.
So go on and be the BEST you can be.
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