Transitions Endurance

07/25/2014

Some great suggestions from Triathlete Magazine.

Avoid these common injury-prevention pitfalls and your performance may even improve, too.

07/14/2014

So as the next race approaches and the triathlete?s swim stays stagnant, the reasoning starts to become ?Oh, I?ll just survive the swim?, ?The swim is just a way to get onto the bike? or ?I?ll be wearing a wetsuit so that will help me save my legs for the bike?.

06/25/2014

I am now coaching Master Swim workouts at the Christus St. Michael Fitness Center on Monday night at 6pm and Friday morning at 6am. Each swim is 1 hour and workouts are written for many different level of swimmer so don't feel that you have to be the best to attend. Cost is $10 for each swim. If you have a Fitness Center membership then come on by. If you don't then you can get a pool only pass for only $30/mo

04/15/2014

On Monday the 21st I'll be giving a clinic on the Basics of Heart Rate Training. If you or anyone that you know needs some help in this area come on out. It will be at 6:30 at the Christus St. Michael Outpatient Rehab building (the one right next to the Fitness Center)

03/12/2014

In my last post I touched on some of the basics behind stroke rate, why it?s The experiment started by having each participant swim at their natural stroke rate.

02/25/2014

When we talk about cycling or running cadence we often refer to a cadence of 90+ steps/revolutions per minute which tends to be the most efficient for a majority people. Unfortunately we can’t use this same reasoning when it comes to swimming. We can’t fit everyone into the same mold and believe tha...

02/17/2014

I can?t blame a swimmers for thinking this as ?the lowest stroke rate, the better?

02/14/2014

A great article about lactate/lactic acid. I spoke in my wife's biology class about this last semester and was surprised at how these myths are still very much a part of the athletic community.

Lactic acid myths, debunkedBy Trevor ConnorPublished 1 min agoTweetShareSharePrintTo clear lactate, you have to breathe out. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comWe all remember the gym coach who roared about how you weren’t working until you felt that lactic acid burn. The phrase “lactic acid” is part...

02/03/2014

Are you wondering about the pros and cons of Cross Fit? Here is a lengthy article packed with great information.

Delighted to read this. Crossfit is just 1940s-1960s training all over again. When Arthur Lydiard's endurance-trained boys came on the scene, they blew the interval-trained champions away. Nowaday, Emil Zatopek's world records and Olympic times would hardly raise eyebrows on the US collegiate level....

01/22/2014

One of my Christmas presents to myself was to build a standing workstation for my office for all the reasons listed in this article.

On a second note, as a swim coach I see lots of people with lots of issues simply because they sit at a computer all day. This article mentions tight hips but doesn't discuss tightening in the chest and shoulders which, if you have a cross over in your swim stroke, this could be one of the reasons.

We know sitting too much is bad, and most of us intuitively feel a little guilty after a long TV binge. But what exactly goes wrong in our bodies when we park ourselves for nearly eight hours per day, the average for a U.S. adult? Many things, say four experts, who detailed a chain of problems from…

01/19/2014

Registration is now open! Starting on March 24th Transitions Endurance and the Christus St. Michael Fitness Center will be running a beginners triathlon training program leading into the Four States Triathlon in May. Follow the link below for more information and for a link to register. If you find that not all your questions were answered, feel free to email me with any questions that you might have regarding the program.

Racing a triathlon is on the bucket of quite a few people I meet. For most people it tends to stay there due to either lack of motivation or lack of knowledge of how to proceed with this new endeavor. Let Transitions Endurance start you out on the right track with their 8 week training program.

01/10/2014

Starting March 24th Transitions Endurance in conjunction with Christus St. Michael Fitness Center will be offering a beginner's triathlon program to prepare those interested in participating in The Four States Triathlon on May 18th. Check the website for updates on the program and all the great perks you'll get for joining.

2223 Galleria Oaks Drive Texarkana, TX 75503903-614-4441 Fax: (903) 614-4443 Manager: Mike [email protected] contract memberships!

01/05/2014

Welcome to the Transitions Endurance page and thanks for stopping by. Everything is still getting off the ground right now but there are some good things coming in the near future so be sure to like this page and check out the website (www.transitionsendurance.com) for the latest news regarding training groups and workout opportunities.

Also, if you notice anything wrong on the website please let me know so that I can get it fixed. I've test driven it but I wouldn't be surprised if I missed something.

01/05/2014