Will my road bike work with aerobars?Probably. What's gets missed nearly every time this question comes up is that the ability of your road bike to work in a triathlon type...
Will Increasing My Stroke Rate Help Me Swim Faster?Stroke Rate or Hand Speed? First, let’s be clear what we are really talking about: Stroke Rate is largely a proxy for Hand Speed, and as...
The Best Technology for PacingGadgets, gadgets everywhere, (and the best ones you were born with). The multitude of electronics that we use to monitor training metrics...
How Fast Will I Ride (post fit)?It’s a question that I hear often, and have fun trying to answer. The obvious caveat being that speed increase varies immensely and...
Pool Skills for Open Water SightingOpen water swimming is not fundamentally different than pool swimming. It differs in details, but many key elements such as swimming...
Integrators - They Really Tie the Room Togetherin·te·gra·tor ˈin(t)əˌɡrādər/ noun 1. a person or thing that integrates. One of the more interesting discoveries while writing this post...
Step 1 of 11 – Pre-fit: Pursuit of Performance vs Seeking DysfunctionThere will be a short video to accompany the finalized blog, but step 1 is mostly non visual. Consider this a pre-release: Let’s get the...
Why You're Really Stuck at SwimmingDespite what you have been told, you probably aren’t stuck at swimming because you don’t do it long enough or hard enough or frequently...
3 Tips to Conquer your Open Water AnxietyTriathlon might be twice as popular if it wasn’t for the swim. Athletes who think nothing of rising before the sun to run ten miles...
Variety, Adaptation, and the Foreign EnvironmentWhen I look at a human being, I see a learning and adaptation machine. I think that our ability to alter our form is what sets us apart...