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Home > Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide: Plans, Scheduling Tips, and Workout Goals for Triathletes of All Levels
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Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide: Plans, Scheduling Tips, and Workout Goals for Triathletes of All Levels
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By Matt Fitzgerald
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 (19 Reviews)
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From Triathlete magazine - the most popular and extensivesource for triathlon information - comes this guidebook of weeklytraining plans for triathletes of all skill levels.
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 Great for plan ideas, not a lot of explanation (I'd rate it a 3.5), July 23, 2007
By Lisa (MN, USA)
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I bought this book for more access to training plans. The variety of plans and number of different fitness levels it offers is great. The key in it is great and fairly user friendly. I found that the plan I chose based on my "fitness level" according to the book seems a little ambitious so I found myself editing a lot of the plan. Also, some of the training plans require knowing where a 5-6% grade hill is that takes at least 1 min to bike up. I don't really know where one is and so that makes some of the workouts unable to do or extremely limiting. I also find some of the swimming workouts get to be very redundant, just adding on one extra hundred yards to the same workout every week. More importantly, I feel that for a beginner swimmer, these workouts require a lot of yardage and perhaps pushing too hard, too soon. I have been a competitive swimmer for 14 years so I can tune these practices to the ability of the swimmer, but if my boyfriend would've picked up the book and tried to do some of these workouts I think he might injure himself (shoulders). Overall, great book to get ideas, but some of the workouts are a little difficult to make it easy to fit into your schedule and location.
26 of 27 people found the above review helpful.
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 Useless on the Kindle, May 20, 2010
By Pam (New York, NY)
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This seems like a great book and I only wish I bought the hard copy. The training schedules make up the majority of the book. The schedules are in table format and are NOT displaying correctly on the Kindle. The messed up display on the kindle is incredibly frustrating and renders the book unusable as you cannot decipher which workout codes go with what days. I am training for an olympic tri and was thrilled to get on a set training schedule. Now, I just feel ripped off. This should never have been offered under the Kindle edition and I am very upset that amazon and the publisher would allow this to happen. Paying $10 is not a lot, but its more than I am comfortable throwing away for nothing. If you want this book DO NOT BUY IT ON THE KINDLE!
12 of 14 people found the above review helpful.
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 Must-have for any aspiring or current triathlete, December 7, 2008
By D. Casillo
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When I was recommended this book, my first instinct was to not buy it because of how detailed the training plans are (I thought I preferred flexibility). I soon found out that there's a good reason why top performance requires discipline. This book is for anyone - beginner to Ironman contender. If you follow the exercises as prescribed, you'll see outstanding results. I shaved my 5k time by 3 minutes in just 4 weeks, learned how to swim well from being an absolute novice, and have gained enormous confidence in a sport that I thought would never be possible. This is a must-have training guide.
9 of 10 people found the above review helpful.
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Great book for self motivated athlete, February 7, 2009
By Yancey Arrington (Austin, Texas)
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This is a great book for a self coached athlete. The training plans are very well described and easy to follow. 10 levels at all four distances provide plenty of flexibility when you change race goals and/or "level up" your fitness. I used the level 3/4 ironman training schedule and completed the my first Ironman in 11h18m in my first season (lets not even get into the problems with a rookie ironman). If you are willing to do a little learning about the science of training and take control of your training then this is a great book.
4 of 4 people found the above review helpful.
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A Good Addition to my Bookshelf, February 17, 2009
By Trihardist (Clearwater, KS United States)
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I wasn't sure how much I would use this resource; I do plenty of coaching, so I know how to write my own training plans. But this text has been especially helpful for me in two respects: First, if I need to give someone a very basic, beginners' plan, or if I'm not getting paid (ahem) for writing an in-depth training program, I can just pass on one of the programs in this book. That way I'm still helping them out, but without giving away a bunch of my time for free. Second, I usually don't have the energy to write a detailed plan for myself from scratch. I do it for a living, you know? So it's hard to make myself do it in my free time. But these training plans give me a starting plan, and from that point, I usually have the energy and desire to tweak it to fit my needs.
If you're really serious about your triathlon training, this isn't going to be enough--you should really hire a coach, or at least hire someone to write a race-specific training schedule for you. But if you're just wanting a little more guidance in scheduling your workouts, or if you're just getting started, this is a good book to have on your shelves.
4 of 6 people found the above review helpful.
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Great Book for training, August 24, 2006
By Jorge Olaechea (Chile)
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This book have all the information you need for have a good training you can choose whatever your condition, there are very goods training plans for everyone, this book do not have 5 stars,because i did not found any measure to see my performance, i mean time, so if i run 10 km in 30min. or 40min. or 1 hour, i would like to receive a status of my training.
4 of 16 people found the above review helpful.
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Best training book, October 7, 2008
By sala_mander (CA)
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I have a shelf of triathlon training books--they all have certain strengths and weaknesses. But this particular book is the best of the lot. It gives specificity along with and overview for each plan. Simply the best book around for beginner through expert ironman racer.
3 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
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Awesome, January 22, 2010
By Linda Smith
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I used this guide to get ready for an Ironman. I have done two Ironmans and found this training guide to be exactly what I needed. I was more than ready for the races.
2 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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Totally Prepared Me!, November 13, 2009
By racelikeamother (Pensacola, FL)
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I followed Level 6 in the IM distance for my first Ironman. The plan is well thought out, giving you one rest week in every four and builds you to peak week gradually, but methodically. Every workout has its purpose .... you're not wasting a moment of training. I won't say I never got tired, but I was never bored. I highly recommend this book to all triathletes!! I finished my first IM at Florida last weekend in 10:40. The plan works!!
2 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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Excellent guide to triathlete training, November 16, 2008
By Andrew A. Melton (Robins AFB, GA)
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I'm new to the world of triathlons, and this book is fantastic. It tells you exactly what to do everyday in terms of training. It makes me feel like I've got a lot of structure in my weekly workout routine. Highly recommended to anyone that likes having a professional tell them what to do in their workouts, instead of trying to figure it out on their own.
2 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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Must Have, January 19, 2008
By J. Valenzia
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If you are a triathlete or you are looking to become a triathlete this is the best training book/program available.
2 of 4 people found the above review helpful.
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Helpful tool for the self-trained triathlete, October 12, 2011
By Hanan Joseph
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In my opinion the book is very useful for experienced triathletes looking for training program.
I think novice will found it not detailed enough.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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Highly Recommend, May 8, 2011
By Dan
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I would highly recommend this book for any triathlete. The plans are very simple to follow and can be adjusted as needed. I am entering my 4th year of doing triathlons. I am currently training for a Half IM and will be switching over to a full IM plan later this year. I have PR'd in my two Olympic races, a part of the Half IM plan, since switching to this plan. I shaved off over 15 minutes on my olympic time by switching to this book and following a level 5 plan.
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Great book but needs more details, April 24, 2011
By Bonjovi
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This is really a great book, but like others like this, you need to be an expert to understand and plan a full year just from reading it. There is a new book out there "13 training schedules for triathlons" that has day by day what you need to train to finish a triathlon in certain times. I will say that both books are keepers if you are a serious triathlete.
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Great training tool!, February 25, 2011
By Leana T.
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This book is a great training tool for anyone interested in triathlons. It outlines several workouts based on your current fitness level and what type of triathalon you are interested in. I am a beginner but I find this book and the workouts very easy to understand and follow. I would definitely recommend it for anyone interested in training for a race!
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A Triathele Must Have, February 18, 2011
By Trevor L D
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This was recommended to me from a veteran Triathlete as a, "must have."
I agree 100%
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Great for all levels of triathletes, July 6, 2010
By Mitchnc
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This book is thorough and easy to follow. There are levels of training (1-10) for the beginner up to the elite triathlete -- and programs for a sprint, olympic, to full Ironman. The workouts vary each week to build a good base fitness level to building up speed and endurance.
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Do NOT buy on the Kindle, May 23, 2010
By Jill Dulitsky (Connecticut)
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I, too, bought it on the Kindle and agree with the other review - you cannont see the tables or training plans at all. It's definitely a waste. It should not be offered in Kindle format.
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The complete training guide, April 15, 2010
By Denise Marriner (Caloundra, Queensland, AU)
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I have yet to utilise this book. Have read it and although very comprehensive, I find all the codes used a bit daunting. I would imagine after using it for a while you would get used to all the codes, but at the moment it may sit on the shelf. There are other training guides that are more user friendly.
0 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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