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The Be Battle Ready podcast is where everyday athletes, adventurers, and seekers of strength come to forge resilience - in body, mind, and spirit.
Hosted by coach Simon Ward, each episode explores the true pillars of endurance: purposeful training, nourishing nutrition, restorative sleep, a resilient mindset, and the art of recovery. It’s designed especially for those in their 40s, 50s and beyond who refuse to rust - men and women who know that age is no excuse to stop sharpening the blade.
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Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Back in 1995 when I started my triathlon coaching career, my first published article for 220 Magazine was about strength training for triathletes. Back then I was in a tiny minority of coaches who felt that this was an important piece of the puzzle in helping athletes to build resilience, stay injury free, boost consistency, and ultimately improve their performance.
You can often hear me talking about how important it is to build a strong foundation, and 25 years later I feel that we might actually be making some progress.
In today’s podcast I’m delighted to be chatting with Performance Coach Jess Elliot from Boulder, Colorado. Jess and I share a very similar philosophy when it comes to athlete preparation and in today’s call Jess shares this philosophy as she answers questions sent in by members of my SWAT and Triathlon Coach Cafe Facebook pages:
- Why we should call it “physical preparation” instead of "strength & conditioning”
- Your goals should just be “move better” and “build resilience"
- Why we are all on a journey to the same destination form different starting points
- Jess shares her ideas on how to create a simple home gym
- The best exercises to build a strong core
- Effective strength training when you are 70 years old
- Why your gym programme should include activities which are the opposite of those in your sport
- How often should you change your strength programme
Here are some of the links mentioned in the show:
Monster resistance bands for your home gym
Sports Research resistance band set which Jess bought for her father
How to make your own sandbag
How to use sliders
Jess’ favourite book “The Language of Coaching”
To find and follow Jess, please visit this Link Tree which has links to all of her social media channels
To find out more about Simon’s SWAT programme, please click HERE
Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes
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For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com
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