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Multisport Zone is a weekly e-newsletter produced by USA Triathlon, geared toward age-groupers. The focus of Multisport Zone will be to provide relevant information on training, nutrition, gear, news and more to USA Triathlon annual members.
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Whether you want to focus on swim, bike or run, or improve your strength or mental capabilities, you can find the tips and tools you need to take your multisport training to the next level.
- Achieve a Smooth Pedal Stroke
- The Hour-Twenty Workout
- Improve Your Climbing - Even If You Live in the Flats
- Don't Overdo It: Up the Ante on the Bike
- Training Program Development
- Can You Take the Heat?
- Add Yoga This Offseason To Improve Flexibility, Strength and Balance
- Five Keys to Think about in the Offseason
- Guilt-Free Triathlon Training
- Conquer Your Fear of Going Fast
- Dealing With Stuff on Race Day
- Choosing a Mountain Bike
- Hill Drills: Running for Triathletes
- Make Group Rides Part of Your Training
- Your Most Important Piece of Equipment
- Incorporate Yoga or Core Training to Prevent Injuries
- The Importance of Run Mechanics
- The Power of Consistency
- Compression Socks: What's the Scoop?
- Crafting a Pre-Race Plan: Make Your Pre-Race Plan Your Race-Day Reality
- Understanding Lactate Threshold Heart Rate Training
- Muscular Imbalances and Triathletes
- Six Ways to Develop Fast Transitions
- The Role of Duathlon in Multisport
- Credit Crunch: Pacing in a Race
- Muscular Endurance Swim Workout for Triathletes
- How to Create Your Own Interval Workouts
- Build Confidence with an Ironman Resume
- Top Tips for Summer Training
- A Faster Run Split is Only 3 Steps Away
- Train Your Mind, Find Perspective
- Use Race Reconnaissance to Master Your Next Ironman
- The Six Ps for Success
- Three Weeks to Go to Age Group Nationals
- Mix It Up! Training Plan Variety
- Three Essentials for the Offseason
- Make Your Training Purposeful and Productive
- Find Your Sweet Spot: Mental Prep for Age Group Nationals
- Tip: Break it Up
- Tip: Sleep for Optimal Recovery
- Don't Wait for the Daylight Hours to Go Trail Running
- Run Faster with Repetition
- The Real Reason You Should Warm Up
- Achieve a PR on Your Next Triathlon
- Unlock Race-Winning Duathlon Speed
- It's The Little Things That Matter
- One Week to Go to Age Group Nationals
- Offseason and Winter Cycling
- Video: Swimming for Triathlon
- Competition in Pregnancy
- Cold Weather Running with Your Dog
- Pilates and Targeting the Back
- Video: Advice from Your Fellow Triathletes
- Become a More Efficient Runner
- Video: Rules of the Bike: Riding and Passing
- Video: Practicing Mass Swim Starts
- Use Performance Self-Analysis to Your Advantage
- Pros and Cons of Training Partners
- Grab-and-Go Strength Training
- Navigating the Swim
- Pace Strategies for Race Day
- Transitions - Plan and Practice
- Offseason Focus on Flexibility
- Running Off the Beaten Path
- Training With a Power Meter
- The Benefits of Riding Indoors
- Benefits of Strengthening and Lengthening Your Body
- Detecting and Avoiding Overtraining Part II: Warning Signs
- Workout Dilemma: Pushing Your Limit or Taking a Break
- Winter Run Focus: Speedplay
- Travel Tip – Flying With Your Bike
- Duathlon Equipment: How to Save Time
- Searching for Confidence
- Use Open Water Workouts As Your Core of Triathlon
- Video: Changing a Flat Using a CO2 Cartridge
- Make Peripheral Training Part of This Season
- The Magical Process
- Tip: Add Intensity to Workouts
- Video: Modifying Your Training Program
- Four New Rules for Running Better, Faster, Smarter
- Address Hamstring Issues During the Offseason
- Run Substitutes
- The Advantages of a Using Heart Rate Monitors
- Detecting and Avoiding Overtraining Part I: Heart Rate Variability, A Useful Tool?
- Treadmill and Trainer Blues: How to Stay Focused and Fight the Boredom of Indoor Training
- Tips for Your First Race
- Video: Basic Body Mechanics for Triathlon
- Use Your Hips to Power Your Swimming
- Understanding VO2max and LT Testing
- Train for Multisport, Not Individual Sports
- In-Pool Strength Building While You Swim
- Use of Goals and Objectives
- Five Ways to Blast Your Competition
- Playing Catch
- Beginner Triathletes and Risk Factors
- Beating Your Demons
- Swim Fast to Get Fast: The 50s
- Clarifying Your Purpose
- Ten Race-Day Tips for the Sarcastic Triathlete
- Develop World-Class Open Water Swim Mechanics
- Staying Positive After an Injury
- Swimming 101
- Training Tip: Preventing Illness
- Fit, Form and Fast: A Speedy Cycling Split is Closer Than You Think
- Mental Skill Strategy – Chunking
- Video: Triathlon Preparation
- Winter Training: Indoor Brick Workouts
- Enhancing Your Run Economy
- Boost Your Comfort in Open Water
- Add the Treadmill to Your Training Toolbox
- Hit the Treadmill for a Fast 10k
- Use Imagery to Excel This Season
- Training Tip: Risk It To Win It
- Three Things Everyone Should Know About Winter Cycling
- Create Your Reality Through Visualization
- What You Can Learn from the 2008 Olympic Trials
- Advice for Escaping Alcatraz
- Solving the Run Riddle
- Slaying The Fatigue Monster
- Ten Race-Day Essentials for Triathletes
- Mental Strength: Stay Focused and Avoid Burnout
- Multisport Empowerment: Beyond Aerobic Fitness
- Swim Fast to Get Fast
- Duathlon Tactics: The Fast Transition
- Video: Master Transitions with Barb Lindquist
- Effective Triathlon Swimming
- Proper Pacing for Your Best Run
- Body of Evidence: Training Lessons Learned While Injured
- Foam Rolling - The Basics
- The Impact of Resistance Training on Aerobic Performance
- How to Structure Your Own Swim Workout
- Choosing an Ultra-Distance Triathlon
- Rock Solid - The Injury-Free Triathlete, Part I
- Rock Solid - The Injury-Free Triathlete, Part II
- Video: Functional Strength Training
- Mental Fitness Part I - The Key Items
- Mental Fitness Part II: Types of Athletes
- Mental Fitness Part III: Goal Setting
- Roll On: Basic Bike Maintenance for Triathletes
- Plan Your Open Water Swim Training
- 4 Keys to Running Downhill Efficiently
- Turn Negative Thoughts to Positive Results
- Running and Injury Prevention: The Basics
- The Footstrike Debate
- Consistency, Physiological Flow and the Make-up Workout
- Swim Training: Breathing for Beginners
- Four Quick Early-Season Tips for Triathletes
- Model Your Athletic Inspiration for Motivation
- Strength Training for New Triathletes
- Prepare for Race Day: Focus on Equipment
- Making Luck
- Pace Yourself for Your Best Duathlon Ever
- The Right Kick for Your Swim
- Video: Race-Day Preparation
- For the Long Haul: Improve Long-Course Bike Speed, Part I
- For the Long Haul: Improve Long-Course Bike Speed, Part II
- Simple Swim Workouts
- Video Tip: Pacing for Your Next Duathlon
- Improve Bike-to-Run Efficiency with a Brick Workout
- Off the Deep End: Pool Running for Optimal Training and Rehabilitation
- Why Doctors Recommend Water Running
- Strengthen Your Swim with Targeted Strength Training
- Video Tip: Three Essential Drills for Running
- Sprint Swim Workouts for Triathletes
- The Appropriateness of High Intensity Training for Long-Distance Racing
- How Mental Toughness Can Impact Race Pace
- Getting in Your ZZZZs for Top Performance
- A Perfect Fit: Why Bike Fit is Important for Every Triathlete
- 7 Principles of Exercise and Sport Training
- Why Yoga Can Benefit Endurance Athletes
- Video Tip: Marathon Running with Jeff Galloway
- Too Much of a Good Thing
- Self Treatment of Heel Pain
- Video: Triathlon Balance
- The Basics of Motivation for Multisport Athletes
- Ask the Coach: Bike Training
- Video Tip: Dynamic Warm-Up for Triathletes
- 5 Focal Points to Supercharge Swimming, Part I
- Video: Essentials of Run Mechanics
- Video: Triathlon Recovery
- Finding Your Balance on the Bike
- Offseason Training: Should I Run A Marathon?
- 5 Focal Points to Supercharge Swimming, Part II
- 8 Ways to Handle Swimming in Cold Water
- Crafting a Seasonal Plan
- Bike Trainer Workouts for Every Distance
- Bad Day, Good Day – Making the Switch
- The Secret to Keeping Your Edge in the Offseason
- Swim Tips for Triathletes
- Brick Workouts to Build Speed
- How to Build Speed in the Offseason
- Six Steps to An Awesome Triathlon
- Video Tip: Athletes and Performance Capabilities
- Functional Strength Training Basics for Endurance Athletes
- Fitness Isn't Always a Linear Progression
- Five Reasons You Should Train with a Group
- Swim Drills for Triathletes
- Expecting the Unexpected
- Transitions: The Fourth Discipline
- So I Finished My First Triathlon – Now What?
- Do You Have a Strong Running Core?
- Brick Training for Beginners
- Finding the Best Approach for Multisport Training
- Learn to Handle the Heat
- Swim Speed Workout from Sheila Taormina
- Why All Triathletes Need to Run the 5k
- Mentally Rehearse Workouts to Define Your Purpose
