December Webinar Schedule Announced

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As 2009 comes to a close, USA Triathlon announces its webinar schedule for the rest of the year. From training tips to how athletes can qualify for the Olympic Trials beginning in 2010, there is something for everyone. Registration for most webinars is open now.

If you missed any of this year's webinars, some of the archived webinars are available for purchase here.  These are open to coaches, athletes and the general public and cost $34.99 each. There are roughly 20 different webinars available in the archive on a variety of different topics, and coaches can receive 1 CEU for these webinars.  The number of CEUs and the cost may differ for the webinars on the December schedule.

Topic: Exercise Addiction: Is your athlete dedicated or addicted?
Presenter: Abby Ruby
December 7, 2009
4 p.m. MST

Exercise is almost always celebrated as a healthy endeavor, but there is a relatively common and largely unseen dark side to being a devoted athlete. All athletes experience it to some extent; in the guilty feelings when we miss a workout or anger a spouse, but we chalk it up to a "training" lifestyle. Exercise addiction - or the inability to rest, recover and balance exercise with other life demands - wreaks havoc both with an athlete's physical performance and with his or her quality of life. Exercise addiction ultimately leads to poor race performances, but the sad irony is that the impact on performance pales in comparison to the damage exercise addiction causes to an athlete's relationships, self-confidence, and self-esteem. This webinar will equip coaches with the tools necessary to evaluate the physiological progress of training, and the psychological parameters to identify exercise addiction.

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Topic: Eating for the Off-Season, the Holidays and Beyond
Presenter: Bob Seebohar    
December 10, 2009
12:30 p.m. MST

This exciting webinar will use the concept of nutrition periodization to successfully navigate the holiday season and beyond. How to structure an athlete's nutrition plan to account for the lower training load in the off-season will be one highlight as well as how to successfully use nutrition periodization and weight loss strategies combined to make the holidays a positive environment rather than a stressor for athletes. Forget about weight gain and bad feelings that usually accompany the holidays and food. This webinar will provide the athlete the tools needed to enjoy this season as well as how to move from the holidays to the base training phase without having to lose the dreaded holiday weight.

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Topic: Intro to Bike Fitting - Phase 1
Presenter: Lee Zohlman    
December 14, 2009
11 a.m. MST

It's a hot topic these days: Bike fitting.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to correctly fit a road or tri bike? Welcome to Bike Fitting - Phase 1. In this interactive webinar, we'll delve into the basic principles of road and triathlon specific bike fitting as well as retro fitting road to triathlon fit. We'll cover what devices are needed, how to screen the rider, correct saddle/handlebar placement and much more. Sign up now.

Join USA Triathlon Elite Level 3 coach Lee Zohlman for Bike Fitting Phase 1. Coach Lee has been fitting road cyclists and triathletes for over 12 years and has fit Olympians, Ironman Champions and hundreds of Age Group Triathletes.

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Topic: How to Qualify for the Olympic Trials
Presenter: Katie Baker    
December 16, 2009
11 a.m. MST

With the Olympic Qualification Period right around the corner, beginning June 2010, this webinar will provide some insight into the anticipated 2010 London Olympic Qualification Criteria. Katie Baker, USA Triathlon's national teams program manager, hopes to provide an overview of the anticipated ITU qualification process as well as the potential USAT qualification process, although USAT will not finalize its Olympic Criteria until March 2011.

This is a FREE webinar open to all athletes, coaches and general public. USAT certified coaches will not earn CEU credit for this webinar.

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