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Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide: Plans, Scheduling Tips, and Workout Goals for Triathletes of All Levels Paperback – Illustrated, April 19, 2006

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From Triathlete magazine––the most popular source for triathlete information––comes an essential guidebook of weekly training plans for all skill levels.

As popular as the swim-bike-run sport has become in recent years, triathlon training remains a daunting physical and mental challenge. From short sprints to Olympic distance events, this guide from Triathlete magazine provides athletes with different plans for every skill level, and shows them how to build up their training to reach their ultimate goal. Good-humored narrative text accompanies detailed workout schedules, guidelines, weekly goals, and coaching tips. Including off-season training advice and photo-illustrated stretches and exercises, this is the book triathletes need to stay at the top of their game.
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Matt Fitzgerald is an endurance sports writer, nutritionist, and author of more than twenty books. He is a coach and spokesperson for PEAR Sports and former senior editor at Triathlete and Competitor. Fitzgerald has contributed to Men's Health, Outside, Runner's World, Shape, and other publications. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Nataki.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Life & Style; 37420th edition (April 19, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0446696765
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446696760
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.85 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.25 x 10.75 inches
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Matt Fitzgerald is an award-winning endurance sports journalist and bestselling author of more than 20 books on running, triathlon, fitness, nutrition, and weight loss, including Brain Training for Runners and Racing Weight. His byline appears regularly in national publications including Men's Journal, Outside, and Women's Running. An experienced running and triathlon coach and certified sports nutritionist, Matt serves as a Training Intelligence Specialist for PEAR Sports and as a featured coach on active.com.

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FL Outdoors
5.0 out of 5 stars Collection of Comprehensive Training plans (Spring to Ironman)
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2016
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This appears to be a great training guide. I have only just started training with it, but I have reviewed the entire book, and am pleased so far. I will update this review once I finish my first race with it in April of 2017.

In the meantime, here are my observations. This is a comprehensive training guide. It includes over 40 training plans for beginners planning their first sprint tri, to veterans/pros who are training for their 10th ironman. There are several training plans for each race length, and each plan within a race category is geared toward how serious you are about placing, and how much time you have to train. In other words, just about everyone is going to find a good training plan for their unique circumstances.

I am also impressed with the variety of workouts. The mid-level Olympic plan I have focused on appears to include a solid variety of workouts to build endurance, power, and speed in all three disciplines.

The plans are all written in codes, so you have to flip back and forth in the book to read each day's workout. This is going to take some time, but is probably necessary given the number of plans included in the book.

Some minor critiques - (1) the codes are not listed in one table...there are a half dozen or so code tables spread throughout the book. I have found that you must consult multiple code tables in different parts of the book to find all the codes. This results in a lot of time just searching for a table that includes the code you are looking for. In future editions, the author should consolidate all of the codes into ONE table at the end of the book so that they are all in one place; (2) a couple of the codes are either only described in the text (and not in the tables) or are missing from the book entirely.

Major kudos to the book's author, however, who responded to multiple emails from me providing information on the missing and hard to find codes. He responded within 24 hours!!! Here is what I found:

CDS = Cycle Drill Set and is described on page 420 (but not in any of the code tables)
RDS = Running Drill Set and is described on page 419 (but not in the code tables)
SPS = Swim Pull Set (this one is not defined anywhere in the book). The author said to use the same distances as SKS (swim kick set)

Overall, this book appears to contain a long list of promising and comprehensive training plans for athletes of all levels and interests - especially with an author who is so responsive to questions.
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Lauren Phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars Worked for a half Ironman
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2023
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I bought this as a gift for my husband, who was training to do his first half Ironman. There are several levels of plans for each of the 4 events covered. He was able to pick a plan that matched his fitness level, and he successfully completed the race. The nice thing about the book is that he could train for another half Ironman but go up a level and have a brand new training plan. He found it easy to use, even with all the acronyms.
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A. Coleman
5.0 out of 5 stars Good training program
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017
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Worked as promised. Finished Ironman Santa Rosa on the level III training plan, and did so pretty comfortably.

There are a (very) few editorial issues, like one or two missing codes for prescribed workouts. That's pretty shoddy, but you can extrapolate the workout from the others in any given category. The only workouts I missed were by choice.

Many complain of the decoding process - I agree it's a pain, but it just doesn't require that much time or effort. Early on, I'd often enter the workout into a Polar watch, and that honestly was a LOT more effort than decoding. After learning the patterns of both the weekly schedule and code values, I usually just grabbed the book and took mental training notes for the swim - or just went straight out for the the bike/run. No big deal.

Saw another review question the running load. I agree, there was surprisingly less running in the full distance than I would have expected. But I came to appreciate the load for the sake of my joints and leg health - and, well, I finished on targeted paces. It's just a different training strategy - but do expect a lot of pool and bike time!

By and large, for ease of use and effectiveness, five stars!
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L. Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid and Extensive Training Plans
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2015
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I'd love to give this 5 stars. I have no doubt that anyone who follows their chosen plan will totally own the course. This book will also last you forever... there is a plan for every level of athlete from your first sprint to your Ironman Championships. It is enormous in size, so it's a good thing the readers will have nice strong swimmer's shoulders (for the price, I was really surprised to see such a gigantic book show up!). The plans are all extremely focused; in fact, the plans are SO focused, it may not really be for everyone... the workouts can be somewhat complicated to follow and almost cumbersome in their detail... Then again, I bet if you follow one of these plans in just its basic structure, you'll be very successful. My concern is that I dive into the Off Season Transition Phase Plan, I can not find the code legend for "CDS" workouts. I imagine these are Cycling Drill Sets, but after searching each of the 472 pages multiple times, I can not find a definition for that code. That alone does not make a huge difference in the use of this book - I'll extrapolate some of the other code definitions to come up with some structure for the cycling drills and have a great transition into my training, I am sure... BUT I worry about what other editing errors might be in the book. I don't want that kind of confusion in my half ironman training. Overall, great book that I would recommend to anyone who wants structured workouts and triathlon success. Good Luck to all!
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Jessica
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy the print version..you will mark this book up!.
Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2022
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This is a brilliant book for anyone who wants to finish a triathlon of ANY distance from sprint to Ironman.. Ten training plans to choose from for each distance. Better than a coach if you're self motivated. I used plan 6 for my Ironman and finished easily with a time of 12 hours.
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Luis Armando Martínez González
5.0 out of 5 stars Fácil y eficaz
Reviewed in Mexico on November 14, 2018
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Me gustó la sencillez y la dificultad para el entrenamiento detallado. Me a ayudado a subir mi condición física para realizar un triatlón olimpíco.
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Mike Cross
5.0 out of 5 stars information is well presented.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2019
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Nicely presented, well structured book with lots of really good information.
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Jacobo
4.0 out of 5 stars Guía básica para entrenamientos para TRI
Reviewed in Spain on August 24, 2015
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La verdad es que todavía no he podido bucear en ello en profundidad, pero si he estado echándole un ojo y me encanta!!!
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Mario
5.0 out of 5 stars SEMPLICE E COMPLETO
Reviewed in Italy on April 23, 2015
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Una guida fantastica che ti prende per mano passo per passo.....spiegata in modo davvero semplice e per tutti i livelli di preparazione.
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