Fast Talk Labs’ Strength Training Series: Week 1
In Week 1 of our Strength Training Series, we guide you through a routine that includes deadlifts, back squats, rows, and side planks.
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In Week 1 of our Strength Training Series, we guide you through a routine that includes deadlifts, back squats, rows, and side planks.
Counteract your low-impact endurance training with high-impact, multidirectional movements to protect yourself from stress injuries.
This session is meant to support a normal in-season training week, lifting heavier weights once a week to complement other sport-specific training.
What does polarized training look like for triathletes? Find out with coach Ryan Bolton’s tri-specific swim and run workouts.
Endurance athletes of all disciplines can benefit from a regular full-body strength routine.
Runners and cyclists can work on this circuit year-round to create a stable platform to drive force into the foot strike or pedal. Just like other aspects of training, consistency over time will pay off.
These moves can reduce the risk of injury while improving upper-body and core muscular strength and endurance.
Not all squats are created equal. Learn if and when you should you be shooting for that “a** to grass” range of motion and follow this lower extremity mobility routine to improve the safety and depth of your squat.
Whether you’re a runner, triathlete, or cyclist, this workout is great to maintain fitness in the off season.
There are numerous exercises that can be used to strengthen the posterior chain. Here we’ll focus on three key movements.
Fall and winter should be a time for building mobility and resilience, and a simple strength routine can help us maintain or reestablish proper movement patterns and durability.
Perform these moves to strengthen the muscles around your ankle and support your ligaments when on rocky trails and uneven ground.
Increase your upper-body mobility and help prevent injuries in the pool with this strength training workout.
Knee pain is usually the result of an imbalance somewhere else in the body. Use these exercises to stave off knee pain and stay in the saddle longer.
Late season is when all the aches and pains start. Here’s a 10-minute routine after your ride to keep your legs revving for another month.
Recover from your competition with these mobility exercises.
Perform this strength workout during your race week to keep your muscles activated and primed for the race.
These exercises will keep the body moving and blood flowing during your in-season rest weeks.
This session is meant to support a normal in-season training week, lifting heavier weights once a week to complement other sport-specific training.
Use this warm-up routine before every in-season strength training workout.
Knowing how to structure strength training during the race season can be tricky. Our new strength training series is designed to help you stay strong and sharp as you compete.
This final strength training week keeps the focus on total-body foundational movements while adding in a rotational core exercise.