Triathlon Base Training Series 1 - How to train smarter in winter to race faster in summer

<p>How should you train in your "base training" phase? Long slow distance? Reverse periodisation? Lots of gym work? Scientific Triathlon coaches Mikael Eriksson and Jack Hutchens discuss best practices of base training for triathletes.</p><p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS: </strong></p><ul><li>General performance capacity is the cake, specific training is the icing. During base training we work on general performance capacity ("general preparation")</li><li>The key pillar of the base training: building a stronger aerobic training base</li><li>How intensity plays a role in base training, and how your goal races and individual physiological characteristics impact the choice of intensity to focus on</li><li>What role does technique training, sprint training, and strength training play in a triathlete's base training?</li><li>How to incorporate low-key races into your base training.</li><li>Common mistakes amateur athletes make in their base phase triathlon training.</li></ul><p><strong...