Balance Your Training

Summer is rolling around now as we enter the month of May and the new race season is upon us. Time really does fly when you're having fun! This year will be a non-race year for me and instead I'll be focusing on my family and business development projects.

I'll still be training hard to maintain good health and wellness!Since opening my Personal Training Studio in February, I've been exercising to maintain fitness and to gain strength. It's truly the first time in over a decade in a half that I've not 'trained' with a specific goal in mind other than to stay in good shape and hopefully slow the tolls of aging. I really enjoy the strength training and light cardio that I'm currently doing and am amazed at how 'one dimensional' my fitness was as a long course triathlete.

Although I had great 'linear' endurance, my overall conditioning (Strength, agility, lateral mobility, power, coordination) was actually quite poor. Now that I am strength training again and focusing more on overall conditioning, I feel stronger and in better overall shape than I did even in my peak years as a pro triathlete! Go figure, right?!

I encourage anyone focused on repetitive motion endurance sports like triathlon, cycling and running to attempt to balance their training with strength and conditioning work. This becomes especially important to athletes over the age of 35, who will start to experience the slow but insidious catabolic effects of aging and need to fight it tooth and nail.

Be Strong and Focused!
Coach Troy

Coach Troy Jacobson, father to his daughter Hope, is a former professional triathlete, an accomplished businessman a noted expert in the field of personal development. For more information about his programs, visit www.strongandfocused.com.


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