How to Train for Your First Triathlon
What you need to know about how to prepare for your first sprint triathlon from the sport’s most respected expert.
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Your 12-Week Triathlon Training Plan and Tips for Success
Triathlons are booming, and for good reason. Reap the full-body benefits and finish strong with our complete training guide.
10 Triathlon Mistakes to Avoid
You can learn a lot from mistakes – but they don’t have to be your own! Here’s how you can sidestep common pitfalls of first-time triathletes.
How to Train for a Sprint Triathlon
Your complete guide to training for a sprint triathlon.
Transition Tips for Triathlons
You’re fast in the water, explosive on the bike and smooth in your running stride. But a great triathlon finish hinges on your performance in the transition area.
PUMPING IRONY: An Accidental Triathlon
A bicycle outing in the north woods results in a whole new way to think of the triathlon.
4 Drills to Improve Your Triathlon Transition Time
The transitions from swimming to biking to running represent triathlon’s fourth discipline, and they require their own kind of training.
How Training for a Big Athletic Event Can Transform Your Health
When your workouts are lagging, nothing can get you charged up quite like registering for a really big race.
Stronger by a Mile
Mindy Russell had no idea that by getting in shape and completing her first triathlon, she’d inspire her husband and kids to get moving, too.
Strengthen Family Ties and Fitness With an Athletic Event
Participating in an athletic event as a family—from a fun-run 5K to a full-on Olympic triathlon—can improve your fitness, and your bond with each other.
Take a Fitness-Immersion Adventure for Your Body and Mind
Bring your athletic skills to the next level. Take your body and mind on a learning adventure. Attention campers: Your fitness-immersion experience is about to begin.
Up for a Challenge
A determined goal-setter in his professional life, Tommy Johnson found a way to make his personal fitness a higher priority: He embraced the triathlete’s lifestyle.
How to Mentally Recover From a DNF
Falling short of the finish line can be frustrating. But the only real defeat lies in failing to learn from your experience.
How to Be a Better Swimmer
Increasing your stroke cycle can make you speedy. But lengthening your stroke may be the most important key to competitive success.
Ready, Set, Race: Tips to Navigating Your First Competitive Event
Is your favorite active pursuit leading you somewhere? Like a starting line, perhaps? Get the beginner’s scoop on everything from finding an ideal event to celebrating your first finish.
A 6 Week Strength Training Plan for Triathletes
Gearing up for a big tri event? This quick, effective, six-week strength-training program will improve your overall fitness, help you avoid injury and have you crossing the finish in record time.
An Uncommon Triathlete: Zachary Hamrick’s Success Story
A young man with autism conquers the NYC Tri. His father tells the story.
Hooked on Fitness
Fitness isn’t always love at first sweat. Learn how three individuals became infatuated with activity — and made it a joyful priority.
Cycling for Change
As an athlete and industry innovator, HED Cycling cofounder Anne Hed is on a mission to make cycling more accessible and welcoming for everyone.
Healthy Inspiration: 5 Fitness Experts Share Their Goals for 2020
Hear from a few of our Life Time experts about what they’re committed to improve, try for the first time, or learn in 2020 — and get inspired to set and achieve your own goals.
4 Tips to Bring Fun Back to Your Fitness Routine
Routines – even healthy ones – have a way of becoming, well, routine. Here’s how to put the fun back into your fitness experience.