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TRAINING
No Pain No Gain !
PROS “No Pain No Gain”
It’s true for any sport but
especially in triathlon: if you
want to improve, at some point
you have to increase the training
load considerably.
This is what we call overload
and it can be painful!
The concept of overload os
one of the 4 basis principles
of physical preparation. This
principle says that to improve,
it’s necessary to put the body
to unusual work loads. This
overload generally leads to an
adaptation of the body thanks
to the overcompensation phenomenon.
The average triathlete who trains 2 to 4 times a week
mustn’t do «hard» sessions every time because he
The adepts of the «No pain no gain» have generally could quickly be in an overtraining process. That’s
an additional motto: «what doesn’t kill you makes enough to do one to two weekly hard sessions to
you stronger». Then it would be necessary to have have an optimum return-on-investment.
a very painful training to improve.
The real question would rather be: is it necessary to
make every training painful ?
In many cases, the answer is obviously NO.
CONS No Pain No Gain
Being hard on yourself only to be hard on yourself can quickly be counterproductive to improve.
has never been very productive regarding training.
Dealing with each session in a masochistic manner Triathlon training is very addictive. The more
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