Training in the city: Treadmill
As much as I like bike trainers, I was never a great fan of treadmills in the past. I wasn’t particularly keen on running on the band and...
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Tapering, nutrition and mental strength
This article first appeared on Global Sport Coach. Richard Thompson from Global Sport Coach, sits down with Brett Sutton to find out what...
Learning, not copying
Coach Harald with the great man, Haile Gebrselassie. As a coach working with elite and age group athletes I am regularly confronted with...
Overcoming Doubt: Three approaches for developing confidence
A few weeks ago, while discussing an athlete’s program, Brett Sutton said something to me in his typically unvarnished and...
The Olympic year
Nicola Spirig: Getting back into shape in Gran Canaria. It isn’t just volume, volume, volume. As we come into our final week of camp,...
The 95% phenomenon
One of the many questions coaches and athletes ask when using Moderate, Medium, Mad as a perception of effort level, is why we also...
Clarification on easy rides
To clarify some statements and philosophy behind the recent team letter on spinning: There are two types of easy rides. 1) An easy low...
Team letter - spinning
Bike training in Gran Canaria. Photo: Rob Holden Photography Hi to all, Wishing you the best in safety and health in 2016. I want to...
A marathon every third day
Running at our Pre-Kona camp in Jeju, South Korea. With the exploits of the Bird (Daniela Ryf) producing arguably the best long course...
New day resolutions
New Year’s Eve: Making adjustments to swim tools for the first session of the year. As we head into a new year I’ve been asked about my...
Wearing the triple crown
I have been asked to give a breakdown on the year of Daniela Ryf and how one sustains such a long term performance of such a high...
Performance and training conditions
Carina Brechters, Nicola Spirig and Mary Beth Ellis will start a winter training block. I was recently forwarded an old forum article I...
A Weekend of ‘Brain Washing’ Ilawa, Poland
The original article by Lukasz Grass appeared in Triathlon Academy. Translated by Rafal Medak. Many say that Brett Sutton is a...
The 7 myths of swimming for triathlon
1) The 6-Beat Kick A 6-beat technique is not a fundamental of swimming fast. This is even more true in triathlon when we are covering...
Training tests vs. race day performance
One of the most interesting features people find about our coaching methods is the lack of physical testing. It has raised many questions...
Why less is often more
Age group athletes attending our camps often find it astonishing that our professionals don't do a greater amount of work. 'OK, but what...
Ironman University: It Gets Worse…
They just can’t help themselves. In their desperation to rescue a failed concept, Ironman University this morning sent out an email to...
Why real coaching is about the changes you don’t make
One of the challenges I face as a coach is in managing expectations of change. Battling the idea that camp athletes are coming for a...
Message to the time bandits
It’s a matter of seconds, but they’re crucial. As we start to build into our St Moritz camps it’s obvious that one of the biggest...
It’s not just the workouts!
Squad doing dive-sets. Photo: Rob Holden Photography Since coming on board as assistant coach to Brett Sutton two years ago, I’ve had...
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