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Winter is the perfect time to build the foundation for your fitness and prepare to achieve your future goals successfully. If you love being on skis, surrounded by mountain nature, activities like cross-country skiing and ski mountaineering offer the ideal opportunity to train while having fun. These sports not only allow you to explore breathtaking landscapes but are also perfect for improving strength, endurance, and coordination.
Winter is a critical period for athletes who easily gain weight. The reduction in training, combined with end-of-year festivities, predisposes the body to store any excess calories as fat. Many athletes experience a seasonal “yo-yo” effect: winter weight gain is followed by increasingly difficult attempts to return to peak form. So, how can this phenomenon be avoided? We answer this question in this article.
Want to sync your workouts with the Apple Watch? No problem! With just a few settings, you can ensure that your planned workouts are automatically loaded onto your Apple Watch and that completed sessions are synced back to 2PEAK. Here’s how to do it!
The triathlon season is over for most of us as winter is settling in. The cold, humidity, and shorter days don’t encourage training—and that’s a good thing, as we also need to rest! However, the foundation for the 2025 season is being laid right now. It is therefore essential not to “hibernate”!
Indoor training has become an essential part of the training routine for runners, cyclists, and triathletes. It’s more than just an emergency plan for bad weather: indoor training offers unique opportunities to work on your performance in a targeted way, independent of external conditions. However, many struggle to stay as motivated indoors as they do outdoors. In this article, you’ll learn why indoor training is so valuable and how to make it exciting and varied.
Boosting your power on the bike is key to taking your cycling performance up a notch. By focusing on strength exercises tailored to cycling, you’ll improve your pedaling efficiency, stamina, and ability to tackle tough climbs. Here are the top exercises to build strength for cycling power, with tips on technique and training frequency.
Triathlon is a typically summer sport with a season that runs from April to October in the northern hemisphere. During the winter off-season, athletes need to maintain a minimum level of training to prepare for the following season, while also dealing with winter viruses: flu, gastroenteritis, COVID… Here’s how to resume regular training while “boosting” your immune system to avoid getting sick.
We often hear about FTP, these three letters that stand for Functional Threshold Power. But what does it actually mean? How can you perform an FTP test? How can you use this data to optimize your training? In this article, we explain the concept of FTP in exercise physiology, detailing how to perform an FTP test in the three triathlon disciplines and providing tips to maximize its benefits.
Triathletes are well known for their determination in training. We chain together laps, kilometers on the bike, and runs because it gives us satisfaction and “soothes” our conscience. But even with all that energy, enthusiasm should not lead to haste. Recovery is essential to avoid mistakes and optimize performance.
The front crawl, or freestyle, is the perfect combination of speed and fluidity, but the key lies in making it natural. Every aspect, from body position to strokes and even breathing, plays a crucial role. In this article, we delve into the basic principles to help you swim more efficiently, reduce effort, and improve your performance in the water.