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Half Distance Strength Plan (34 weeks)- Novice Lifter

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Half Distance Strength Plan (34 weeks)- Novice Lifter

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Author

Simon Olney

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Length

34 Weeks

Includes Structured Workouts

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Plan Description

This plan is written by British Triathlon High Performing Coach and L4 strength coach Simon Olney and will help you reduce the chance of injury, while also improving your performance on race day.

It is designed for someone who would consider themselves to have a reasonable level of fitness, but is relatively new to strength training.

This programme starts with learning the movements we are primarily focusing on in an anatomical adaptation phase for 12 weeks, followed by a max strength phase of eight weeks where we really unlock the benefits of strength training. Through these phases we will be training twice a week.

After we finish our max strength block we switch to training once a week in a strength maintenance block, where we go back to lighter weights for the most part, but include more race specific movements.

If you have any questions ahead of or after purchasing this plan, please email me at Simon@phazontriathlon.com

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
strength x2
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Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
strength
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Simon Olney

Phazon Triathlon

I am a British Triathlon High Performing Coach who specialises in helping athletes complete their first IRONMAN or IRONMAN 70.3 event. Are you feeling lost in the ocean of noise surrounding the sport? Don't have the time to read textbooks and trawl YouTube for answers? Overwhelmed by all the information out there? Don't have 20 hours a week to train? I provide pragmatic coaching for busy people.


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