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Triathlon expert offers tips for multisport conditioning
Windsor, ON-- George Dallam, PhD, USA Triathlon's first national team coach, leads the way in triathlon coaching. As the longtime coach of Hunter Kemper, the top-ranked triathlete in the ITU World Cup during 2005 and most of 2006, Dallam shares many of his coaching insights for serious triathlon participants in an upcoming book.
In Championship Triathlon Training (Human Kinetics, May 2008), Dallam and coauthor Steven Jonas, MD, address essential components for effective triathlon training:
· Make transitions a competitive advantage rather than a drain.
· Use Dallam's novel method of projecting target training velocities in swimming, cycling, and running.
· Employ simple technologies to maximize the adaptive process and get more enjoyment out of training.
· Alter breathing patterns to improve ventilatory efficiency, reduce heart rate and blood pressure, and improve training consistency and performance.
· Develop the psychological skills to improve performance and enjoy the process more.
· Build movement-specific strength to improve basic speed and endurance-related speed in swimming, cycling, and running.
According to Dallam, by implementing particular training components, athletes can train less to race faster. "These are specific methods that any athlete can use to develop more effective technique in swimming, cycling, and running to become faster, more efficient, and less likely to be injured," says Dallam.
Championship Triathlon Training offers advice on complex speed and endurance training, race-specific training and strategy, and training for strength. For more information on Championship Triathlon Training, contact Human Kinetics at 800-465-7301 or visit www.HumanKinetics.com.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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Championship Triathlon Training
George Dallam · Steven Jonas
2008 · Paperback · Approx 328 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-6919-9 · $21.95
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
George Dallam, PhD, is the longtime coach of Hunter Kemper, the top-ranked triathlete in the ITU World Cup during 2005 and most of 2006. Dallam is the founding member of the National Coaching Commission of USA Triathlon, the sport's national governing body, and was USA Triathlon's first national team coach. In 2004 he was a finalist for the Doc Counsilman Award for the Science in Coaching category of the United States Olympic Committee's Coach of the Year Award. In 2005 he was USA Triathlon's Elite Coach of the Year.
Dallam is an associate professor of exercise science and health promotion at Colorado State University at Pueblo. As a sport scientist, he has authored and coauthored numerous scientific papers relating to triathlon. During his career at CSU-Pueblo, he has received each of the university-wide awards for teaching, scholarship, and service, becoming the only faculty member in the history of the institution to receive all three awards.
During his triathlon coaching career, Dallam has served as a personal coach to several elite triathletes, including Amanda Stevens, Marcel Vifian, Callahan Hatfield, Michael Smedley, and Ryan BickerstaffAt the Olympic Training Center, he served as resident and collegiate programs coach for Olympians Nick Radkewich and Susan Williams as well as perennial international stars Laura Reback, Becky Lavelle, and Doug Friman. Before focusing on triathlon, he coached at various levels in swimming, water polo, and cross country.
Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, MS, FNYAS, has been a regular columnist and contributor to The East Coast Triathlete, Triathlon Today, Triathlon Times, and American TRI. Since 2006, he has written a column titled "Ordinary Mortals: Talking Triathlon with Steve Jonas" for USA Triathlon Life. He is the author of Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals and The Essential Triathlete. He also serves as editor in chief of American Medical Athletic Association Journal and has been a member of the editorial board of ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal since 1999.
Jonas is a professor of preventive medicine in the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York. As author, coauthor, editor, and coeditor, he has published more than 25 books and 135 academic papers on health policy, health promotion, disease prevention, and fitness and exercise.
The year 2007 marked Jonas' 25th season as a recreational triathlete. He has competed in more than 185 multisport races, including 115 triathlons, at distances up to the Ironman. He is also a certified professional ski instructor.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Essential Training Elements and Guidelines
Chapter 2 Training the Mind
Chapter 3 Assessing and Improving Technique
Chapter 4 Training for Strength and Muscular Balance
Chapter 5 Complex Speed and Endurance Training
Chapter 6 Race-Specific Training and Strategy
Chapter 7 Creating a Long-Term Training Program
Chapter 8 Race-Specific Training Programs
Chapter 9 Health and Fueling Strategies for Optimal Performance
Buy the book at: Human Kinetics.
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