Without a doubt, these Out-Season training plans are the cornerstone of our success as a long course triathlon Team. Built on our radical approach to endurance training–Build FAST First, the Put FAR Under It – athletes using our protocols experience significant improvements on just six to eight hours of training per week:
- Avg 10k Improvement: 2 minutes and 30 seconds
- Avg Half Marathon Improvement: 4 minutes and 47 seconds
- Avg Bike Threshold Power (FTP) gain: 15%
- Avg Power-to-Weight (w/kg) gain: 15.7%
Many other plans are basically written by a guy who read a book by a guy who read a book. Our plans are driven by our combined experienced of nearly 20 years of long course triathlon coaching, and, most importantly, the results, feedback, and continuous improvement loop you would expect from a team of over 400 athletes. These plans have been updated and improved seven times in five years. When was the last time your training plan was even touched? Can your 1:1 coach produce similar improvement data — actual data — above?
Out-Season Training Plan Improvements for 2010
We are in the process of improving our Out-Season training plans for the 2010 long course triathlon season. This is an annual process that involves pouring over Team data from 400+ members and reviewing athlete feedback, etc. Here is the short list of improvements, a result of the coaches and team putting their heads together:
- Plans lengthened from 16 weeks to 20 weeks.
- “Cold” and “Warm” weather volume options given for key workouts. Every Saturday ride will include options for “if you are stuck on a trainer for 1:30″ and “if you can get outside for 2-3hrs.”
- Training blocks broken down as:
- Weeks 1-8 focus on lifting power/pace/speed at Lactate or Functional Threshold
- Weeks 9-14 shift to lifting power/pace/speed at Vo2Max
- Weeks 15-20, we return to focus on Lactate/Functional Threshold performance
- Testing / Benchmarking process and frequency improved.
- Now includes technique and fitness focused swim guidance.
- New Gold Level OS Plans will have a podcast AND video for EVERY week of your training plan. That’s nearly 4hrs of detailed guidance from Rich and Patrick to help you make the most of this critical training phase.
Plans will be released to the general public on Sept 1:
- Priced starting at $179 ($9/week!), the same price as 2008 but four more weeks!
- Newsletter subscriber (you) discount: 10%, good through September 30.
- Twitter Follower Discount: 20%. Simply follow TeamEN on Twitter and we will publish a special discount for you on September 1, good through September 15.
Background on the Endurance Nation OutSeason
Ironman Coeur d’Alene (26 EN athletes) and Ironman Lake Placid (37 athletes) are in the books. The results of our athletes, the team vibe of 25-35+ at every race, 60-70+ at the race week team dinner, a waiting list of nearly 200 athletes…something is working and we’re going to let you know the secret: a very large part of Endurance Nation’s success, as a team and as individual race performances, is built in our Out-Season. Specifically, our Out-Season training plans.
To review the Endurance Nation long course training season:
- Out-Season: 16-20wks, “Build FAST, then put FAR under it.”
- General Preparation: Everything until 12wks out from your race. “Training to train, putting the FAR under FAST.”
- Race Preparation: Starts 12wks out from the race. Focus on the FAR and race-specific intensity.
Why is our Out-Season so powerful?
First, it has been proven across three seasons to make you SIGNIFICANTLY faster than your old self. How do we do it? We focus on low volume, high intensity training. Low volume, cuz it has to be, because you are a real person in the real world, it’s winter, and you don’t need to be training hours and hours for a race 6-9 months away! High intensity because low volume creates the opportunity for the high intensity that will make you faster on race day. In short, we build your Fast in the Out-Season. With only 6-8hrs of total volume per week, our athletes achieved the documented gains above. Can your coach or training plan demonstrate similar documented gains?
Second, low volume conserves your head, your job, your family life, and those always-precious SAUs (Spousal Approval Units). One consistent comment we hear from our team is how much focused, time efficient work they are getting in at a relatively low time-cost, and that this work definitely pays off with faster performances all season. That is, they are getting faster and fitter with less impact on their personal lives than ever before. This is huge money in the bank for when you need to get a green light for those 5hr+ rides closer to your race!
Third, it’s an incredible team building opportunity for us. Our Out-Season, November 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010, is a golden opportunity to get the entire team on the same training, learning, experience-sharing, accountability, and comarderie page. The entire team is training, talking, and thinking about the same things, without the distraction of racing. In addition, we will hold back some team-only features that will not be included in the general-public training plans. Specifically, we have created a power-training protocol proven to boast Functional Threshold Power an additional 10% in only 5wks.
If you think the Endurance Nation team-only experiences and resources are for you, join our waiting list. If not, these training plans are certainly an excellent alternative, to be published September 1, 2009.
We hope that you are excited about the potential to significantly improve your 2010 performances by doing the hard, smart work in the OutSeason. The results of our athletes speak for themselves! We’ll let you know when the plans are available for purchase, on September 1, and don’t forget to follow TeamEN on Twitter to receive a Twitter-only 20% discount!
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