Online triathlon coaching is hands down the most effective way to train for your event. It allows me to provide training to any athlete anywhere in the world without geographical restrictions, or forcing you to attend sessions at set times.
Whether it’s training plans, nutrition advice, strength training, help choosing equipment or anything else related to triathlon, I can help set you up for success.
Online triathlon coaching opens up a world of flexibility, customisation, and long-term support. It may surprise you to hear, but almost every professional athlete will rely primarily on online triathlon coaching. It’s simply not pragmatic to expect a coach to be with an athlete for more than a handful of sessions a week at most.
There’s no denying the value of an experienced coach standing poolside, offering instant feedback on your stroke. Thousands of hours spent delivering swim coaching sessions to club and 1 to 1 athletes have shown how a single breakthrough in technique can slash minutes off your swim split. A refined swim stroke can make a dramatic difference, and I’m not dismissing the value of this kind of coaching at all.
However, this kind of coaching is often limited to a single discipline, swimming. It also tends to be delivered in a group setting, unless you can afford t pay £100+ an hour to hire a lane and a personal coach.
While group swim sessions can provide a crucial level of camaraderie and community, they don’t make champions. Given how busy these sessions could be, you could go for weeks without any direct feedback from the coach.
An in person session will definitely help you improve, but only for the duration of that session. What about the other 167 hours in the week?
Triathlon performance is about far more than just swim technique. How do you avoid injury? What should you eat before a session? How long should your long run be? Which is the best bike for your budget and goals? How do you incorporate strength into your training? What’s actually going to make you faster, rather than just feel good? How can you fit your training in around family and work? Getting the answers to these questions is what makes the difference between the podium or the back of the pack.
Most age-group triathletes are their own worst enemy. The majority don’t take recovery seriously and train too hard on easy days. At the same time, they don’t push hard enough on key sessions because they’re tired from going too hard on their easy days. They neglect strength training and take a gung-ho approach to nutrition. They tend to jeopardise their own performance for the sake of what feels good in the moment. Without proper guidance, it’s easy to plateau or burn out.
Online triathlon coaching helps athletes avoid these pitfalls by building a structured, long-term training plan based on individual goals, experience, availability, and their current fitness level. Rather than a one size fits all plan, online triathlon coaching is build around you.
You’ll receive detailed workouts with custom workouts based on your ability level with full explanations of the purpose behind each session. Workouts are sent to your watch to help you follow along in real time.
For less than the price of a single in-person session, I can provide an entire month of training. Whether you train before work, during lunch breaks, or you have a very unpredictable schedule, your plan adapts to your lifestyle. Not the other way around.
Travel a lot for work? No problem. I can adjust your training to suit new time zones or hotel gyms. Got kids and a chaotic family schedule? Your plan can fit around that too.
No two athletes are the same, and with online triathlon coaching, you never have to settle for a one size fits-all approach.
The first question I want you to ask yourself is, could AI do your job? Your answer would likely be that it could handle some of the simpler aspects of the role, but never replace a human entirely.
The same is true of online triathlon coaching. Yes it could write you a basic plan, but it would not be able to effectively monitor and tweak your training over time. AI won’t be able to adjust if you develop a niggle. It won’t be on the end of the phone when the self doubt creeps in. Machine learning won’t be able to install you with the self belief required to achieve ambitious goals.
It lacks the experience, gut instinct and empathy of a human coach. Yes it has access to most of the material on triathlon ever created, but that’s also its weakness.
It doesn’t know how to spot the influencer giving unqualified advice, it mixes different coaching methodologies, and puts everything ever written about triathlon into a big melding pot.
I’ve seen plans written by Chat GPT and while they aren’t awful, the further you get into the plan the more unhinged they become. They also tend to ramp up intensity and volume too fast, and many AI programmes have a high risk of injury associated with them.
Online triathlon coaching is for everyone.
Whether you’re a complete beginner looking to complete your first sprint triathlon or a seasoned age grouper training for an IRONMAN World Championship qualification, there’s an online triathlon coaching solution for you.
If you’re new to the sport, online coaching helps give you an unfair advantage. You can avoid unnecessary injuries and feeling out of place when training.
You can achieve so much more when you turn up to each session with a purpose and clear understanding of the workout.
For the experienced athlete, fitness gains get progressively harder to find. By leveraging tools such as WKO5 and Best Bike Split we can drill down into your training data to help find the quickest ways to help you improve.
Combined with the knowledge and instincts of a coach with a proven track record of helping athletes quality for Kona, online triathlon coaching helps athletes like you achieve more than they thought possible.
All of my coaching packages start with an in-depth consultation. We want to know everything about you:
From there, we build a custom plan on TrainingPeaks. Every session has a purpose, and you’ll always know the “why” behind your training. Say goodbye to random training or following workouts you don’t understand. We put you in an informed, empowered position.
With our online triathlon coaching, you’re never alone. You have a coach dedicated to your improvement, not just in one race, but over the course of your athletic journey. We focus on:
– Injury prevention and load management
-Training periodisation and race peaking
-Strength and conditioning for triathletes
– Nutrition for both training and race day
– Mental preparation and motivation
As well as being a British Triathlon High Performing Coach, I am a level 4 personal trainer, Certified Nutrition Coach, strength coach, IRONMAN Certified Coach and winner of the Triathlon England Volunteer of the Year award. This helps you save money relative to hiring a series of experts of additional sessions.
You can learn more about me and my experience here or read testimonials from previous clients here.
If you’re tired of generic plans or unstructured training, it’s time to experience the difference that online triathlon coaching can make. Whether you want to cross your first finish line or shave hours off your PB, I’m here to support you.
Check out my coaching packages or fill out the contact form at the bottom of the page to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation call.
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