Whilst technical Olympic weightlifting once learned can have you in & out of the gym quickly, having pretty much hit every muscle and teaching your body correct movement and patterns to drive force through the floor and dynamically extend the hips which has a direct link to power output on bike and run. No surprises I'm a fan 😄 its fun and better than endless reps and sets of barbells and dumbells
Wow, this one is jam-packed with information. Definitely one to book-mark and re-watch 5 times over to make sure I get all the concepts and technique down-pat. Thanks Heather and India 👍
I’m a weight lifter first and just recently decided to dabble in endurance sports. This is right at home for me. I don’t ever plan on not lifting weights.
I started doing weight lifting after I broke my hip 4 years ago and I wish I discovered it 40 years ago. A variation on the clean, which I find a great dynamic, powerful move is the squat-clean. Had doms for days after I did this the first time!
I shaved two minutes of my old man PR in the 5k by adding squats, and deadlifts. Biggest improvement was a much stronger stride and legs felt like they more resistance to fatigue.
2 x 1hr. Focus on Plyometrics and barbell (eg deadlift, squat - back and front, power clean, clean and jerk, snatch). You see so many older triathletes and runners with messed up biomechanics when running due to a lack of strength and mobility. Essentially due to weakness. Pair of lungs won’t get you off the floor in your old age.
Get kettlebells and the instructor who knows that "not exactly squat" is called a hinge Here is my reply to one of the pro kettlebelling comment here: "And no hand to hand and many other types of swings with barbell. Still, they are talking about body stability, muscle endurance, and explosive power."
I don’t do anything like this . . . I love Tri training, events and watching this channel but there’s just SOOOO much to learn. Luckily I’m 60 and don’t care that much nowadays 😁
Depends on the exercise, your ability / technique. In time, following should be realistic. Deadlift - double, back squat - 1.5, power clean - body weight. If you were a power lifter, you would be doing much more.
Personal experience. I stopped all strengthwork about 6 months ago and made so much more progress on the swim, bike and run. Everyone's biology is different. I'm not aware of many elite triathletes that do strength work beyond, yoga, calisthenics. I''ve come from a strength gym background of several years so maybe this has something to do with my current experience. I might return to resistance work during the winter. I would like to hear from any elites and podium age groupers that do weights.
Likely as you have no tri background and can easily make gains on swim, bike, run. I consider myself an above average AG (e.g. Kona) and 25% of my training (2hrs) is weight training. Do it right and strength is incredible for swim and bike. Less so for run.
@@dacrumpy Thanks for your input. Do it right probably means no S&C for some. Plenty seem to get away without it. I'm a European middle distance qualifier for reference. 6 years experience, adult onset. It must depend on the person, background and many other factors.
Yes, always what’s right for the individual. My recommendation, after 15 years in sport and now 50, that everyone should if they wish to be fit, strong and healthy in older age. However for everyone to decide what is important to them in life. Btw - sounds like you are enjoying life in the sport 😊
Olympic lifting for sports performance(other than Olympic weightlifting) is an absolute myth . The only carryover is any muscle/joint/bone strength you would build , which can be achieved quicker and safer with other methods (see Doug mcguff/Ellington Darden/ drew Bay) The time it takes to learn these complex techniques multiplied by injuries makes this the worst thing you can do .
You might want to speak to Olympic runners and ask why they use a lot of strength work and lifting. There is plenty of evidence to support it's use and benefits for runners.
Whilst technical Olympic weightlifting once learned can have you in & out of the gym quickly, having pretty much hit every muscle and teaching your body correct movement and patterns to drive force through the floor and dynamically extend the hips which has a direct link to power output on bike and run. No surprises I'm a fan 😄 its fun and better than endless reps and sets of barbells and dumbells
Thanks India and Heather for breaking down what is good form with these lifts.
Wow, this one is jam-packed with information. Definitely one to book-mark and re-watch 5 times over to make sure I get all the concepts and technique down-pat. Thanks Heather and India 👍
Will you be giving Olympic lifting a try? 👀
I’m a weight lifter first and just recently decided to dabble in endurance sports. This is right at home for me. I don’t ever plan on not lifting weights.
I started doing weight lifting after I broke my hip 4 years ago and I wish I discovered it 40 years ago. A variation on the clean, which I find a great dynamic, powerful move is the squat-clean. Had doms for days after I did this the first time!
I shaved two minutes of my old man PR in the 5k by adding squats, and deadlifts. Biggest improvement was a much stronger stride and legs felt like they more resistance to fatigue.
What’s your weight training routine? 🏋♂
2 x 1hr. Focus on Plyometrics and barbell (eg deadlift, squat - back and front, power clean, clean and jerk, snatch). You see so many older triathletes and runners with messed up biomechanics when running due to a lack of strength and mobility. Essentially due to weakness. Pair of lungs won’t get you off the floor in your old age.
Get kettlebells and the instructor who knows that "not exactly squat" is called a hinge
Here is my reply to one of the pro kettlebelling comment here:
"And no hand to hand and many other types of swings with barbell. Still, they are talking about body stability, muscle endurance, and explosive power."
Generally I go push, pull, legs split but been running a lot so basically an upper body and a lower body day around 4 run days
Informative.
🧐🤔 I don’t have one. 😊 But I realise that I need to look into that, for various reasons. Thank you Heather, for the information. 😊
Upper / lower body 3x week💪
Each morning before my endurance workout I do 25-45 minutes of calisthenics
I don’t do anything like this . . . I love Tri training, events and watching this channel but there’s just SOOOO much to learn. Luckily I’m 60 and don’t care that much nowadays 😁
I thought you were going to say at least I’m 60 so at least I have 30+ more years to learn it all. :)
Lol, I’m 61 and have 29 more to improve!(hopefully….)
@@funkyfinnegan yes then you’ll peak and take on the world :)
Hill sprints equally as effective? Force generation and sport specific and doesn't involve a gym membership
I would like to know what weight are you aiming for. Lift body weight? Also how to increase weight?
Depends on the exercise, your ability / technique. In time, following should be realistic. Deadlift - double, back squat - 1.5, power clean - body weight. If you were a power lifter, you would be doing much more.
So basically a kettlebell clean & jerk. Nice.
And no hand to hand and many other types of swings with barbell. Still, they are talking about body stability, muscle endurance, and explosive power.
Good Vid !! Does it matter if I’ve got DOMS from this? Still carry on with my 6 days week (2 swim, bikes, runs?) thanks
You need to work out when to fit this in so as not to detriment your key sessions. Your recovery sessions can help with DOMS.
@@heatherfell_oly thanks Heather 👍🏽
Personal experience. I stopped all strengthwork about 6 months ago and made so much more progress on the swim, bike and run. Everyone's biology is different. I'm not aware of many elite triathletes that do strength work beyond, yoga, calisthenics. I''ve come from a strength gym background of several years so maybe this has something to do with my current experience. I might return to resistance work during the winter. I would like to hear from any elites and podium age groupers that do weights.
Likely as you have no tri background and can easily make gains on swim, bike, run. I consider myself an above average AG (e.g. Kona) and 25% of my training (2hrs) is weight training. Do it right and strength is incredible for swim and bike. Less so for run.
@@dacrumpy Thanks for your input. Do it right probably means no S&C for some. Plenty seem to get away without it. I'm a European middle distance qualifier for reference. 6 years experience, adult onset. It must depend on the person, background and many other factors.
Yes, always what’s right for the individual. My recommendation, after 15 years in sport and now 50, that everyone should if they wish to be fit, strong and healthy in older age. However for everyone to decide what is important to them in life.
Btw - sounds like you are enjoying life in the sport 😊
Olympic lifting for sports performance(other than Olympic weightlifting) is an absolute myth . The only carryover is any muscle/joint/bone strength you would build , which can be achieved quicker and safer with other methods (see Doug mcguff/Ellington Darden/ drew Bay)
The time it takes to learn these complex techniques multiplied by injuries makes this the worst thing you can do .
Doesn't sound right to me. Kettlebell swings helped my running and it's quite similar.
@@dylanhunt5368 yeah, kettlebells are great as an alternative to Olympic lifting
You might want to speak to Olympic runners and ask why they use a lot of strength work and lifting. There is plenty of evidence to support it's use and benefits for runners.
@@heatherfell_oly evidence for the Olympic lift itself? Or evidence that the muscle it built helped?