Swim
Below is a chart to help you train for steady swimming. You can jump into the chart wherever your current fitness allows. Some will need to begin with 25s. That is 25 yards or meters, the length of a standard pool. Others may have the fitness to begin with 50s.
| Swim
|
|
| Repeats
| Rest Interval
|
| 10 x 25
| 20 seconds
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| 10 x 25
| 15 seconds
|
| 10 x 25
| 10 seconds
|
| 5 x 25, rest 1 minute, 5 x 25
| 5 seconds between 25s
|
| 5 x 50
| 20 seconds
|
| 7-8 x 50
| 20 seconds
|
| 9-12 x 50
| 20 seconds
|
| 12 x 50
| 15 seconds
|
| 12 x 50
| 10 seconds
|
| 6 x 50, rest 1 minute, 6 x 50
| 5 seconds between 50s
|
| 6 x 100
| 10 seconds
|
| 500
| steady
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More: 10 Steps to Improving Your Triathlon Swim
Bike
This is the easy one. If you can ride an indoor bike or get outside for just 30 minutes once per week, you can build some foundation cycling fitness. If you have the time and energy to do it, build the length of this ride to 60 minutes. In just a couple of weeks, adding 15 minutes to the rides, you can easily be at an hour of ride time.
