TRI TRAINING PROGRAME 12-WEEK OLYMPIC - BEGINNER
2
WWW.GARMIN.PL
Technical Terms:
Back: Backstroke swimming technique.
Breathing Pattern: The number of strokes you take between breaths. It’s a good idea to have a regular breathing pattern as this will help you to find a rhythm and focus in
open water especially.
Build: A repetition or session which increases in intensity and/or pace as you go through it.
Catch: After your hand has entered the water to begin your stroke you have the catch phase, where you need to grab as much water as possible with your palm and forearm so
you can then pull your body over the water.
Dead Spot: When cycling you have two dead spots during the pedal stroke – one at the dead top and one at the dead bottom. Pedalling efficiently means you minimise the
time spent in each dead spot.
Fartlek: A session where you mix your speed/intensity but never actually stop. Literally: to play with speed.
Free: Freestyle. Also known as Front Crawl swimming style.
OWS: Open Water Swimming: swimming outdoors in a lake, river, the sea etc. Many races in the UK are open water but there are also a lot of pool-based triathlons, especially
early and late season. If you’re doing an open water race make sure you practise a few times before your event.
Recovery: Time within a session where you are static or moving very slowly to allow the body to recover before the next bout of exercise.
Reps: Repetition: repeated time or distance exercises within a training session.
RPM: Revolutions Per Minute. The number of full revolutions one leg makes in a minute of cycling or the number of contacts with the ground one foot makes in a minute
of running. Also described as Cadence.
Tech: Technique session: session where you are focusing on improvements to technique over speed or intensity.
Turbo: A piece of bike training equipment that locks your bike into a stationary position and applies resistance so you can cycle indoors. Usually a triangular frame.
TT: Time Trial: an effort against the clock where you are aiming to go as far or as fast as possible against a set time or distance target