This article will address some specific protocols that have been effectively used to correct some major strength and flexibility imbalances of a current client. This movement transfers to more effective hip stabilization in triathletes while building a solid core.

After a general mobility warm-up, emphasis was on the Wall Squat, essential to recovery and progression of imbalances, weaknesses and mobility of the hip/low back region. The foundational movements apply to triathletes as they do for any athlete. Through a combination of JM drills and KB's, she was able to effectively overcome many of these weaknesses in nine short weeks. Windmillswork the core at the same time stretching the glute/hamstring complex while maintaining mental awareness of the upper body, once again engaging the ENTIRE body to work as a unit vs. Swings teach hip and hamstring firing. Kettlebells fill the void where traditional strength training lacks, effective strength workouts in minimal time. These five exercises revolve around everything that a triathlete is looking for: increasing core strength without increasing muscle mass, and increasing work capacity while maintaining aerobic efficiency (relaxed tension).

a collection of body parts--which leads to increasedefficiency--is crucial for triathletes. Renegade Rows are a full body core workout teaching the abdominals stabilize in a 'relaxed tension' state instead of mindlesslyrowing a weight. Treating the body as a 'unit' vs. This almost immediate improvement led to relaxed bike pedal power, relaxed running and overall increased power and efficiency.

Kettlebells (KB's) have already become the tool of choice for 'inthe know' strength and power athletes. She is 33 years old and has competed in two Ironman triathlons, as well as many shorter races. Joint Mobility (JM), a combination of Qigong and dynamic stretching, has also become one of the most effective warm-ups for any athlete. The Western world is gradually listening, receiving and applying simple, primitive and more effective training methods from the archives of the Eastern bloc. When we started working together, nine weeks prior to her second Ironman, she was rebounding from a stress fracture in the femoral head, major quad/ham imbalance, rotator cuff problems (past injuries from swimming on college scholarship), and tight hip flexors.

Refer to Super Joints (book or DVD) for these exercises: Belly Dance, Cossack, extended Cossack, Bootstrappers, and Split Switches. They will surely thank you!Triathletes are a special population due to thefact they are training for three events simultaneously, i.e. How can the re-birth of these two timeless protocols benefit triathletes?

a collection of body parts.

Snatches are an extension of the swing and help 're-wire' the CNS to fire on demand and also adding to overall efficiency.

Ask any triathlete: his/her last priority is strength training.

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