Video: Build Stamina for a Triathlon

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In order to build stamina for a triathlon, it's important to be patient, to stay consistent with training and to avoid aiming too high with levels on intensity. Learn about increasing minutes of training instead of speed of training with help from a professional endurance coach in this free video on building stamina for triathlons.

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I'm Stephen Taylor, endurance coach and fitness trainer. If you're looking to improve your stamina or your endurance in triathlon I have a few tips for you. The most important thing when it comes to building stamina is being patient. It takes a long time to really reach your best potential. Stay consistent with your training and diligent and week in week out you'll notice that your stamina improves. Now, a little more specialized tip. Many people make the mistake, when they're trying to improve their stamina, of training at too high of an intensity level. If you're goal is to improve your stamina or endurance what you want to do is increase your minutes of training not your speed. So don't worry about your time or your splits or your pace. Worry about the total amount of training time that you spend training. Now don't go crazy and increase your training dramatically but week after week add just a little bit each week. 10% or just somewhere in that range and keep building and building your minutes of training and pretty soon you'll have the endurance to complete any race including an iron man. Another good way to improve your stamina is to improve your technique. Rather than trying to work longer or work harder, work more efficiently. So there are many, many ways to improve your technique in all three sports but study the sport and how people do it more efficiently than the way that you're currently doing it now.

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