Can I add Extra Strength and Conditioning Workouts?

Additional Strength Sessions

If you're adding extra strength training to your routine, consider these key factors:

Prioritize your race plan: Your main focus should be preparing for your event. Strength sessions should complement your endurance training.
Workout order matters: To ensure you can give each session your best effort:
- Schedule additional leg-focused strength sessions before swim days.
- Plan upper body strength sessions before bike or run days.
Avoid fatigue or soreness: Ensure you're not starting key workouts feeling fatigued or dealing with muscle soreness.
Double sessions: If you're doing two sessions in one day, always start with your triathlon discipline, followed by the strength session.
Taper strength training: In the final weeks before your race, reduce the intensity of your strength sessions to allow full focus on race-specific training and to ensure peak form on race day.