Triathlon Training and Coaching

• Swim – Bike – Run Specific Training and Coaching.  Be sure to check out all the specific training and coaching pages for swim, bike and run training.

• Custom online workout design and remote coaching. Training for three sports at one time is complicated.  It’s also risky.  Doing the wrong workouts at the wrong time is the fastest way to get injured and reduce your performance levels.  Do you have the time and energy to learn how to be your own coach for swimming, cycling and running?  Can you stay motivated to get all the workouts in each week when work, family, travel and other lifestyle challenges surface?  Enlisting a USA certified professional triathlon coach will reduce your risk of injuries, reduce your stress, increase you performance levels, hold you accountable, and give you the fast path to success.  You’ll get to focus on being an athlete and having fun with your training, knowing that you have an experienced mentor watching over you and waiting for you to log in about your workouts.  Whether you’re getting ready for your first triathlon, wanting to get faster at racing, or moving up toward the Ironman, hiring an ET coach to fully support your journey is the absolute best way to optimize your experience.  ET triathlon plans are customized for each athlete and allow you to safely become the triathlete you were meant to be.  These workouts can be efficiently delivered right to your email inbox on a weekly basis anywhere in the world.  A web based training and logging application is included along with unlimited email and phone dialogue with your coach.  Video can also be used with remote athletes to improve ongoing communication with your coach.  Contact Coach Joe to schedule a meeting to learn more and get started!

• Tri 101 Day Camps. Join other beginner and intermediate triathletes for this Tri 101 Day Camp focused on triathlon training and racing presented by USA Triathlon certified coaches Joe LoPresto and Suzy Cerra. The camp will include an open water swim workout and a group bike ride that will teach you how to properly ride during training and on race day.  We’ll also do a run workout right off the bike ride, just like in the race and help you develop the right pacing strategies for success.  Transitioning from swim to bike to run can be complex and stressful.  We’ll demonstrate the best ways to transition and let you practice with feedback from the coaching staff on how to improve your flow.  Other educational topics will include gear selection, training methods, race day logistics and how to mentally prepare for a successful race.

• ET Weekend Training Camps. Amazing!  That’s the feedback we always get on ET Camps.  An opportunity to immerse yourself with certified coaches and fellow athletes for days at a time in remote locations perfectly suited to the training experience.  We travel to spectacular Solvang, CA in the Spring for 5 days of training in the hills of Southern California wine country and to Madison, WI for ET Summer Camp for 3 days of training on the world renowned Ironman Wisconsin race course.  These camps are the multisport experience of a lifetime! Click here to enjoy a recap and photos from our 2012 Solvang Camp.

• ET Tri Club. Whether you’re a first time triathlete or a veteran to triathlon, come join the ET Tri club to learn more, train smarter, meet other triathletes and have FUN!  Weekly group rides, runs, bricks and open water swim workouts guided by USA certified coaches.  Team uniforms, team designated races, and regular social outings give you a chance to hang out with fellow athletes and make new multisport friends.  ET Tri Club members get discounted ET coaching services and discounts at many of our club sponsors.

• Triathlon Training Class. Get ready to Tri with Experience Triathlon’s triathlon training class.  USAT Certified Coach Suzy Cerra will help you prepare for your first tri or improve on past performances.  Both workouts and educational clinics on swim, bike, run and transitions are included in this 6-week (7 hour) program.  This class will have a special focus for women doing the SheROX Triathlon race in Naperville on June 12 including actual workouts on the course and complete course walk through.

• Tri specific aero group rides with brick runs. ET group rides offer an opportunity to practice tri-specific cycling skills followed by an optional short run.  We offer two group rides every week from April through September!

• Open water swim clinics.ET Open Water Swim Clinics at Centennial Beach is a summertime weekly swimming program designed for triathletes of all abilities. USA certified coaches will provide structured workout sets to build endurance and triathlon specific skill instruction such as open water sighting, wave starts, drafting, buoy turns, and bumping.

• Transition clinics and coaching. Transitions are triathlon’s 4^th sport!  ET coaches can help you cut minutes off your transition times and reduce your overall race day stress.  We have group transition clinics at most of our training camps and some rides.  Coaches are also available for private transition coaching and training sessions.

• Private lessons and coaching. If you’d like to learn triathlon, improve any of your swim, bike, run, or transition skill and techniques, private lessons are the fastest way to get there.  An ET coach can quickly assess your current level, develop real-time instruction and workouts that perfectly progress you, and discuss any topic on your mind while you workout.  What a great way to get a customized, high quality workout with an expert and have fun in the process!

• Equipment selection. Triathlon is famous for its toys!  Bikes, shoes, wetsuits, wheels, helmets, clothing, nutrition… the list goes on and on!  ET coaches have tried it all and can help you get set up with the right gear fast, and within your budget.

• Mental toughness consulting. If you think running is mostly mental, then you’ll really agree that triathlon is totally a game of mental ping-pong.  What is the secret to Beating the Demons and becoming the athlete you are meant to be?  Coach Joe is available on an hourly consulting basis to help you find the path.

• Triathlon strength and conditioning. Injury prevention and sustained performance over a long period of time (muscular endurance) are the reason that triathlon specific strength and conditioning should be a part of your training program.  ET coaches can develop and help you execute a personalized conditioning plan that will get you to the starting line injury free and optimized to go the distance without muscular meltdown.

• Nutrition coaching. Have you ever fallen apart at the end of a race, wondered what to eat and drink before or during a race, wondered how to eat healthily – and still eat your favorite foods, or agonized over losing weight – and then gaining it all back?  We can help you become more energetic so you can work and play harder.  ET Nutrition services provide research-based techniques for improving performance and enhancing health.