SPECIFICITY: BRICK TRAINING FOR THE BIKE TO RUN TRANSITION IN TRIATHLON

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  • Mark Walsh
  • Jeff Hohl
  • Adam Strang
  • Josh Haworth

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Practicing the transition in triathlon makes sense according to the principle of specificity. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of workouts that target the bike-run transition. Subjects (N=12) performed two types of workouts to examine the effects of brick workouts as opposed to single event training on the bike-run transition. Our results indicate that the brick workouts had a positive effect on the transition, however, more needs to be known about the mechanism behind the effect of brick workouts for both competitive and novice triathletes.

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2014-10-07

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32 International Conference of Biomechanics in Sports (2014)

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Coaching and Sports Activities

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.