L ISTEN TO YOUR BODY
Social media might be packed with ‘man up’ messages about being tough in training, but you’d be better off listening to the messages your body is sending you. Here’s why
There’s heaps of advice out there about how to train, when to train and what to do – but ultimately you are the best judge. As we’re all different, it means that there’s not a ‘one size fits all’ method of how to achieve your triathlon targets. The most common example of where we need to listen to our own bodies and the feedback it gives us is when deciding if we should train through fatigue and possibly injury. Triathletes are a very stubborn bunch!
If this sounds like you, then this may be when your body starts to give you signals that you should pull back or stop altogether. But instead you carry on and end up missing days, or maybe a week of training rather than just a single session. When deciding what distances or intensity of training is best for you, again you must let your head rule your heart, don’t follow the crowd when you know it just isn’t right for you. Sometimes it’s best to do your own thing. Who cares if your buddy is doing an Ironman? If an Olympic distance is right for your body right now, then don’t feel you have to scale up. Picking the right level for you is better than getting sidelined completely through injury or fatigue.