How to Train for an off - Road triathlon - Off - Road triathlon - Swim training warm - Up

When swim training for an off-road triathlon, include different swimming strokes like the breast stroke to improve flexibility. Train for the swimming portio...

So right now I'm going to do two or three hundred yards warm-up swim. And so then the next part of the warm-up is usually a couple hundred yards of kicking. With the warm-up portion of your swim don't be afraid to include some different strokes. Even though in a triathlon you only use the front crawl, in the interest of varying your training and working on rotation, it's a good idea to include some backstroke and even some breast stroke for flexibility. Kick for the triathlon is something that you need to pay attention to because you need a short, shallow kick. Once you put on your wet suit, your legs are going to float real high in the water and to expend a lot of energy to kick would be very detrimental to the bike and run legs. So, work on just a short, shallow, steady kick.