Passion

What is passion?
- Passion surpasses the infatuation
- Passion outlives the new and shiny
- Passion is staying up late, and waking up early
- Passion is seeing the red, but envisioning the black
- Passion is turning the dream into a reality
- Passion is stronger than raw talent
- Passion can see the horizon over the hurdles
- Passion picks you up even when you can't
- Passion embraces the challenges
- Passion burst one's comfort zones
- Passion is the backbone of success

Have you found your passion? 

Off Season Strength Training

As we enter into the off-season, it is important to begin to incorporate weight training into your routine. Strength training will increase your power on the bike and swim. Strength training also reduces your risk of injuries and can mitigate unwanted weight gain during the off-season. Strength training and its benefits to endurance sports is a controversial subject, some people see it as an instrumental part of training, while others disregard it and think it will hinder performance. While you may be a bit slower on the bike and swim initially, be patient. The strength gains will catch up and you’ll definitely notice the positive effects it has on your performance. Some things to consider with weight training.
- Focus on sport specific training – doing biceps curls to impress your significant other won’t transfer over to the sport

- Consider a periodized schedule – in the off-season focus on high reps and lower weight and as you get closer to the season focus on low reps and high weight

- If you have time constraints, choose endurance training over weight training

- Weight training is used to complement to your training, not a replacement for swimming, biking, and running

- Don’t spend more than 30-45 minutes for weight training – anything more is overkill

- Focus a good portion on core exercises – core strength is heavily utilized in all sports



A few exercises to focus on are leg extensions, squats, tricep extensions, leg curl, leg press, and planks