Tri Power: The Ultimate Strength Training, Core Conditioning, Endurance, and Flexibility Program for Triathlon Success
“As a collegiate hockey player and rower, I didn’t think of core training when I moved into [performing] triathlons. Only when I suffered through several injuries that laid me up for almost two years, did I realize that core strength would not only make me faster, but also improve my body’s ability to prevent and heal injury. I got started late on theTri Powerprogram last year, but it still enabled me to make Honorable Mention All American in 2006 and, given training splits on the bike, track, and pool, I’m confident I’ll be making All American this year–and race more with far fewer injuries.”– Charles MacintoshHonorable Mention All American USA Triathlete (2006)Member of Team Enhance Triathlon Team NYCMember of Elysium Fitness Cycling Team“As I get older, the line between training and injury becomes more difficult to straddle. I have discovered that strength training is the key to keep me strong and injury-free during the long triathlon season. Not only are there physical benefits, the psychological lift it gives me when I need to push through fatigue and out of my comfort zone is immeasurable.”– Renee MeierNYC Triathlon, 1st place Age Group (2005)NYC Triathlon, 2nd place Age Group (2006)Montauk Mightyman 1/2 Ironman, 1st place (2004, 2006)Mighty Hamptons, 1st place (2004, 2006)Vytra Tobay Triathlon, 1st place (2004)Mighty North Fork, 1st place (2003)Vytra Tobay, 1st place (2003)“After a week packed with running and cycling, most of my Monday mornings are intimately spent unknotting my legs on the foam roller. Like a best friend with a sadistic edge, it hurts as good as a hard sprint session. But it’s the best selfcare for my ITB, glutes, and hamstrings (that get as tight as a taught derailleur cable). Tri Power details a terrific and easy-to-follow myofacial release program that leaves me feeling loose and flexible and ready for the next go ‘round.”–Stefani Jackenthal,elite endurance athlete and adventure journalistBig Sur Trail Marathon, 1st place (2006)South African Augrabies Extreme Marathon, 1st place (2006)Costa Rica’s The Costal Challenge, 2nd place (2006)All American USA Triathlete (2001)New York City Triathlon, 1st place (2001, 2002)“I have followed a strength training program in the off-season for the past three years. Triathlons, particularly cycling in my case, tend to create muscle imbalances that I believe lead to an increased risk of injury. I want to compete in this sport for a long time, and a structured strength training program allows me to achieve a sense of muscular balance and improve my performance by addressing weaknesses first. Tri Power not only provides me with the opportunity to assess and evaluate my strength program, but it also provides a structured program that compliments traditional strength programming with non-traditional training protocols such as balance training, movement prep, and corrective flexibility training.”– Robert Auston,amateur triathlete and cyclist“Tri Power protocols address the necessary components of injury prevention. Lack of neuromuscular coordination in traditional core training, namely effective core training, should be done in a challenging environment that incorporates balance and stability. Inefficient motor patterns can develop in static movement patterns, such as crunches. Periodization through phased training as used in Tri Power is important for [your] body, particularly the nervous and muscular systems…. Traditionally endurance-related sports such as running, cycling, and triathlons have not [before] incorporated consistent power training in program design, for either misplaced safety or lack of knowledge… [It] increases your running form through greater nervous system recruitment.”–Dr. Scott G. Duke DC, DACBSP,A graduate of the New York Chiropractic CollegeAmerican Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians DiplomatExpert in the field of athletic and spine rehabilitation specializing in soft tissue management“Having worked with hundreds of Olympic, national, and world class athletes, it is amazing to appreciate how finely attuned they are to small changes in their body. If we multiply the number of repetitions, as in the sport of Triathlon, times the abnormal forces acting on the body it is easy to understand how this could set up a soft tissue disaster. Tri Power addresses muscular imbalances, along with addressing the soft tissue changes, through a dynamic strength program designed for the everyday athlete. Athletes who perform repetitive activities, such as triathletes, subject their musculoskeletal and myofascial systems to higher risk for injury. This repetition of movement creates continual biomechanical stress which for many athletes leads to breakdown of these soft tissue structures producing scar tissue.”–Dr. Marc JaffeUnited States team chiropractor for the 2003 World University Games in South KoreaUnited States Olympic Team Chiropractor for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, GreeceDiplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians2006 New Jersey Sports Chiropractor of the Year