Group training: pros, cons, and how to do it right | TTS Thursday #6

Group training: pros, cons, and how to do it right | TTS Thursday #6

• Options and contexts for group training in triathlon and endurance sports
• Pros and cons of group training
• Evidence of the benefits of group training
• How to strategically use group training to maximise its benefits and your performance improvements

 

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• Scientific Triathlon website
• Coaching
• Training Plans
• TTS Thursday Episode Archive
• Cohesion and performance in sport: a meta analysis - Carron 2002
• Rowers' high: behavioural synchrony is correlated with elevated pain thresholds - Cohen 2010
• Social Bonds and Exercise: Evidence for a Reciprocal Relationship - Davis 2015

 

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