66 Year Old CEO
24th May 2016
Top 10 tips: the 66-year-old CEO
Sixty-six-year-old CEO/triathlete Mike Goddard is part of the HBCJets and has competed in world championships across the world, gaining a fourth-place finish in the Auckland event last year. You can read his story here and his top ten tips below…
1. Be consistent – a little frequently is better than a large volume done infrequently.
2. Follow the 80/20 rule, i.e. 80% of your training should be comfortable (below 77% of max heart rate) and 20% should be in the medium to high effort zone.
3. If you can afford it, use a personal coach to get bespoke training, if not join a club and use their coaching facilities.
4. Recovery periods are as important as training periods, do not over train.
5. Be patient, although you can make quick gains if you are starting from scratch the real gains come over several years of gradual improvement.
6. Be competitive, set yourself goals, this will help motivate you.
7. Be a bike fiend, the bike is the longest discipline and will give you the most gains, and some of the fitness will spill over into the run.
8. If you are a weak swimmer then better technique will give you the biggest gains, use a coach to help you.
9. Swim at least three times a week.
10. Practise your transitions again and again, you will gain valuable time at no energy expense.