Joe Beer’s off-season plans: Beginners

Top tri coach and 220 contributor, Joe Beer, has created four downloadable training plans for your off-season. Here are the two beginner’s programmes – one for triathletes doing their first sprint, one for budding Olympic-distance competitors.

These programmes are aimed at the off-season, but try to establish a clear idea of what you’re aiming for to increase your motivation to train this winter.

A quick breakdown of each plan is below:

Beginner: For athletes doing their first sprint-distance triathlon (6-7hrs per weeks) – click here

Olympic: For athletes doing their first Olympic-distance tri (6-7hrs per week) – click here

Joe Beer is the author of the training manual, Need to Know Triathlon, who spends his time coaching triathletes of all levels, from beginners to pros.

Matt Baird Editor of Cycling Plus magazine

About

Matt is a regular contributor to 220 Triathlon, having joined the magazine in 2008. He’s raced everything from super-sprint to Ironman, duathlons and off-road triathlons, and can regularly be seen on the roads and trails around Bristol. Matt is the author of Triathlon! from Aurum Press and is now the editor of Cycling Plus magazine.