And it will give you the most bang for your buck in the bottom of the pyramid of fitness, which is the large part of that pyramid.

It is the aerobic base that we talk about.

That Traflon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.

I'm your host, Michael, and today's episode is a much requested guide

for all beginners out there on how to create a training plan. So we'll discuss the fundamentals

that you need to know when going about planning your training and these include the

cornerstones really of your training program that are consistency,

moderation, progression and periodization, answering the eternal question how much should I train,

weekly planning and how to distribute your workouts within a week. What types of workouts you should

be doing in which phases of the program?

Periodization, the basics of it.

Just the simple things that you need to know, we don't need to go into much detail,

but you need to know something about periodization to do an effective training plan.

And finally, I'll have an example program for beginners training for a sprinted triathlon for you that

will cover. But first, this episode is sponsored by precision hydration. One size fits all doesn't

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