Avoid These 5 Holiday Training Traps

Holiday training sets up the whole season. Get it right and you start ahead. Get it wrong and you spend months fixing it. This episode breaks down how to train through the holidays without losing fitness or burning out. How to add volume without piling on intensity. How to protect consistency, recovery, and family time. And how to avoid the classic mistakes that leave athletes cooked by January. We cover clear strategies for both hemispheres, including winter training indoors, mid-season summer racing, and how to exit the break fitter, fresher, and motivated for what's next. Timestamp: 00:00 - Introduction 01:10 - How To Approach the Holiday Season 06:45 - Mental Reset 10:00 - Opportunity to Work on Your Weakness 11:30 - Goal for the Holidays 18:15 - Training Indoors and Outdoors 19:45 - Principles For Indoor Training 22:00 - How To Make Training Enjoyable 28:00 - Advise For Athletes In Summer 35:25 - Getting More Race Opportunities 39:30 - Replicating Race Conditions In Training 42:30 - The Mindset This Holiday 44:30 - Winter Training Mindset 47:45 - Early Spring Goals 50:15 - Training Twice a Day If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won't be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: Check us out on Instagram: Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content.

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Avoid These 5 Holiday Training Traps is an episode from Get Fast Podcast - Triathlon, Ironman & Cycling Coaching Advice by TriVelo Coaching.

This episode is 52:34 long.

This episode was published on Dec 15, 2025.

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