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    ‘HOW I BUILD MY BODY’

    Mar 19, 2020 2 minutes
    WORDS: Jo Ebsworth

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    ‘Plyometrics, stability and strength work to keep me robust. Upper-body moves such as pull-ups help with swimming, quad exercises like Bulgarian split squats support my cycling, and glute, calf and ankle work aids my runs’

    ‘I typically train 25 hours a week, accumulating) to work on lifting my power threshold to race at a higher intensity. I do four pool swims a week, and a couple more in my endless pool at home but, come summer, I love to swim in the North Sea. My strength is on the bike, but we still work hard to improve my cycling, as it’s where you spend the most time during an IRONMAN (). I’m motivated to get better across all three disciplines so I can be first out of the water, upfront on the bike, and not drop back on the run.’

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