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To live an extraordinary life,
you must resist an ordinary approach.

At ironguides, we resist the ordinary approach to help our athletes live extraordinary lives!

Your best is our business.™

Ironguides was founded by the late Marc Becker combining his own experience coaching age-group athletes with the secrets he learned from Brett Sutton, coach of numerous triathlon champions including Greg Bennett and Chrissie Wellington.

Here is some information about Ironguides Training Programs.

We apply the principles of The Method’s unique, very effective triathlon training with the fundamentals of healthy living to ensure that you get the most out of your triathlon training:

• Potent training mix for optimal recovery and sustainable, effective triathlon training efforts
• Effective, non-invasive regeneration and preparation techniques
• Quality sleep
• Quality nutrition
• Effective stress coping skills

The Method™

The Method is ironguides’ proprietary, unique training approach tailored to the demands of today’s Age Group athlete.

The Method incorporates some of the structure and principles used by many of today’s top professionals but places this training in the reality of the Age Group athletes daily demands and limited ime.

The Method helps you use your time to maximum efficiency by providing optimal training and specific instructions to:

• Develop your sport-specific motor patterns
• Reduce training volume by increasing training effectiveness
• Increase relevant strength
• Enhance speed and improve lactic acid tolerance
• Build endurance
• Improve your mental preparation
• Support your training, racing and recovery with the right nutrition

Find out about the basis of the Method here: http://www.triathlonsecrets.com

Read the training guidelines here: http://www.ironguides.net/clients/faq.pdf

See below for specific training plans:

Sprint
Olympic
70.3 / Half Ironman
Ironman

By following The Method, our plans ensure that you maintain stable energy levels, recover optimally between sessions and train in a way that is sustainable and highly effective. Each Training Plan includes:

• Specific guidelines for each day of the week
• Optimal structure to ensure sustainable training and day to day recovery
• Detailed explanations to ensure you maximum effectiveness of every session
• Backup information to help you with your nutrition, mental preparation and core stability training

This is a great loss for the Ironman  Triathlon community. Marc was an accomplished triathlete in his own right going under 1:50 for Olympic distance (non-drafting) and sub-4 hour for Half Ironman.

He was however more famous in recent times for his unique training programs, especially for Half Ironman and Ironman. Marc combined the secrets he learned from Chrissie Wellington’s triathlon coach Brett Sutton (perhaps the best triathlon coach of all-time), with his understanding of what works for real people who have real jobs. He then turned it into a system he called “The Method” and was training other coaches.

I have great respect for Marc and have personally followed his training programs with great results. I was even considering becoming a certified Ironguides coach. It is a shame he has left us.

You can  find out what makes Marc Becker’s approach unique at this website. http://www.triathlonsecret.com/

You can also find out about Marc’s Training programs here -

Ironguides Triathlon Training Plans

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Ironguides Olympic Plan : $45 USD

Beginner Intermediate

Written by Head Coach Marc Becker
Olympic Distance Personal Best: 1:49:50 (non-drafting)

Your training can be both effective as well as safe and fun! The ironguides 12-week Olympic-distanceTriathlon Training Manual provides all the information you need to successfully prepare for your next Olympic-distance Triathlon.

[See Sample Plan] [FAQ andTraining Guidelines]

Assumptions

The ironguides 12-week Olympic-distance Triathlon Training Plan assumes that the participant can accomplish the following:

Beginner
SWIM: Complete 100m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 30-60 minutes of cycling without stopping.
RUN: Complete an easy 20-minute jog without stopping.

Intermediate
SWIM: Complete 200m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 60 minutes of cycling without stopping.
RUN: Complete an easy 30-minute jog without stopping.

Program Length 12 weeks
Cost $65 USD
Hours per week: Beginner 4 – 8 / Intermediate 7 – 12
Swimming √
Cycling √
Running √
Nutrition √
Recovery √
Periodization √
eKick newsletter √

Sponsor discounts √

Ironguides Olympic Plan : $65 USD

Beginner Intermediate

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Ironguides Sprint Plan : $45 USD

Beginner Intermediate

Written by Head Coach Marc Becker
Winner of back-to-back Sprint Triathlons, Saturday-Sunday, June 1995
(Alberta Canada.)

Join hundreds before you and make your training effective, safe and fun! The ironguides 8-week Sprint Triathlon Training Manual provides all the information you need to successfully prepare for your next Sprint Triathlon.

[See Sample Plan] [FAQ andTraining Guidelines]

Assumptions

The ironguides 8-week Sprint Triathlon Training Plan assumes that the participant can accomplish the following:
Beginner
SWIM: Complete 50m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 30 minutes of cycling without stopping.
RUN: Complete an easy 15-minute jog without stopping.
Intermediate
SWIM: Complete 100m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 45 minutes of cycling without stopping.

RUN: Complete an easy 30-minute jog without stopping.

Program Length 8 weeks
Cost $45 USD
Hours per week: Beginner 4 – 6 / Intermediate 6 – 10
Swimming √
Cycling √
Running √
Nutrition √
Recovery √
Periodization √
eKick newsletter √

Sponsor discounts √

Ironguides Sprint Plan : $45 USD

Beginner Intermediate

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Ironguides 70.3 Half Ironman Plan : $95 USD

First Time Experienced

Written by Head Coach Marc Becker
Half Ironman Distance Personal Best: 3:56:51

Train for the intricacies of the half Ironman distance and learn why it should be called “Double Olympic” instead! The ironguides 16-week 70.3 Triathlon Training Manual provides all the information you need to successfully prepare for your next 70.3 or Half Ironman Triathlon.

[See Sample Plan] [FAQ andTraining Guidelines]

Assumptions

The ironguides 16-week 70.3 Triathlon Training Plan assumes that the participant can accomplish the following:

First Time
SWIM: Complete 100m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 60 minutes of cycling without stopping.
RUN: Complete an easy 20-minute jog without stopping.

Experienced
SWIM: Complete 200m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 90 minutes of cycling without stopping.
RUN: Complete an easy 30-minute jog without stopping.

Program Length 16 weeks
Cost $95 USD
Hours per week: First Time 6 – 10 / Experienced 7 – 14
Swimming √
Cycling √
Running √
Nutrition √
Recovery √
Periodization √
eKick newsletter √
Sponsor discounts √

Ironguides 70.3 Half Ironman Plan : $95 USD

First Time Experienced

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Ironguides Ironman Plan : $145 USD

First Time Experienced

Written by Head Coach Marc Becker
Ironman Distance Personal Best: 9:03:11

ironguides 20-week Ironman Training Plan provides you efficient, result-producing training for athletes from first-time Ironman participants to seasoned Age Group winners! The ironguides 20-week Ironman Triathlon Training Manual provides all the information you need to successfully prepare for your next (or first!) Ironman Triathlon.

[See Sample Plan] [FAQ andTraining Guidelines]

Assumptions

The ironguides 20-week Ironman Triathlon Training Plan assumes that the participant can accomplish the following:

First Time
SWIM: Complete 500m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 90 minutes of cycling without stopping.
RUN: Complete an easy 30-minute jog without stopping.

Experienced
SWIM: Complete 1000m of swimming using any stroke without stopping.
CYCLING: Complete 120 minutes of cycling without stopping.
RUN: Complete an easy 40-minute jog without stopping.

Program Length 20 weeks
Cost $145 USD
Hours per week: First Time 6 – 14 / Experienced 8 – 18
Swimming √
Cycling √
Running √
Nutrition √
Recovery √
Periodization √
eKick newsletter √
Sponsor discounts √

Ironguides Ironman Plan : $145 USD

First Time Experienced