Inside the Shell - 80/20 Intensity Done Right https://youtu.be/u49O1XIR2KU?si=lieQfWO-gS74j50J Inside the Shell presents 80/20 Intensity Done Right 🐌🔥 Most training should feel comfortably controlled, with a smaller portion truly hard and well placed. Easy work builds the engine. Hard work sharpens race fitness. The mix keeps you consistent and lowers injury risk. Red flag: every session feels like Zone 3 to 4 and you cannot tell easy from hard. This week: pick one easy session and cap intensity strictly. Stay conversational. Finish feeling fresh and wanting more. Speed Optional. Discipline Mandatory.

Inside the Shell - Consistency Beats Hero Workouts https://youtu.be/a5g9vOxiIJ0?si=JFqPg_CNiwiZ1zJO Inside the Shell presents Consistency Beats Hero Workouts 🐌🔥 A huge workout feels epic, but it is the steady weeks that build fitness. If you spike your training, you often pay for it with missed sessions, extra fatigue, or little niggles. Triathlon is swim, bike, run, and recovery stacked together, so consistency is part of the training plan, not a mood. Speed Optional. Fitness Mandatory.

Inside the Shell - Rest Weeks and Why Backing Off Helps You Improve https://youtu.be/cCyFVsueavk?si=jBmXU7F0XjNjISBG Inside the Shell presents Rest Weeks and Why Backing Off Helps You Improve 🐌🔥 A rest week is not losing fitness. It is how your body actually absorbs the work. In this episode, we explain why backing off on purpose can help beginner and intermediate endurance athletes recover, adapt, and come back stronger. Watch, learn, and bring the skill into your training this week. Speed Optional. Fitness Mandatory.

Inside the Shell - Taper Is the Art of Feeling Undertrained https://youtu.be/AoF4dTQ7sxE?si=8iJl9fF2ePfyoGoe Inside the Shell presents Taper The Art of Feeling Undertrained 🐌🔥 Taper is not doing less because you are unfit. It is doing less so your fitness can show up. Fatigue drops faster than fitness, and sharpness comes from rest plus small touches of intensity. If you feel a bit restless or “too fresh,” good. That is taper working. This week: write your race week checklist. Key sessions, sleep targets, gear check, fueling plan. Speed Optional. Fresh Legs Mandatory.