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Apr 16, 2025

We’ll be switching to a Paid Subscription App

When we started TRIQ, our goal was simple: build something genuinely useful...

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indoor bike training on a stationary bike using virtual cycling platforms like Zwift to simulate real-life cycling routes

Apr 17, 2024

TRIQ Indoor Bike Training With Virtual Cycling Apps like Zwift

Explore the best ways to combine TRIQ with smart indoor trainers and virtual platforms like Zwift for an improved indoor bike training experience.

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heart rate variability (HRV) graph with an athlete using a heart rate monitor to track endurance training and autonomic nervous system (ANS)

Nov 12, 2023

What is Heart Rate Variability?

Understand how heart rate variability (HRV) impacts endurance training and the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Improve athletic performance and recovery.

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triathlete establishing training thresholds for optimal training balance and training intensity control, using data analysis in cycling and running

Feb 7, 2024

Establishing Thresholds for Optimal Triathlon Training With TRIQ

Establish training thresholds for optimal triathlon training. Improve your cycling and running performance by balancing intensity and endurance with TRIQ.

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preparing a balanced meal for optimal triathlon training performance

Jun 26, 2023

Four Pillars of Nutrition in Triathlon Training

Nutrition plays a key role in triathlon training, recovery, and performance. Top endurance athletes know how to fuel their bodies for endurance.

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training for Olympic distance triathlon with long swimming, cycling, and running endurance training sessions

Jul 3, 2023

Olympic Distance Triathlon and Training

Of the five most popular triathlon distances the Olympic Distance is the one right in the middle. The distance you need to cover is 1500 meters for the swim...

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tapering before a triathlon race, reduced intensity training and recovery to hit peak performance on race day

Aug 7, 2023

How to Taper Before a Triathlon Race

Hitting your peak performance come race day is something that all athletes strive to achieve. Of course, we all know that training is a critical component of making this happen...

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planning a triathlon nutrition strategy with balanced meals for optimal performance in triathlon training and racing

Jun 12, 2023

A Short Triathlon Nutrition Guide

Nutrition is a topic that should be considered by all people in their regular daily lives, but it’s especially crucial for athletes and triathletes.

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correct training for the bike portion of a triathlon, focusing on cycling endurance

Nov 6, 2023

How to Train for the Bike Portion of a Triathlon

Correct training for the bike portion of a triathlon is highly dependent on the distance of the triathlon race you are preparing for.

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athlete monitoring training load parameters to detect signs of overreaching and improve recovery

Dec 2, 2022

How Training Load Parameters can be Used to Detect Overreaching

Building a dynamic triathlon training app is only the beginning for us at TRIQ. Yes, we want to make optimized triathlon training available to everyon....

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endurance running workouts for triathlon training, focusing on technique, endurance, and efficiency across various triathlon distances

Mar 27, 2023

Triathlon Running Knowledge for Optimal Performance

Running is the last of the three disciplines in a triathlon and therefore has a special place in the race. In triathlon we often hear the term...

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fasting and exercise in triathlon training, understand the impact on endurance, metabolic rate, and fat oxidation

Feb 23, 2023

Fasted Exercise in Triathlon Training: Is it Right for me?

It’s common for athletes to be told exercising in the overnight-fasted state (i.e. before eating breakfast) is a good thing...

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open water triathlon swim training, focusing on technique, frequency of strokes, and endurance

Jan 1, 2023

Triathlon Swimming Knowledge to Maximize Your Performance

Swimming is the first of the three disciplines in triathlon and therefore, with good preparation, gives every triathlete the possibility of a good performance right from the start.

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triathlete triathlon bike training, improving cycling technique and aerodynamics with a comfortable triathlon bike and an indoor cycling setup

Nov 12, 2022

Triathlon Cycling with Triathlon Bike Training Techniques

Cycling is the second discipline in triathlon—after swimming and before running. It has a special role in triathlon, as about 50% of the total race time is spent on the bike

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