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Category: Mental Aspects and Preparation

How to Maintain a Workout Program

Posted on March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 by Coach DShen

Many clients ask me to help them establish and maintain a workout program. In my experience and in helping many clients through this desire, I have seen some common reasons[…]

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Progress Can Be Slow, Patience Wins Out in the End

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Coach DShen

We humans live in a world where speed is everything. We have Amazon Prime for next day delivery, and chafe when our packages arrive out of that window. We have[…]

Posted in Kettlebells, Deadlifting, and Weights, Mental Aspects and Preparation Leave a comment

Training Advice for Everyone

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 by Coach DShen

One of my swimmers is moving out of the area. He and I have been working together for over 2 years and he’s made incredible progress. Here were some suggestions[…]

Posted in General Training, Mental Aspects and Preparation, Swimming, Training vs. Life Leave a comment

Form Training with the 4 S’s

Posted on March 10, 2010 by dshen

In the last few months, I’ve been really into Total Immersion and their teaching method. Swimming is one of those activities which require mastery of so many little details that[…]

Posted in Cycling, Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement, Mental Aspects and Preparation, Running, Swimming Leave a comment

Intermediate to Advanced: The Different Types of Training

Posted on March 5, 2009 by dshen

In my interactions with my coach M2, I have learned that there are 6 types of training. These are: 1. Neuro-muscular – training of the nervous system to do something[…]

Posted in Cycling, Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement, Intermediate to Advanced, Mental Aspects and Preparation, Off Season, Running, Swimming Leave a comment

Training HOT Update

Posted on August 31, 2008 by dshen

Since I began this heat acclimatization training back in June, I’ve finally begun to see some nice results. The Bay area has experienced some truly unbelievably hot weather this summer.[…]

Posted in Injury Prevention, Recovery, Healing, and Performance Enhancement, Mental Aspects and Preparation, Running 1 Comment

Training HOT

Posted on June 20, 2008 by dshen

Global warming is in full force this year. These last few weeks in Palo Alto have been in the 90s, which is really unusual as Palo Alto tends to be[…]

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The Dreaded DNF

Posted on April 20, 2008 by dshen

Watching my friends race Ironman China yesterday was really painful. The heat index reached 115 which is a combination of temperature plus humidity. It was an unbelievably hot and humid[…]

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Iron Resolve

Posted on December 10, 2007 by dshen

It was shocking to see/feel my mental resolve fizz away so suddenly. I had experienced lapses in resolve before but never as large as this time, half way through the[…]

Posted in Ironman WA 12-2-2007, Mental Aspects and Preparation Leave a comment

Shaving for Triathlon

Posted on August 18, 2007 by dshen

A few years back, I got hooked on the notion of shaving my legs for triathlon. I remember hearing about it and the supposed benefits of shaving my legs. Some[…]

Posted in Cycling, Mental Aspects and Preparation, Swimming 1 Comment

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