I started triathlon when I was nine and did almost nothing else until I was 42. Thirty-three years of swim, bike, run, repeat, all the way to Ironman. Strength training was something other people did.
When I finished Ironman California in 2023 in seven hours and 56 minutes, I was probably the fittest I’d ever been. I also couldn’t have lifted 60 kilograms off my chest if my life depended on it.
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