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2017-03-21 9:42 AM


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Subject: From Fat Load to Tri Athlete?
Hi All,
I am a fat load looking to lose a lot of weight this year and stumbled upon the idea of doing a triathlon as a way to make exercise less boring. So, here I am. I'm starting Michael Pate's Total Sprint(22 week) program, which lines right up with a triathlon in my area in September. My goal is to lose 50lbs and complete a sprint triathlon on 9/20/17.

I know how to swim, but I am having trouble finding a resource on the terminology, specifically the type of strokes and how to do them. Anybody have a link? Thanks.


2017-03-22 1:17 PM
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Subject: RE: From Fat Load to Tri Athlete?
Welcome to BT and welcome to the sport. swimsmooth.com is a good resource or just ask here in tri talk.
2017-03-29 2:18 PM
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Subject: RE: From Fat Load to Tri Athlete?
I love the name. I'm a person that respects people that are honest with themselves. Converse to that are the people that live in a silly wonderland of fooling themselves. For example have you ever heard a fat guy criticize someone for being overweight. It's truly an uncomfortable moment for those around.

Anyway, I'm with you. I'm overweight and totally inspired by the concept of three sports and pushing for better finish times, I have my first tri coming up and first and foremost is finishing but I can see a future were I'm competing against myself to improve my finishes. I took my eye off weight loss and put my focus on my three sports and my times. 30 lbs off so far and that's not even my main goal. Weight loss and general health should be inspiring but lets face it, that's totally boring for most of us in the US (look at all the fat people). So a challenge seems to me to make more sense and keep a person motivated. Good luck with your journey!

I'm newer than you but welcome aboard!

Edited by Shotshell 2017-03-29 2:19 PM
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