Level 1 – Aerobic fitness and strength
Progress cardiovascular health, basic muscular strength to support the repeatable and sustainable exercise. Many stop here assuming the next levels “just happen” with training volume.
Level 2 – Balance and timing
As Aerobic health and strength improve, use this to improve technique through balance and timing. Swim, timing of the catch. Run, the timing of the pull and fall. Bike, timed unweighting and power application.
Level 3 – Poise
With timing in place, we now look to combine towards whole-body movement, all limbs and abdomen are coordinated and leverage the serape effect to provide synchronised power and reduce negative forces. Relax all that is not providing forward motion.
Level 4 – Flow
Achieve total psychological absorption in the swim, ride, or run. Mechanics are unconscious. You are at one with the environment, at one with the bike, the pavement, the water. Totally in the now, past and future are out of mind.
