Certified Mamaw: Fitness First Country Manager Mark Ellis

What makes someone a certified Mamaw? Here are some of their tips and training secrets:

MARK ELLIS

Got a chance to chat with Fitness First Country Manager Mark Ellis during the Fitness First Platinum SM AURA Premier Indoor Triathlon Program Media Launch and talked about his personal best, why he hates running, why freestyle is better for triathlon than the butterfly stroke, how much he trains now compared to 10 years ago and a whole lot more. 

At 48 years old, Mark Ellis can run 10km in forty minutes that your average running enthusiast more than half his age could only dream about. And that’s training with only 2 runs in a week. But of course, he also trains in swimming, biking and probably do strength training ( didn’t get to ask that question) and that’s where an indoor triathlon facility could really come in handy.

Mark shared some of his training secrets:

Training with a team or group of friends

For Mark, training with friends and team mates works wonders for his motivation. We all know that you are the average of the 5 people you surround yourself with. So train with a team with the same goal and help each other rise above the rest.

You have to get your nutrition taken care of as well.

He further explained that to make it work, you need to make eating healthy a hating habit. You can small by choosing one or two junk foods that’s not helping your training and then commit to giving it up for at least a month (21 days makes a habit but sometimes it can take 60 to 90 days)

You can actually cut your training in half and still maintain phenomenal fitness

Mark went from 30 plus hours a week of triathlon training to just 10 to 12 hours or 3-4 workouts in a week. And he only runs twice a week now. Of course he already has years of training under his belt not just in triathlon but also in football, water polo and other sports.

Listen to your body and switch focus the moment you feel signs of over training and injury.

The beauty of triathlon training is that he can switch his focus from running to swimming or biking the moment he feels a twitch in the knee or symptoms that would foretell an injury.

(for the full interview click watch it here https://youtu.be/exi3Cbf-WTo)