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TWM · IRONMAN 70.3 · Strength

The 70.3 programme built around the hours you actually have

Cost-Based Training across three sports: swim, bike, run and strength on one recovery budget, with every session set from your own benchmarks. Eight or eleven sessions a week, written by a qualified strength & conditioning coach and delivered a session at a time in the app.

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Ironman 70.3 training

Is this you?

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Your first 70.3 is on the horizon

You can get round the shorter races. Middle distance is a different animal, and guessing your way through the build is how a season quietly goes wrong.

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You have the hours you have

Eight sessions and roughly five and a half to eight hours, built around a job. The higher volume track is there for when your hours grow, not before.

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Your plan was written for somebody else

A static PDF hands you fixed paces off a stranger. Here every swim, bike and run comes off your own numbers, so it fits the athlete you are right now.

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Wherever your fitness is today, the numbers meet it

Every swim, bike and run is set from your own CSS, FTP and threshold pace, so the plan fits the athlete you are right now and moves as those numbers move.

The programme

What Ironman 70.3 is built to do

A polarised base first, race-specific work later, two strength sessions all year. Eight or eleven sessions, plus a 12-week race block to switch into with a race booked.

Each block builds on the last, with sets, reps, targets and video demos laid out for every session. Open the app and today's work is waiting.

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What's inside

Everything you need, nothing you don't

  • ✓Eight sessions a week on Track 1: two swims, two bikes, two runs and two strength sessions, written as one plan rather than four plans sharing a body. Track 2 adds a third swim, an endurance bike and an easy third run for eleven sessions and roughly seven to eleven hours, always easy aerobic volume and never another hard session. Everybody completes a block on Track 1 first, and you can switch at a block boundary
  • ✓Every session prescribed from your own benchmarks: CSS in the pool, FTP on the bike, threshold pace on the run, so the plan scales to any current fitness instead of assuming one. The bike work runs from short VO2 intervals early in the year to sweet spot, threshold, over-unders and race simulation later
  • ✓Two strength sessions a week all year, on both tracks: heavy lifts stopped two reps short of failure, single-leg work twice a week, and nothing taken to failure. The blocks change the endurance work, not the lifting, and there is a matched alternative for every exercise so a swap never breaks the method
  • ✓Bricks programmed where they earn their place: short ones in the run-led half of a block, and weekly ones at race pace in the race block, because running off the bike is a skill worth rehearsing properly
  • ✓Fuelling targets written into every ride over 90 minutes
  • ✓Blocks that hold the same session types long enough for load and duration to climb, flipping from bike-led to run-led halfway through. In the run-led half the long run moves to Saturday, on fresh legs, and the long ride to Sunday. A recovery week every fourth week keeps every session and takes 30 to 40 percent of the volume out
  • ✓A polarised base first, mostly easy with short hard efforts, then race-specific work later in the year, rather than sitting in one distribution forever
  • ✓A 12-week race block to switch into when you book a 70.3. It counts back from race day, adds weekly race-pace bricks and open water skills, tapers you over the last fortnight, and hands you back to the continuous programme afterwards
  • ✓Testing weeks roughly quarterly, with a strength benchmark alongside the three endurance ones
  • ✓Delivered daily in the training app with targets, video demos and coaching notes
The architecture

How the training rolls

The same sessions run all the way through a block. Halfway down it the emphasis swaps from bike-led to run-led, and every recovery week pulls the volume back without dropping one of them.

Two repeating training blocks. Each block runs a bike-led half in which the long ride grows, then flips to a run-led half in which the long run moves to Saturday and stretches out and the brick appears on Sunday's ride, with a recovery week closing each half. Below the blocks, a bike band above the line and a run band below it trade places across the midpoint: the bike band is thickest in the bike-led half and the run band is thickest in the run-led half, and neither ever disappears. Both bands pinch at every recovery week and both are thicker in the second block. A testing week follows, then the block repeats with more load.

Neither sport goes away at any point, and neither do the two strength sessions. The long ride leads the first half, then the long run and the brick take the second, and the swap is what lets each of them be properly long in turn. Across the year the intensity starts polarised and turns race-specific later. A recovery week keeps every session and takes the volume out instead.

Training that finally sticks

Whether this is your first structured programme or your fifth season, Ironman 70.3 gives you coach-led structure with a clear plan to follow every single day.

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Results that last

Simple, repeatable weekly patterns make it easy to stay on track and keep progressing, however busy life gets.

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Real progress, every block

Progressive blocks designed to move the numbers and deliver results you can see and feel.

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Train hard, stay healthy

Smart programming loads your body without grinding it down. Train hard for years, not just weeks.

In the training app

Your next session, always ready

Open the app and today's workout is waiting. Sets, reps, tempo, effort targets, video demos and Moe's coaching notes, all in one place, including guidance in the hardest weeks on when to drop a set and when to hold the line

Log your numbers, track your progress across blocks, and measure yourself at every testing week. Support from Moe and the TWM community keeps you accountable

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Meet your coach

Written by a coach who competes, not a content team

Moe is a qualified strength and conditioning coach and a competitive athlete. Every block is grounded in sports science and tested in his own training before it reaches yours. His philosophy is simple: teach you what to do and why, so you train smarter, progress faster and build results that last. This is the same method behind his 1:1 coaching, packaged to follow at your own pace.

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Questions, answered

Everything you need to know about Ironman 70.3

How many hours a week is it?

Roughly five and a half to eight on Track 1, which is eight sessions and the default. Track 2 is eleven sessions and roughly seven to eleven hours. The two tracks split on the time you have, not on how good you are.

What is CSS and how do I find mine?

Critical Swim Speed is the pace every swim session is built from. You find it with a 400 metre and a 200 metre time trial and the programme does the rest of the maths. It is a well established way to set swim paces, and it means your intervals are actually yours.

Do I need a power meter or smart trainer?

Strongly recommended, yes. Every bike session is prescribed as a percentage of your FTP, so without power you are estimating the most measurable part of the plan. A smart trainer or a power meter makes the bike work as written.

How much pool access do I need?

Two swims a week, which is the entry requirement for Track 1. If you cannot reliably get in the water twice, this is not the right plan yet. Track 2 adds a third.

Can I follow this without a race booked?

Yes, and that is what the continuous programme is for. It trains swim, bike, run and strength properly whether or not there is a date in the diary. When you book a 70.3, you switch into the 12-week race block, which counts back from race day and includes the taper, then return to the continuous programme afterwards.

Why is there strength training in a triathlon plan?

Because it earns its place. The research on heavy strength work in endurance athletes points to better cycling efficiency and running economy, and heavy lifts stopped short of failure cost very little recovery. Most triathlon plans treat the gym as the first thing to cut. Here it holds at two sessions a week all year on both tracks, and the extra hours on Track 2 go into easy aerobic volume rather than into dropping it.

Why does the weekend swap round?

In the run-led half of a block the long run moves to Saturday, so it lands on fresh legs, and the long ride moves to Sunday. A long ride the day before a long run is the wrong way round for injury risk and for the quality of the run.

Should I be on Track 1 or Track 2?

Start on Track 1 and complete a block. The tracks split on the hours you have, not on ability. Track 2 adds a third swim, an endurance bike and an easy third run, never a harder session, and you can switch at a block boundary.

What if I miss a day?

Nothing breaks. Pick up where you left off and the block simply shifts. Consistency over weeks matters far more than any single session.

How do I access my workouts?

Through the Train With Moe app on iPhone, from the UK App Store. There is no Android version yet. Sign up, log in and today's session is on the home screen with sets, reps and video demos.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes, in a couple of taps from the app, or by emailing hello@trainwithmoe.com, including during the 7-day free trial. No calls, no lock-in.

What happens after the 7-day free trial?

Your subscription starts and the programme carries straight on from wherever you are in the block. Cancel before day 7 and you pay nothing.

Can I switch to 1:1 coaching later?

Yes, and programme members get priority when coaching spots open. Your training history comes with you.

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