Ever found yourself staring at your sports watch, wondering why your "recovery" run feels like a battle against a stiff breeze, while your "threshold" intervals feel like you’re trying to breathe through a straw? Or maybe you’re a business owner who’s used to making big decisions all day, only to get home and feel utterly paralysed by the sheer volume of data coming off your bike's power meter.
Is all that tech actually making you faster, or is it just another source of stress?
A lot of athletes get buried under jargon, chase "perfect" zones, and eventually run straight into burnout or injury. The Trisutto approach cuts through that noise, but here’s the thing: the real value isn’t just knowing the rules exist. It’s knowing how to apply them properly. As a Trisutto-certified coaching provider, Animis Racing works with these principles in a way that goes far deeper than a quick blog read.
It’s not about having the flashiest gear. It’s about having a blueprint that actually works when the pressure is on. Specifically, the 10 Rules of Trisutto Training. We’ll give you a taste here, but there’s a reason the pros keep this close to their chest.
Sounds simple, right? It is and it isn’t. If you dread every session, something is off. The best athletes don’t just survive training, they build a system they can actually enjoy. That’s a bigger performance advantage than most people realise.
This one sounds boring until you’re sidelined for six weeks. Durability is the real currency in triathlon. There’s a fine line between productive training and digging a hole, and knowing where that line sits for you is where the magic happens.
Most athletes make training harder than it needs to be. The smartest plans are usually the cleanest. There’s a reason experienced coaches strip things back, but deciding what to ignore and what to focus on? That’s the part people usually get wrong.
Everyone says consistency matters. Fewer people understand what sustainable consistency actually looks like in real life. It’s not glamorous, but it wins races. The trick is knowing how to string good weeks together without tipping into fatigue or chaos.
This is where generic plans start to fall apart. Your "Moderate" isn’t someone else’s "Moderate." Your stress, recovery, background, and limiters all matter. You’ll have to work with us to really understand how this applies to you, because this is never one-size-fits-all.
Every session should have a job to do. That sounds obvious, but plenty of athletes are still just collecting miles like they’re chasing loyalty points. Purpose is what turns training from busywork into progress, and there’s more nuance to that than most people realise.
Now we’re getting into the good stuff. This is one of those principles that sounds almost too simple, yet it changes everything when done properly. There’s a reason the pros keep this close to their chest. Real speed often comes from places most athletes aren’t even looking.
Especially in the water, but not only there. If your movement is off, more effort just hardwires the problem. The Trisutto "Place-Press-Push" approach in the swim and the idea of controlled "stomping" on the bike both matter here, but the real gains come from understanding how and when to use them.
Most athletes only respect recovery after they’ve ignored it for too long. Recovery isn’t the boring bit between sessions. It’s where the work starts to pay off. The problem? Most people either overdo it or underdo it, and both mistakes are expensive.
Racing isn’t just about results. It’s about information. A race tells you things training never will. If you know what to look for, every finish line becomes a goldmine. If you don’t, you just get a medal and a banana and miss the real lesson.
Of course, none of this works without getting intensity right. That’s where the MMM System comes in. On the surface, it’s simple: Easy, Moderate, Medium, Mad. In practice, it’s one of the most powerful tools in the whole Trisutto approach.
Simple labels. Deeper application. That’s the theme all the way through.
The 10 Rules of Trisutto Training look straightforward on paper. That’s exactly why people underestimate them. The real advantage comes from knowing how to apply them to your racing, your strengths, your weaknesses, and your life.
This is insider knowledge, but you’ve only had the starter course here.
Want to know how these rules apply to your racing? Let’s talk.
We're Coaches Jacqui and Oliver Saxon, the Animis Coaching Team.
We are a mom and son coaching team who have changed our lives through the sport of triathlon. We aim to break down the mysteries of triathlon training and show you, the avid traithlete, how simple and flexible it can be so triathlon training really does become part of your lifestyle and not just a hobby.
