Strength & Conditioning:

Coach Jeff Arbogast, head XC and Track and Field Coach at Bingham High School, will be discussing the importance of a regular strength and conditioning program in your triathlon training. He will be presenting recent studies and research on the benefits and improvements weight training can help you realize, along with offering some advice on specific strength and conditioning exercises.

Coach Arbogast combines cutting edge distance training theory, team management, innovative applications of workout structure, and insights into the physical and mental athlete with an extreme willingness to share every aspect of a national program. One of only two coaches in US history to win both girls' and boys' national XC championship and one of 4 US coaches to reach USATF Level III Endurance certification along with a certification in USATF Level II Multi-Events, he has had numerous Footlocker Finalists, Junior Pan-Am Games competitors, and Junior World Team members. His XC teams have enjoyed three decades in the national rankings. The hallmark of his program is long-term collegiate preparation with over 70 NCAA athletes represented on collegiate programs, the most of any school known.