Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast

ONE STEP AHEAD: 10 substitutes for bread. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: High intensity cycling to improve your running. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - KATE BEVILAQUA AND GUY CRAWFORD: Kate, Australian pro triathlete and 3 x Ironman Champion, most recently had a stunning result at Ultraman Canada being the first woman ever to win the race overall. Kate beat everybody in the field, including all the men, in a time...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Probiotics and their role in helping increase running time to fatigue in the heat!  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Predicting your Ironman finish time.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – HEATHER AND TREVOR WURTELE: Heather and Trevor Wurtele are a husband and wife team who committed, full-time, to the sport of long course triathlon in 2009. They sold almost everything they owned and bought a small RV...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Antioxidants - 6 reasons to avoid them!  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: The 30/20/10 workout.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – BELINDA GRANGER: Last year Belinda Granger announced that after having raced triathlons for more than 20 years, both as an age grouper and as pro, she was retiring from the sport. In that time she raced to 50 iron-distance finishes including 10 at Challenge Roth, 10 at Iron...

A season review from one of our aspiring Kiwi pros Carl Read. Watch out for his weekly updates on the podcast from Boulder. More about Carl at http://www.carlread.com CONTACT US: Learn more about us at http://www.fitter.co.nz  Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fitter.co.nz for the latest news and information.

ONE STEP AHEAD: Balance 100% Whey Natural Protein Powder. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: This week we hand over to Will Mangar from InDurance in the UK. Will is the Medical Director and Founder of InDurance plus he's also a Sports Doctor and former GBR Triathlete and British National Time Trialist Medalist! His company, InDurance, represents the next paradigm shift in multisport. They provide you with perso...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Training low (low glycogen stores).  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: T-Max Intervals - one of the hardest bike sessions around!  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – YVONNE VAN VLERKEN AND PER BITTNER: This week we bring you an interview with one of triathlon's most famous couples Yvonne Van Vlerken and Per Bittner. They met in 2013 in Abu Dhabi and this year both had fantastic performances at Challenge...

ONE STEP AHEAD: LCHF for young athletes.  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Swim workouts to both improve your top end speed and work on some of the mechanics in your swimming.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – BRAD KAHLEFELDT: Brad Kahlefeldt (aka Sticksy!) had a stellar career on the ITU circuit which saw him claim Commonwealth Gold, three World Championship medals along with six Australian titles and 4 Oceania Cham...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Intermittent fasting.  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: We talk to Brenton Ford from Effortless Swimming about what constitutes good open water swimming and how to transition from the pool to the open water.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – SIRI LINDLEY: Known for her devastating run splits, two-time Triathlon World Champion Siri Lindley dominated the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Ranking...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Food order (or the order in which to eat food).  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Meditation.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – SAM APPLETON: Sam Appleton is often referred to as the 'the new kid on the block' although he's been racing in triathlon for 12 years now. Sam moved into the sport from a swimming background and in 2008 joined the High Performance Triathlon squad racing ITU for a short time b...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Circadian rhythms and meal/nutrient timing.  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Swimming's a drag! Improving and reducing drag in the water.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - JAMES CUNNAMA: James Cunnama, South African Pro Triathlete, moved to long distance triathlon from a running background after volunteering to work at an IM race in Port Elizabeth. He got hooked and from that point on decided to move...

ONE STEP AHEAD: The 7 best (and most evidence based) supplements for endurance athletes.  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Hydration.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – CAROLINE STEFFEN: This week we bring you an interview from Cairns with the inspirational Swiss pro Triathlete Caroline (Xena the Warrior Princess) Steffen. Caroline is one of the Bahrain Endurance 13 Team and her career highlights to date are impressiv...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Mistakes people make when following a low carb diet. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Mental toughness.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - MATT HANSON: American Matt Hanson did his first triathlon in 2011 winning his first Ironman in Chattanooga in 2014 in a time of 8:12:32. Last month he won Ironman Texas in a record time of 8:07:03 winning the North American Championships.  Relatively new to triathlo...

**FITTER RADIO EXCLUSIVE** The Triathlon Battle in the Middle East. "We have a dark shadow behind us trying to disturb and destroy..." Bevan talks to Challenge Family CEO Zibi Szlufcik about Challenge's partnerships, philosophy, and WTC's recent move into the Middle East!

ONE STEP AHEAD: Meal frequency and metabolism.  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Using perceived effort to gauge intensity in workouts. ENDURANCE PERFORMANCE SUMMIT, AUT MILLENNIUM | 27 JUNE 2015: We bring back Kelly Sheerin to talk about some of the speakers featuring at the upcoming Endurance Performance Summit. The summit will bring together top athletes, coaches, scientists and practitioners to present an...

ONE STEP AHEAD/WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: We revisit sleep.  ENDURANCE PERFORMANCE SUMMIT, AUT MILLENNIUM | 27 JUNE 2015: Over the next few weeks we will be talking to Kelly Sheerin about some of the speakers featuring at the upcoming Endurance Performance Summit in Auckland. The summit will bring together top athletes, coaches, scientists and practitioners to present and share their knowledge, skills a...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Caffeine cycling.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – REBEKAH KEAT: What an amazing story Rebekah had to tell us. An Australian professional triathlete & ambassador with 20 years in the sport she is an Ironman Champion, Long Course Champion, Oceania Champion and multiple World Junior Champion. Bek talks to us about her career to date in the sport, her 2 year ban for a positive drug test for...

ONE STEP AHEAD : The optimum time to be taking supplements.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW – MICHELLE BREMER : Growing up in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, Michelle grew to love the outdoors and spent most of her days running around and swimming at the beach. In 2007 a friend inspired her to enter a local half ironman race, and after taking the rest of the year to "recover" from her half ironman effort, s...

LISTENER QUESTIONS: Does fat metabolism slow down when ingesting carbohydrates during exercise. ONE STEP AHEAD: Polycystic ovary syndrome in endurance athletes.  5 MINUTE FOCUS: This week we talk to Gordon Drummond in Scotland, one of the guys behind the new 'Limits' Power Meter. Limits are bringing power to the market at an incredibly competitive price. Their power meter is interchangeable betwee...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Carb cravings and some supplements you can take to curb the craving. 5 MINUTE FOCUS: This week we talk to Joanne 'JoJo the Stalker' Baxas (Editor in Chief for MaccaX) and Nick Cicerchi (Author) about their new book 'The Macca Model'. Both Jo and Nick are part of the MaccaX Team and worked in collaboration on this new venture looking at what makes Macca and the MaccaX family so succ...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Following on from last week's fast food theme we look at the effects that fast food has in the body over a period of 5 days.  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: The 'sneaky breath' in swimming.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - FREDERIK VAN LIERDE: Frederik Van Lierde, born in Belgium, is a professional triathlete in the service of the army. He graduated as a teacher of Physical Education in 2001 and wi...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Is fast food a good recovery food?  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Yasso 800's - predicting your marathon time based on how long it takes you to run 800 meters.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - GWEN JORGENSEN: Gwen Jorgensen has just posted her eighth win in the ITU World Series with a comprehensive victory at the recent ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast. The victory marked the longest-running WTS str...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Iron and its role in the body. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK & 5 MINUTE FOCUS - GOTZ HEINE: Gotz Heine is the 'behind the scenes' innovator of the mid sole cleat positions for cycling shoes - the shoes that Daniela Reefe was wearing when she recently won Challenge Dubai. He was also involved in the original design of SRM Power Meters, was one of the first people to look at the benefits of a...

ONE STEP AHEAD: LCHF and thyroid. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Your stroke rate for swimming - what you should be considering and how to determine where you sit. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - MELISSA HAUSCHILDT: A former Australian steeplechase champion turned triathlete Mel is 2 x Ironman 70.3 World Champion and ITU Long Distance World Champion. She has also won 20 x Half Ironman races and, after a recent mov...

ONE STEP AHEAD: Food cravings - 21 common food cravings and what we can do about them. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Off season swimming - what you need to be doing to improve. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - JAMIE TURNER: Jamie Turner is one of the top triathlon coaches in the world. He has spent two decades coaching Australia's best triathletes, served as the Olympic coach for Chile in 2008, and has coached a n...

ONE STEP AHEAD : Colostrum - is it useful for endurance athletes.  WORKOUT OF THE WEEK : Saddle sores and how to deal with them.  HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEWS - DYLAN MCNEICE & CARL READ : What does it take to complete 2 x Iron Distance races 2 weeks apart?  We are very excited to be able to bring you two interviews this week with kiwi pro athletes Dylan McNeice and Carl Read - two athletes who did jus...