That Triathlon Show

Matt Fox is the founder of Sweat Elite. A website where you can learn about the habits, routines and training programs of the world's best runners and coaches, including Eliud Kipchoge, Mo Farah, David Rudisha, Renato Canova and Alberto Salazar.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Similarities and patterns in the training and habits of the world's best runners. -Are there any big differences or...

Q&A #47 - Frequency vs. volume of individual workouts; training when sleep-deprived; Training Peaks dashboard What's more important when total volume is constant: more frequent but shorter workouts or less frequent but longer workouts? Should you train when sleep-deprived (e.g. after a night on work duty) and if so, how? Mikael's recommendations for setting up your Training Peaks dashboard    ...

The microphone is flipped, and Michael Liberzon and Andrew Buckrell from the Endurance Innovation Podcast interview Mikael Eriksson about That Triathlon Show, coaching, and endurance sports innovation. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes insight into That Triathlon Show!    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The genesis of That Triathlon Show -How I find the right guests and topics for the podcast -Res...

Q&A #46 - Rest interval duration and body composition benchmarks for elite and age-group triathletes Should rest intervals be a fixed time or based on getting heart rate down to a certain level?  What are good target durations for rest intervals or good work:rest ratios for various types of workouts? What is the body composition of elite triathletes like, and should age-groupers also use that...

What dietary supplements should triathletes and endurance athletes consider using based on current evidence? We go through a recent review paper that has analysed all the current evidence to come up with clear guidelines for which supplements are potentially beneficial and which will just result in expensive pee.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Supplements used to prevent or treat nutrient...

Q&A #45 - Intensity unnecessary (?) for Ironman, warm-ups, lactate test timing, and adjusting a training week Is it really necessary to do any intensive training when preparing for an Ironman? Can you just do base miles?  When is the best time to get a lactate test?  How should you time your warm-up for an Olympic race, considering wave starts, transition area closing and so on?  How do you ad...

Lachlan Kerin is an Australian triathlon coach, professional triathlete, and the newest member of the Scientific Triathlon team. He has over 50 professional IRONMAN 70.3 races to his name, has experience from working with some of the best coaches in the world, and among other accomplishments, has set 3 bike course records in IRONMAN 70.3 races.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Lachlan's tra...

Q&A #44 - Carb/fat combustion based on pace and heart rate; VO2max intervals on flats or uphill If heart rate was in zone 4 and pace in zone 2: did you use mostly carbs or fats for fuel?  Can you do track/road intervals on hilly trails, and if so, should they still keep the same structure or can they be free form?  Should mobility work count towards your total training duration?   LINKS AND RE...

Andy Blow, founder of Precision Hydration and former elite triathlete answers listener questions about hydration and electrolytes in racing and training.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Hydration preloading for races -Rehydrating after training and racing -Having three independent levers on race day: water, electrolytes and calories -Hypotonic vs. hypertonic solutions -Cramping on the Ironm...

Q&A #43 - Weight gain during Ironman training, and is there too much intensity in traditional triathlon swim programs   Why am I gaining weight rather than losing or maintaining weight when training for an Ironman? Is there too much intensity in "traditional" triathlon swim programs?   LINKS AND RESOURCES:   That Triathlon Show website   Coaching Training Plans     SPONSORS: ROKA  -...

Shannon Grady is the founder of GO! Athletics and an expert in the application of bioenergetics, lactate dynamics, and applied physiology for endurance performance optimization. Shannon has worked with over 9000 athletes including Olympic, professional, collegiate, and high school athletes in over 25 sports, and is herself a former professional runner, NCAA All-American, and five-time Team USA Tri...

Q&A #42 - Increasing swimming stroke rate, heart rate response to different bike intervals, and becoming less reliant on your kick when swimming  How to increase your swimming stroke rate effectively.  Why doesn't heart rate rise as much in very short and hard intervals as in longer and slightly less intense intervals? How can you transition to becoming less reliant on your kick in swimming -...

Learn about ten extremely important and high-leverage ways to improve your training and triathlon performance. These aspects of the training process are often not in place, in particular in self-coached athletes. If you can start incorporating even a few of them in your training you are pretty much guaranteed to see great improvements in your training and triathlon performance.    IN THIS EPISODE...

Q&A #41 - Back to back morning workouts; flip turns, bilateral breathing and non-freestyle strokes; and run training progress when returning from a stress fracture Can you do two workouts in the morning rather than one in the morning and one in the evening and still get the same benefits? Should triathletes learn how to do flip turns, how to swim other strokes than freestyle and how to bilater...

Paul Newsome coaches thousands of triathletes and open water swimmers every year through his company Swim Smooth with its local squad in Perth, through international courses and clinics, through the global Swim Smooth coaching network and indirectly through the Swim Smooth blog and podcast. In this episode we discuss the Swim Types system and how to correct and improve the stroke of each Swim Type...

Q&A #40 - When to choose a road bike in a non-draft race, using half or full Ironmans in the lead-up to a big goal race, and making up calories after big days of training How do you know if you should choose a road bike or a tri bike for very hilly races like Ironman 70.3 Nice? Can you use half and full Ironmans in the lead-up to an important goal race or are you better off just training? Shou...

Professor Andy Jones is internationally recognized for his work in academia and applied sports science. He has authored more than 280 original research and review articles, worked with the two best marathoners in history (Eliud Kipchoge and Paula Radcliffe) and is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in the use of dietary nitrate (found in e.g. beetroot) and its impact on endurance performan...

Q&A #39 - How much should you train if you have the time available and day-to-day recovery for (beginner) triathletes If you have the time available to train, how much training should you be doing? What should triathletes, in particular beginners, consider when it comes to day-to-day recovery and being ready to go in the next workout?   LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website   Coachi...

Alan Couzens is a coach and exercise physiologist in Boulder, Colorado. Through his laboratory testing of a large number of athletes over a long time period he has found that triathlon and endurance sports potential (specifically VO2max) is far more trainable and less limited by genetics than what most textbooks and university courses would have us believe. In fact, most triathletes may actually h...

Q&A #38 - Individual differences in heart rate and training zones, including cadence spin-ups in aerobic rides, and hard run to easy ride brick workouts How come my slower friend (in races) runs faster than me in training and at a lower heart rate? What is the right way to include cadence spin-ups in an aerobic ride without negating the effects of the easy aerobic training?  Are there benefits...

An in-depth discussion and Q&A session on the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of polarised training for triathletes and endurance athletes in general. This episode is part 2 of a Q&A follow-up to the extremely popular interview with the godfather of polarised training, Dr. Stephen Seiler in EP#177.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How can polarised training apply to age-group triathletes? -P...

Q&A #37 - How to determine what training is most effective for the individual athlete, how to combine training with an extremely physically demanding full time job, and the training adaptation time continuum Is it possible to determine what type of training is best for each individual athlete? What role does the time course of training adaptations play in deciding what training is best for the...

Hunter Allen, is head coach and founder of Peaks Coaching Group. He is also the co-author (together with Dr. Andrew Coggan and Dr. Stephen McGregor) of arguably the most widely recognised cycling training book in the world: "Training and Racing with a Power Meter". Hunter and colleagues have now released the third edition of this book to keep it up to date with recent developments, and he joins us...

Q&A #36 - Power targets and pacing half and full Ironmans, what target power would make you competitive, and the best way to monitor and use heart rate in training What target power should you shoot for in your half or full distance triathlons?  What power do you need to hold to be competitive in a medium-sized half distance race?  Why you have to consider power-to-weight and power-to-aerodyna...

Menachem Brodie is one of the leading strength training coaches for cyclists and triathletes. Among other achievements, he has been heavily involved in USA Cycling and educating USAC coaches since 2011, and is the creator of the Training Peaks course "Strength Training for Triathlon Success".  In this two-part episode, we dive deep into a number of important aspects triathletes and endurance athle...