Simon Wegerif is the founder of ithlete, a company that creates sensors and apps related to heart rate variability (HRV). He discusses how triathletes and endurance athletes can use HRV to measure and manage total load - the sum of various different kinds of stress on the body, including mental and physical.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-What is total load, and how is it relevant for triathlon training?
-What is the relation between HRV and total load?
-How do we know how much we can or should train, given all the stressors in our lives outside of training?
-Does stress really equal stress, no matter the source of that stress?
-How can age-group triathletes practically use HRV to measure and manage total load?
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James Teagle is an elite triathlete and a Scientific Triathlon coach. In this episode we discuss his own career and training at the Loughborough Triathlon Performance Centre, as well as his coaching and training advice for age-group triathletes.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-The training diary of an elite triathlete
-Training in a high-performance squad, with the likes of Jodie Stimpson and Tim Don
-Coaching principles and core values: care, communication, individualisation and more
-Goal setting, intermediate objectives and process goals
-The primary reason athletes leave their coaches and come to us instead, and how we want to stand out in the coaching industry
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https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts161/
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Andrew Buckrell, co-founder of STAC, discusses heat. Our bodies do a great amount of work to get rid of excess heat generated when training, and strategies for maximising the body's ability to get rid of heat, and minimising heat build-up in the first place, are critical for optimal endurance performance.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-How much heat does our bodies generate in triathlon and how does that impact performance.
-The effect of ambient temperature
-The effect of speed and air flow
-The effect of sweating and humidity
-Strategies for minimising or reducing heat buildup in racing
-Strategies for minimising or reducing heat buildup in training
-What's the deal with slush drinks?
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https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts160/
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Cyril Schmit, PhD, discusses non-functional overreaching for triathletes and endurance athletes. What is it, how can we identify it and prevent it and what are the biggest risk factors for it.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-What is non-functional overreaching, and how is it different from overtraining syndrome.
-How can it be identified using subjective and objective markers?
-How can it be prevented?
-What are the roles of training volume and intensity in causing non-functional overreaching?
-How important is the role of factors outside of training (life stress) in causing non-functional overreaching?
-The relation between heart rate and non-functional overreaching.
SHOWNOTES:
https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts159/
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Rob Wilby, triathlon coach, coach educator, and host of the OxygenAddict podcast, discusses his T.I.M.E system for effective triathlon training through winter. His approach works particularly well for time-crunched age-group triathletes training for half and full distance triathlons.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Test and Evaluate
-Intelligent Intensity
-Mindset
-Effective Effort
-Examples of weekly structures and workout structures Rob uses with his athletes
-Rob's recommendations for when you're going into spring and summer training.
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