Dan Bigham is a multiple British Champion (Time Trial and track), a member of the Huub Wattbike track team, and an aerodynamics consultant who recently helped the Danish track team beat the team pursuit world record. In this episode Dan goes into many of the most important aspects of optimizing aerodynamics on the bike.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Aerodynamics testing protocols: on the road, at the velodrome and in the wind tunnel
-On-bike aerodynamic sensors and their use cases
-Bike fit and aerodynamics
-Equipment, upgrades and the £/watts ratio
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Bradford Cooper, PhD, is an academic, business executive, and extremely accomplished endurance athlete (among other achievements, he has won the Race Across America). He joins us to discuss his research in the field of Functional Mental Toughness (fMT), its implications and practical takeaways for endurance athletes of all levels.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-What is functional mental toughness and why is it important?
-Mental toughness is ever-changing, not fixed
-Mental toughness is a trainable skill, not an inherent trait
-The quantifiable impact of variations in mental toughness on endurance performance
-Tactics and strategies for improving mental toughness: the Prepare, Thrive, and Activate framework
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David Tilbury-Davis has been coaching professional and age group athletes since 1995, helping them achieve 3 World titles, 11 National titles, 3 Ironman Regional Championship titles, and numerous wins, podiums and personal bests in various races. In this interview, David discusses coaching from the coach's perspective - what goes on backstage away from workout prescriptions, coaching calls and training plans? This is part two of a two-part interview.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Defining success as a coach
-Creating meaningful work as a coach
-Remote coaching vs. face-to-face coaching
-Work/life balance as a coach
-Mental health for the athlete and the coach
-Data vs. RPE (Rating of Perceived Exertion)
-Doping
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David Tilbury-Davis has been coaching professional and age group athletes since 1995, helping them achieve 3 World titles, 11 National titles, 3 Ironman Regional Championship titles, and numerous wins, podiums and personal bests in various races. In this interview, David discusses his coaching philosophy and his perspective on a number of fundamental training-related questions. This is part one of a two-part interview.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-David's coaching philosphy
-Volume and intensity
-Periodisation
-Workout prescription and execution
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Bobby McGee is a running coach with more than three decades experience of coaching elite and recreational runners and triathletes. He is renowned for his ability to help athletes find their optimal running form. In addition to running, Bobby is also a wealth of knowledge in sports psychology.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-The most important aspects of running form
-The ins and outs of changing or improving your running form
-How to incorporate skill and technique work in your run training
-Programming aspects of running for triathletes (volume, intensity, workout types and more...)
-The most important aspects of sports psychology and how to get on top of your mental game
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Jonathan "Jono" Hall is the head coach of Triathlon Canada's National Performance Center. As such, he coaches top Canadian athletes such as Tyler Mislawchuk, plus a handful of international world class athletes on the ITU circuit. In this training talk we discuss Jono's coaching philosophy and hear his thoughts on a whole host of topics related to triathlon performance.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Health as the fundamental aspect underpinning all performance
-Achieving world-class performances on significantly lower volume than most other training groups
-The cross-over effects between swimming, biking, and running
-Prescribing lower time at intensity in hard workouts - but making the intensity really count!
-Four-day microcycles: high intensity, tempo, endurance, recovery
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https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts224/
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Arild Tveiten is the coach behind Norwegian triathlon successes such as Kristian Blummenfelt winning the WTS Grand Final 2019, Gustav Iden winning the 70.3 World Championships, and Casper Stornes, Kristian and Gustav sweeping the podium in the WTS Bermuda race in 2018. He returns to That Triathlon Show to discuss his training and coaching methodologies, and how
Norway are working towards Olympic medals in Tokyo 2020.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-The testing methods used by the Norwegian team to be able to strictly adhere to specified intensities.
-The training methodology they use, with the main pillars of high volume at low intensity and a substantial amount of work at lactate threshold (LT2).
-What they've changed in the 1.5 years since our previous interview, including more intensity in swim training
-How they are preparing to medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, including periodisation, training camps, and heat acclimatisation.
-The differences and similarities between draft-legal sprint and Olympic distance triathlon and non-draft IRONMAN 70.3 and IRONMAN distance racing and training
-Arild's top tips for age-groupers
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https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts223/
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Faris al-Sultan is the Ironman World Champion from 2005 and multiple podium finisher. Since retiring and moving into coaching he is most well-known for coaching Patrick Lange to two World Championship titles and one third place in Kona. Currently, Faris works with the German Triathlon Federation to bring up the nation's draft-legal success closer to the successes seen on the long distance triathlon side.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-What has changed in triathlon and in training in 15 years since Faris won the World Championships?
-Coaching Patrick Lange to two World titles
-Faris' general coaching methodology
-Working at the German Triathlon Federation and developing world class draft-legal athletes
-The differences and similarities between long and short course triathlon
-The importance of volume and movement quality
-The art and science of coaching
-Advice for age-group athletes
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Ryan Bolton is a US Olympian from Sydney 2000, an Ironman champion, and now coaches elite runners (like Caroline Rotich, winner of Boston Marathon 2015) and triathletes (like Ben Hoffman, 4th in Kona 2019). In this episode he discusses his coaching methodology and thoughts on training strategies he employs at the elite level as exemplified by Ben Hoffman, but also how they apply to age-group athletes.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Ryan's general coaching methodology
-How he periodises training
-Building a strong base
-The balance of volume and intensity
-Intuitive training
-Advice for age-group athletes
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Craig Kirkwood is a former elite runner, Kona finisher, and coach of age group and elite triathletes and runners like Hayden Wilde and Sam Tanner. In this episode he discusses his coaching methodology and thoughts on training strategies in particular for draft legal racing at the elite level as exemplified by Hayden Wilde.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Craig's general coaching methodology
-Coaches and methods that influenced him as a young runner
-The training of Hayden Wilde
-Group training vs. solo training, and why solo training works really well for Hayden
-The balance of volume and intensity
-Advice for age-group athletes
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Philipp Seipp is the coach of Sebastian Kienle, Laura Philipp, and Florian Angert (among others). In this episode he discusses his coaching methodology and thoughts on training strategies for long-distance triathlon.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-Philipp's general coaching methodology
-The importance of biomechanics
-The importance of speed and training for speed in long-distance triathlon (especially older athletes)
-Periodisation based on the individual's limiters and goal event demands
-Testing methodologies and principles
-How Philipp uses strength and conditioning
-Too much training volume and not as a common training mistake
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Andy Blow, founder of Precision Hydration is back on the show to revisit the topic of hydration and nutrition strategies for triathlon and endurance events and races. This episode is packed with practical and actionable advice that will put you in a great spot to get your race day nutrition and hydration right.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-An overview on sweat rate and sweat sodium concentrations, and the vast differences in losses and replacement needs between individuals
-Why Andy recommends separating your energy from your hydration
-Training the gut to better tolerate nutrition and hydration during racing
-Hydrogels like Maurten and Beta Fuel
-Wearables that measure hydration and sweat status in real-time and non-invasively
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Dan Atkins is the Head Coach of the Triathlon Australia Performance Centre on the Gold Coast. He discusses the demands of elite draft-legal triathlon in 2020 and how to prepare for these demands. All along, he shares training advice highly applicable to any endurance athlete, elite or amateur, triathlete or single-sport.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:
-The demands of elite draft-legal triathlon in 2020.
-Training elite and developmental athletes for world class draft-legal performances
-A typical training week of the squad of elite athletes at the Gold Coast performance center
-How the training develops over the course of a season
-The importance and challenges of a daily training environment with group training
-Coaching and training lessons learnt from integrating para-triathletes with able-bodied athletes
-Dan's number one piece of advice for any endurance athlete
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