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#295 Ep.2 - Is triathlon for me? Advice from British Triathlon coaches

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Ben Coomber

Health & Fitness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It’s fair to say that most of us see triathlon as a sport that requires extreme strength and endurance, involves training long hours, and needs very expensive kit. However, the reality is different. In this episode, presented by Accenture, Official Partner of British Triathlon, I visit Loughborough Performance Centre to dispel the myths and get advice from two people in the know – British Triathlon coaches Ben Bright and Steve Casson. We break down those clichés & show you how to get involved at any le

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, Ben Cooper Radio, episode number 295, part two.

0:05.8

So hopefully you've listened to part one,

0:08.1

be a bit weird if you haven't.

0:09.9

I will be back talking to Ben and Steve from British Triathlon with Accenture and we're going to be discussing

0:17.3

the actual dynamics of Triathlon and how we look to get into the sport, like what events there are, what equipment do we need,

0:27.4

what race distances are there, we're going to be talking literally everything triathlon. So without further ado let's dive into the show and give

0:36.9

it a listen. So we are back episode two. I am joined by Steve and Ben. Hello again. Hello. Hi everyone.

0:44.0

Awesome. So in the last episode we discussed a lot about well-being, training, setting a baseline

0:50.0

so we can move forward in a very positive way with whatever is we're trying to achieve

0:55.6

whether it's triathlon or it's something else. Now one question I actually missed off from

1:00.2

episode one on the kind of theme of training and nutrition.

1:04.0

Sometimes people ask me, Ben, what do I need to focus on?

1:08.0

Is it training that's most important?

1:11.0

Is it the nutrition that's most important? Because you see

1:13.7

this meme go around the internet all the time. It's 70% nutrition, it's 30%

1:18.3

training. For people that are confused of where their focus needs to be. How would you frame that? What advice

1:24.3

would you give people to focus their energy on what needs to be done to be

1:29.3

wherever it is they're trying to get to? I think the, well for us training is, training is king, but what

1:37.6

allows, you know, at the elite level with the guys that we're working with.

1:45.0

But nutrition complements that, or not doesn't actually compliments the wrong word.

1:46.6

Nutrition is critical to them being able to complete the training,

1:51.4

but then also critically to get the gains from the

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