#31 - The Mystery Of "The Taper"

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The pre-race taper is one of the most confusing parts of triathlon. A lot of us make the mistake of calling it "rest" but it really should be a strategic one, two, or three week approach to fine tuning your muscles and mind. Today, we go deep into tapering philosophy to give you some good food for thought based on your fitness level, PLUS, tell you about the new Crushing Iron Training Plans and how you can get a 30% discount.

- How long should your taper be for a Sprint, Olympic, Half, or Full?
- How long should your workouts be during race week
- How to handle the day before the race
- Why your fitness level should determine "how" you taper
- Why losing intensity during your taper is a huge mistake
- Why you should never say "I'm training through my 'B' race"

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0:00.0	What's up, dog?
0:08.9	What's up dog?
0:12.3	I don't know. My dog just starts barking, so.
0:16.9	Outside. You know, nice day. She's out barking.
0:24.8	You feel like you'd go a little old school with the what's up dog yeah i think i'm gonna go a little old school okay that's fine nothing wrong with that just caught me a little
0:32.0	off guard yeah yeah how was the are you guys still basking in the glory of global warming in Nashville?
0:40.6	Yeah, it's pretty warm.
0:42.0	Yeah, here too.
0:43.9	It's nice.
0:45.3	It's not hot, but it's getting there.
0:47.7	It's all, yeah, I'm pretty excited about it, actually.
0:50.3	I've been driving around, so you know how you're in the car and it's hot, and it's like
0:53.5	rushing through the endless traffic demands of this ridiculously growing city.
1:02.1	Man, no kidding.
1:04.3	3,000 people a month are moving here, and I just met all of them.
1:10.5	Probably where, like, on I-40 or something, or all stuck in traffic?
1:14.4	Yeah, yeah.
1:15.5	The I-40, you know, Murfreesboro, Lafayette Corridor, which is now just like everything's getting sold.
1:22.1	All those old crappy buildings are now going to be high-rises or something.
1:26.2	Who knows?
1:27.2	It's only a matter of time before it just reaches its boiling point and people invest a bunch of
1:33.9	money at high rises and nobody fills them.
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