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That Triathlon Show

Balancing training load and recovery with coach Lachlan Kerin | EP#274

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Fitness, Ironman, Endurancesports, Run, Sports, Cycling, Triathlon, Swimming, Health, Bike, Swim, Sportscience, Health & Fitness, Running

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Scientific Triathlon coach Lachlan Kerin returns to the podcast to discuss how to plan and execute your training so that there is an appropriate balance between training load and fatigue.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How to balance load and recovery at a macro (season/yearly) and meso (roughly monthly) timescale -How to balance load and recovery at an acute, micro timescale (roughly weekly) -Full rest days and easy days - when and how to use each of these -How to account for intense training days, big volume days, and strength training sessions when planning your load-recovery balance -Methods for tracking recovery and training readiness -When (and when not to) and how to adjust training for fatigue -The impact of age, sex, experience, athletic profile and more on the load-recovery balance equation   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts274/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/   SPONSORS: ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. Trusted by BMC PRO Triathlon Team, age-group triathletes, coaches and physios around the world. Visit zen8swimtrainer.com/tts for 20% off your order.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Lachie's coaching profile on Scientific Triathlon and Instagram Glycogen metabolism and optimising glycogen resynthesis with Bob Murray, PhD | EP#252 Sleep, recovery, and performance with Shona Halson | EP#52 Scientific Triathlon coach Lachlan Kerin | EP#192 Training ideologies with James Teagle and Lachlan Kerin | EP#212 Fatigue management with James Teagle and Lachlan Kerin | EP#204 Base training: off-season do’s and dont’s with James Teagle and Lachlan Kerin | EP#201 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Traathlon Show, 274.

0:05.1

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show.

0:23.3

The podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:27.2

I'm our host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Scientific Triathlon coach, La Clanke

0:31.0

Kieran.

0:31.7

In this episode, Loki and I are going to discuss how to plan and execute your training

0:36.2

so that you reach an appropriate balance

0:39.0

between training, load and recovery slash fatigue. But before that, big thanks as usual to

0:45.5

our sponsors, Roka that you can find on Roka.com. Roka are the leading manufacturers,

0:51.2

wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, high-performance eyewear,

0:54.4

and prescription glasses and sunglasses.

0:57.2

And in that those latter categories, the prescription glasses and prescription sunglasses,

1:01.7

they have some really cool features.

1:04.1

Some of them are also applicable to the non-prescription sunglasses that you can get as well.

1:09.5

But all of their frames, for example, are ultra lightweight, so you won't feel that you can get as well but all of their frames for example are ultra lightweight so

1:12.6

you won't feel that you wear them they are adjustable so you can adjust the frame to perfectly

1:18.2

suit your face shape they also never slip off your face thanks to the gecko anti-slip technology

1:23.5

they have features on their website like virtual try-on options and an online vision test so that you can update your prescription in as little as 15 minutes.

1:32.8

You can have home try-on options to get four pairs of prescription glasses that you can try at home for seven days.

1:38.8

And you can even add blue light blocking coding to any pair of glasses.

1:45.7

The perception glasses are only available in the US, but the non-prescription glasses are available throughout all of Roka's online

1:51.4

stores and online presence. You can get 20% off your order of Roka products with the promo

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