Base training: off-season do's and dont's with James Teagle and Lachlan Kerin | EP#201

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Scientific Triathlon coaches James Teagle, Lachlan Kerin and Mikael Eriksson get together to discuss base training for triathlon and endurance sports. What should you do (and what shouldn't you do) in your off-season. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -What is "base training" or the "off-season" - how long does it last, when does it start, when does it end, and what are the objectives of it? -Should you take time completely off training? -Methodologies for structuring your base training -Common mistakes to avoid in base training -Considerations other than training to make the most of your base training phase SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts201/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free! 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. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code TTS. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Introducing elite triathlete and Scientific Triathlon coach James Teagle | EP#161 Scientific Triathlon coach Lachlan Kerin | EP#192 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. Q&A #53 (Thursday 26 September) Q&A #53 - Training specificity, dynamic warm-ups, recovery after races, and favourite podcasts How should you apply the principle of specificity in your training? Are dynamic warm-ups before workouts beneficial, important, and/or necessary? How should you recover after races and ease back into normal training? Mikael's top-5 endurance sports podcasts LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website Coaching Training Plans SPONSORS: ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and performance eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code TTS. Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW20 to get 20% off your entire order. RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing. CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	That Traathlon Show, 201.
0:04.8	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome.
0:18.9	And welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon show, the podcast
0:23.7	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm our host Michael and on today's episode we have
0:29.9	Scientific Traathlon Coaches Get Together, where James, Laki and myself get together to discuss the topic
0:37.3	of base training.
0:39.5	This is one of the most asked questions I get from listeners for the Q&A podcast,
0:44.7	and even more so, I think, from customers of our training plans
0:48.7	when they have finished, finished their plans or finished their last race on the season
0:53.6	or their key race,
0:54.9	what do I do now?
0:56.3	Do I just restart the plan or how do I do this base training thing?
1:00.2	So what we'll try to answer today, which is quite timely as most of you in the Northern
1:05.5	Hemisphere at least are getting into this time of year when you're done with your season races for this year
1:12.4	and next season's races are months and months and months away. So now the question is,
1:17.9	what do we do with those months? And hopefully this episode will shed some light on that
1:23.7	question. Just as a quick introduction, regular listeners, of course, will already know
1:28.6	James and Laki as they've both been on as guests in past episodes, which will link to in the show
1:34.5	notes. And also if you follow our Instagram or Facebook pages at Scientific Triathlon HQ,
1:40.6	then you will have seen their athletes race results in our weekly race reviews so you will know that they are brilliant coaches as evident from the results that their athletes are having in those races and finally if you don't remember both janes and laki are themselves elite level triathletes before we get into into the discussion, big thanks to our sponsors.
2:02.7	First, we have precision hydration. And there is a great blog post on the pH website that I
2:08.5	read recently called Salt and the High Blood Pressure Hypothesis. And this article discusses
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