I think the biggest key is kind of you need variety within your program.

Don't just keep doing the same old stuff.

Shot the body.

That trap on the show, episode 77.

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

The podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.

I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I talk with legendary former time trial list and turned triathlete actually and in particular triathlon and cycling coach Matt Bottrell.

We'll discuss how Matt's cycling coaching helped Tim Don smash the record for the fastest ever

Ironman branded race this summer in 2017 in Brazil, which included a 406 bike split.

We talk about the steps they took, which is the same kind of pathway that Matt takes with the age group athletes as well.

Initial assessments and getting the lay of the land, creating an action plan

and then monitoring and moving along and having repeatable tests to check the progress.

And yeah, the main takeaway is probably the importance of your bike position and training

to hold that position and generate power from it,

while staying very, very aerodynamic.

That's sort of Matt's sweet spot his area of expertise, so definitely something you want to tune into.

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