Coach of The Norwegian Train: Olav Aleksander Bu On The Science of Elite Performance

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Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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The co-founder of the companies Santara tech and Entalpi, Olav is a sports scientist and elite coach who helped to devise a protocol of testing and performance optimization, grounded in the scientific method, that is achieving undisputable real-world results as evidenced by the Olympic gold medals and championship victories of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden. I had the honor to sit down with the Norwegian triathlon world champs Kristian and Gustav a few months ago. And while they earnestly answered every question I asked, I was still left wondering: what exactly is going on in Norway to produce such towering figures in the world of swim-bike-run? Here today, with the answers and practical training protocols, is the coach of The Norwegian Train himself. Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: Athletic Greens: athleticgreens.com/richroll Whoop: WHOOP.com Native: nativedeo.com/rrp Peace + Plants, Rich

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1:02.2	The Rich Roll Podcast.
1:08.0	These guys are pin cushions, you're pricking them all the time, they got patches all over their body,
1:12.6	there's data flowing out of their eyeballs, and you're pouring trackers down their throats,
1:17.9	and isotope water like it's insane.
1:22.3	Several weeks ago, we released an incredibly popular episode featuring the triathlon world champions
1:27.8	hailing from Norway, Christian Blumenfeld and Gustav Eden.
1:31.4	And despite them earnestly answering every question I asked, I was still left wondering,
1:37.7	how do they do it?
1:39.6	Why are they so much better?
1:41.3	Consistently better than the competition.
1:44.4	Well, here today, with answers, is the coach of the Norwegian train himself,
1:50.0	Olaf Alexander Boot, or as I like to refer to him, the Moneyball mad scientist mastermind
1:57.4	of endurance mastery.
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