Frederic Funk | EP#380

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Fredric Funk is a pro triathlete from Germany with six IM70.3/Challenge Family titles to his name, currently ranked 9th in the world the PTO rankings, and with a strong 5th place at the IM70.3 World Championships in 2022. In this interview we discuss his training in great detail, with lots of numbers and specifics shared. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Frederic's transparency with his training and data -His goals and race calendar for 2023 -Winter lab testing -Breakdown of Frederic's latest training week, and insights into how he approaches swim, bike and run training -Equipment and aerodynamics -Training camps, altitude, and heat preparation -Numbers and data (VO2max, bike race power, swim and run speed in time trials/races, carbohydrate intake etc.) SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts380/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes perform at their best through their online tools, patented Sweat Test and range of electrolytes and fueling products. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner and receive a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake. If you want further help, book a free 20-minute video consultation to chat through your plan. Listen out for the code in today's show to get 15% off your first order of PF&H electrolytes and fueling products. If you missed the code, just email hello@pfandh.com. FORM Smart Swim Goggles give you unprecedented real-time feedback in your swim training through a display on the goggle lens. See every split to stay on pace, track your stroke rate and don't let it drop, use heart rate to become more scientific and precise with your training (through integration with Polar HR monitors) and analyse more in-depth metrics post-swim in the app. You can also use a vast library of workouts or training plans, or build your own guided workouts. Get 15% off the goggles with the code TTS15. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Frederic's Instagram, Youtube-channel and Strava Dan Lorang – coach of Jan Frodeno, Anne Haug and Bora Hansgrohe pro cycling team | EP#175 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.

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0:00.0	That Traathlon Show 380.
0:17.5	Hey, what's up everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast
0:23.4	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:26.4	I'm we host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Frederick Funk.
0:29.9	Frederick is a pro triathlet from Germany with six Iron Man 73 slash Challenge Family titles
0:34.9	to his name, and he's currently ranked ninth in the world in the
0:38.4	PTO rankings and he had a strong fifth place at the Iron Man Southern 3 World Championships in
0:43.3	2022 to finish off the year. In this interview we discuss his training in great detail with lots
0:49.4	of numbers and specifics shared and just as a little bit of context and background to why I'm now doing
0:55.8	this interview with a pro triathlete when that's not something that I usually do, I discussed
1:00.2	this at the very start of the year in an episode where I went through the results of my listener
1:04.9	survey. And based on those results, I decided that I will be incorporating some interviews
1:10.1	with pro triathletes
1:11.2	this year to add some variety, add some good case studies of how people at the top of the sport
1:15.9	or training, and I just think it will be very interesting for myself and for the listeners
1:20.5	as well. However, one thing that I think is really important when doing these interviews,
1:25.0	for me at least it is, is that they are specific and detailed.
1:29.1	I don't really have any interest in asking about the training of an athlete and getting very
1:33.5	vague answers that avoid going into specifics or even go into numbers.
1:38.8	And with this in mind, I think there is no better athlete for this first pro triathlet interview
1:43.0	on the podcast
1:44.2	than Frederick Funk who is as transparent as can be with his training.
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