Get your triathlon swim training right and avoid costly pitfalls with Gerry Rodrigues | EP#107

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Triathlon swim coach Gerry Rodrigues discusses how to improve your triathlon swimming through having the right training prescription, and avoiding low-relevance training that may be relevant for pool swimmers, but not for triathletes. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: The 4 most common and most costly mistakes triathletes make in their swim training Things that pool swimmers do (and coaches prescribe) that have little relevance for triathlon swimming Swimming at different effort levels and the importance of putting yourself in the hurt box The Tower 26 training program SHOWNOTES: 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! Triathlon Corner - The new online home of shopping the best triathlon products in the world to great prices. Ships worldwide. Brands include Garmin, Stages Power, Café du cycliste, Zipp, Mako, Zone3, Hoka One One to name just a few. Use the discount codeTHATTRIATHLONSHOW to get 10% off. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Gerry's website The Tower 26 subscription program 3 foundational elements that will make you swim faster with Gerry Rodrigues | EP#3 "How much dehydration can you tolerate during an Ironman?" Article by Andy from Precision Hydration 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 Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	You need to have two foundational sessions each week.
0:03.5	And I just don't mean that from a training perspective.
0:05.8	That's also from a full presence perspective where you are completely engaged.
0:12.0	The world is shut out.
0:13.4	You're not thinking about what's going on at your job or your family at that moment.
0:16.9	You are 100% dedicated.
0:20.9	The Traflon Show, episode 107.
0:36.3	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast
0:43.3	presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.
0:46.5	I'm your host, Michael, and today I bring on the third ever, I believe, repeat guest, and that is Jerry Rodriguez, a triathlon swim coach
0:57.7	that many, many, many of you will know from Tower 26.
1:02.4	They have an excellent podcast called the Be Race Ready podcast, and Jerry was on all the way
1:08.9	back in episode three where we discussed mostly technique and the technical aspects of swimming,
1:16.3	simplifying that, distilling that down to the three most important elements.
1:21.6	So I highly recommend you check that out.
1:24.5	But today we go more into what the actual swim training of a triathlet should
1:29.3	be like and what it should not be like importantly so jerry rodriguez just quickly as i
1:36.3	mentioned he's the head coach at tower 26 in los angeles california and he's been coaching for 35 years and he's got a swimming background
1:47.5	but started coaching triathletes in swimming right away. So he really, really specializes in
1:54.5	coaching triathlon swimming and makes the important distinction of swimming and triathlon swimming,
2:00.7	which is why I think he's such
2:02.9	a fantastic coach to follow and learn from. And as I said, his podcast, the Be Race Ready podcast,
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