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That Triathlon Show

High performance and long-term athlete development with Mark Elliott | EP#83

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Mark Elliott is Triathlon New Zealand's High Performance Director. With a long background in high-performance sports and countless championships medal under his leadership in triathlon and cycling, he is the perfect person to talk athlete development.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: Triathlon New Zealand's high-performance initiative Long-term athlete development The three most important traits of any triathlete: elite or age-grouper What age-gropers can learn from high-performance sports (that they aren't currently doing) Advice for parents of kids doing triathlon or endurance sports     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 for 15% off any products.     Ventum - The ultimate triathlon bikes, using technology from fighter jets and Formula One race cars. Easier to build, pack, and travel with than any other tri bike. Get 110% of the value of your old bike towards the purchase of a new Ventum bike.      LINKS AND RESOURCES: Triathlon New Zealand's website Mark Elliott's Bio     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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You take those three that, you know, adaptive to change fast learners and, you know, constantly wanting to push boundaries.

0:06.9

You know, I think that's what you're looking for in any athlete.

0:10.8

That Trafflot, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:35.4

I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Mark

0:39.0

Elliott, Trafflin New Zealand's High Performance Director. Compared to most of these podcast

0:45.4

episodes, this one is admittedly more about the training and development overall of elite

0:52.0

athletes, but don't let us carry your way if you're just listening

0:55.8

to get tips for your own triathlon, because we do get into specific tips quite a lot,

1:00.6

actually, for age troopers as well.

1:03.7

We talk about three cornerstones or the main, main traits of elite athletes that become

1:09.6

successful, that are things that age troopers

1:11.6

can have just as much as the elites. So listen in for those. This episode is sponsored by

1:19.1

precision hydration. You can take their free online sweat test on precision hydration.com to get

1:26.5

your personalized hydration strategy because everybody

1:30.1

loses a different amount of sodium in their sweat and the sweat different amounts.

1:34.7

So the electrolytes needs in long events especially, but even in shorter events and the climate

1:41.0

obviously plays a role here.

1:43.0

Varys a lot from person to person.

1:45.1

You can't just go for the generic sports drink if you want to make sure that you get your electrolytes

1:50.8

needs met.

1:53.5

So go to precisionidation.com, take that free online sweat test.

1:57.4

It's linked to down below in the show notes and use the discount code that triathlon

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