How to avoid triathlon and running injuries by optimising training load, life stress, strength training and nutrition | Chris Johnson PT

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Most triathletes and runners will suffer from injuries almost every single year (and many will suffer multiple injuries per year). In this episode, world-renowned physical therapist Chris Johnson explains how to break out of this injury cycle, by looking at all of the different variables contributing to injuries. This is an in-depth look at how to balance your running or triathlon training with proper strength training, nutrition, and lifestyle factors, to allow you to train and perform more and better in the long run.

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0:00.0	Welcome to That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by scientific traathlon and hosted by me, Michael Erikson.
0:14.8	On today's episode, I have a really exciting interview. The topic here is all things, injuries,
0:20.2	and things related, including
0:21.7	a lot of strength training and more of a holistic outlook really on injuries and injury prevention
0:27.8	with world-renowned physical therapist Chris Johnson. I really enjoyed this interview and
0:33.5	I think that you will too. So let's not waste any more time. Let's dive straight into the interview.
0:41.5	Welcome to that triathlon show, Chris. How are you doing? I'm doing great. Sunny here in Seattle,
0:46.6	Friday morning, have a few cups of coffee in me, so I'm ready to go. Excellent. Yeah, no, that's, I heard that you have a
0:54.1	nice mountain bike ride coming up later on today.
0:57.2	So, so it seems like it's going to be a great start to the weekend.
1:01.6	Before we get into today's main topics, can you give us a bit of an interaction to
1:06.5	yourself?
1:07.1	Tell us more about who you are and what you do.
1:09.9	Yeah, so I'm a 47-year-old master's-level endurance athlete.
1:15.7	I come from a multi-sport background, but these days I work as a licensed physical therapist,
1:22.3	consultant, coach, and do a lot of teaching where I travel around, share my perspective
1:27.3	with other clinicians and coaches. Other than teaching where I travel around, share my perspective with other clinicians
1:28.6	and coaches. Other than that, I'm married to an amazing woman, Mimi, and I have two incredible
1:35.0	kids live in Kai, who are seven and ten years old. So life is busy, but I've somehow managed to
1:41.7	blend all of my interests and passions together.
1:44.8	And being able to do a podcast with you is stuff like that's the icing on the cake.
1:50.7	So as I mentioned from the outset, I want to thank you for having me on.
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