How to use HRV to measure and manage Total Load with Simon Wegerif | EP#162

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Simon Wegerif is the founder of ithlete, a company that creates sensors and apps related to heart rate variability (HRV). He discusses how triathletes and endurance athletes can use HRV to measure and manage total load - the sum of various different kinds of stress on the body, including mental and physical. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -What is total load, and how is it relevant for triathlon training? -What is the relation between HRV and total load? -How do we know how much we can or should train, given all the stressors in our lives outside of training? -Does stress really equal stress, no matter the source of that stress? -How can age-group triathletes practically use HRV to measure and manage total load? SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts162/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Stac - The Stac Zero is the world's quietest bike trainer. No noise and no tire wear, since it doesn't even touch the tire! It is also very portable and affordable. Even more so when using the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW for 20% off when you buy your Stac bike trainer (any of the models). ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Now shipping directly from the UK and EU. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW. LINKS AND RESOURCES: ithlete website Heart Rate Variability (HRV) for triathletes with Dan Plews | EP#42 Applications and Insights in 2018 and Beyond with Marco Altini | EP#144 Non-functional overreaching with Cyril Schmit | EP#159 Periodisation Theory: Confronting an Inconvenient Truth with John Kiely | EP#148 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	One of the most interesting things about exploring total load is that that relationship between internal and external load is not constant, in fact.
0:12.9	The Treflon So, 162. Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon show, the podcast presented by scientific triathlon.com.
0:37.9	I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Simon Wegeriff, who is the founder
0:43.0	of I-Fleet. They create apps and sensors products for measuring heart rate variability,
0:51.2	and things along those lines, so you may have seen them around if you're in the
0:55.8	hrv space simon himself is also a competitive cyclist and previously he was into triathlons
1:03.0	as well what we will discuss today is how triathletes and endurance athletes in general can use
1:10.2	hrv to to measure and manage their total load.
1:13.3	So the sum of the various different kinds of stresses that we experience, which is not just training, but also things like work, family, and all these things that you know by now having listened to the podcast that it all affects our ability to
1:28.3	absorb and adapt to training.
1:31.8	Shout out to Dave from precision hydration for connecting women to Simon.
1:35.7	I really appreciate that, Dave.
1:37.4	So we'll get right into the interview after thanking our sponsors.
1:42.0	First, we have stack that you can find on stack zero.com, that's S-T-A-C-Zerospelled-out.com.
1:48.8	They make the words quietest indoor bike trainers.
1:52.3	And related to today's episode's topic of managing your total load, including training stress, but also other stressors, I i think personally that's one of my main
2:02.6	reasons for this winter making indoor training a bigger focus is that it is just more time
2:08.5	effective and even though i love going outdoors and can do good training outdoors it just takes
2:15.1	longer to for me to get to the places where I really can do
2:18.2	structured intervals the way I like to do them. Plus, of course, you need to spend more
2:23.5	time washing your bike, preparing your equipment, getting dressed, all those sorts of things.
2:29.7	And that is one of my main reasons for now spending a lot more time indoors and mainly
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