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That Triathlon Show

Interval Training - Science and Application part 3 with prof. Paul Laursen | EP#163

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Paul Laursen is adjunct professor and performance physiologist at AUT, he lead the Performance Physiology Team at High Performance Sport New Zealand for both the London and Rio Olympic cycles, and he coaches several elite triathletes. He is also the man behind HIIT Science (together with colleague Martin Bucheit). In his third appearance on That Triathlon Show, we dive even deeper into all things interval training for triathletes, and discuss practical programming applications.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: What is the cost in terms of fatigue, recovery time, overall stress, and injury risk of various types of intervals? How do factors like age, sex, and athletic ability and experience influence interval training? Practical application of HIIT in triathlon programming - what would be some example training weeks for long- and short-course triathletes? The HIIT Science book and the course   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts163/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   SPONSORS: Retül - Retül Bike Fit makes riding more enjoyable by making you more efficient while reducing the chance of injury and increasing comfort on the bike. It’s also more than just a bike fit - it’s a way to learn about your body, the root cause of your aches and pains, and how a proper fit will help you achieve your cycling goals.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: The Science and Application of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) website The Book The Course Interval Training - Science and Application part 1 with Paul Laursen | EP#128 Interval Training - Science and Application part 2 with Paul Laursen | EP#129 Designing interval training: 10 things you have to know | EP#139 Designing interval training part 2: 10 MORE things you have to know | EP#146   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

to develop resiliency, strength endurance day is key for me.

0:03.2

So, you know, easy running over hills.

0:06.3

Been to a few conferences and there's loads of, you know, key coaches that really, you know,

0:11.9

highly recommend the strength endurance sort of stuff.

0:15.1

So really, you know, going up and down over mountains.

0:19.3

That Treitlam show, 163.

0:35.3

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:44.9

I'm your host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Paul Larson once again.

0:50.9

I interviewed Paul in 2018 in a two-part interview in episodes 128 and 129, that I'll link to in the show notes and episode description.

1:01.6

And now he's back to dive even deeper into high-intensity interval training and also talk us through some practical examples of how to include introl training in a triathlon training program.

1:14.0

We'll also talk about the book science and application of high-intensity interval

1:18.3

solutions to the programming puzzle that is just a few days away from launch by the time you hear this episode.

1:24.8

It's written by Paul and his colleague Martin Boucher. And Paul and

1:29.8

Martin has put together a course on high-density, high-intensity interval training as well,

1:34.5

to go along with the book, but to take it even a step further for those that want to go

1:40.2

as deep and learn as much as possible. And we'll talk about that as well i pre-ordered the book

1:47.2

and i'm yearly awaiting my copy and i hope that you'll want to do that too after listening to this

1:53.2

interview and hearing how knowledgeable paul really is before we get into the interview

1:58.8

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2:04.5

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2:09.9

of injury and increases comfort on the bike. Retool bike fit is more than just a bike fit. It's a way that you can learn about your body and what the root causes of any aches and pains

2:23.2

you have may be and how a proper bike fit can help you achieve your cycling and triathlon

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