Long-term athlete development with Rick Velati | EP#312

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Rick Velati is a national coach with British Triathlon's World Class Programme, where the ultimate goal is to achieve Olympic medal and gold winning performances. Prior to his current role, Rick spent almost 12 years as the Head Coach of the Great Britain and England Talent Programme under British Triathlon. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Reasons behind the massive success of Team GB at the Olympic level over the last few Olympic cycles. -Rick's coaching and training philosophy -Long-term athlete development -Early specialisation or range? -Talent identification -Main stumbling blocks in developing youth and junior athletes, and tips for coaching youths and juniors -Rick's top pieces of advice for amateur athletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts312/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - Want to optimise your performance in hot or humid conditions, avoid cramping, and make sure your hydration is on point? Take PH's free online Sweat Test to get personalised hydration strategy. Also use the Quick Carb Calculator to get fueling recommendations, and book a free one-on-one consultation to refine your hydration and fueling strategy. Use the promo code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your first order of PH electrolytes or the Precision Fuel range. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. The swim trainer is a perfect complement to your training in the pool. On days when you don’t have time to go to the pool, you can now do a short but effective home-based workout on the trainer. It is inflatable, so doesn’t take up much space, and best of all, it is very affordable. Get 20% off your order at zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Rick's Instagram and LinkedIn profiles Developing the future stars of triathlon with coach Joachim Willén | EP#266 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 Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	That Traathlon Show 312.
0:05.0	Hey, hey, what's up everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast
0:23.6	presented by Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm our host Michael and on today's episode, I interview
0:29.1	Rick Velati. Rick is a national coach with British Triathlon's world class program, where
0:34.4	the ultimate goal is to achieve Olympic medal and gold-winning performances.
0:38.4	Prior to this current role, Rick spent almost 12 years as the head coach of the Great Britain
0:42.8	and England talent program under British triathlon.
0:46.3	We will talk about things like Rick's coaching and training philosophy, long-term athletic
0:51.0	development and coaching youth and junior athletes in this interview.
0:54.9	But before we get into that, big thanks to our sponsors.
0:57.7	First, you have precision hydration that create electrolyte products that you can match to how
1:01.1	you sweat and fueling products that make it easy for you to hit your numbers.
1:05.2	When it comes to electrolytes and sodium in particular, remember that we all have different
1:09.1	sweat rates and we all have very different sweat sodium concentrations.
1:14.0	So for example, for me personally, I lose more than 2,000 milligrams of sodium per liter of sweat.
1:19.5	And on the bike, in a race, if I sweat around 1.5 liters per hour,
1:23.4	which I would do in a hotter summer race,
1:25.9	and my aim being to replace at least 70% of what I lose,
1:29.3	I would need to consume at least 4,200 milligrams of sodium
1:32.7	just on the bike in a 7.13 distance race,
1:35.5	depending on how fast or slow the course is.
1:38.3	But on the other hand, somebody who loses 500 milligrams per liter
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