Olav Aleksander Bu | EP#369

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Olav Aleksander Bu is the coach of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden. He returns to the podcast (see also EP#264) for another in-depth discussion of training, racing, science, coaching and what makes these two athletes so exceptional. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Going from short-course to long-course and back again -Key swim, bike and run sessions for short course and long course, respectively -Recovery between races (e.g. Kristian becoming 70.3 World Champion 3 weeks after finishing 3rd in Kona) -An in-depth look into Kristian's and Gustav's swim training -The importance of specificity -The balance between VO2max and economy -How would Olav coach an amateur athlete with 10 hours per week to train? -Other age-group related questions: good and bad things to spend money on, training mistakes, do physiological measurements matter... -Talent, talent development, nature and nurture -Olav's favourite piece of gear or equipment SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts369/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration - Optimise and individualise your fueling and hydration strategy using their FREE Fuel & Hydration planner. Book a FREE one-on-one consultation to chat with the team and refine your fueling and hydration even further. Listeners of That Triathlon Show get 15% off their first order of fueling and hydration products. If you didn't catch the discount code in the episode, email Andy and the team at hello@pfandh.com and they will be happy to help. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a unique Dryland Swim Trainer that allows you to improve technique, power, and swim training consistency. With the trainer you can do specific power and technique work, including working on your catch and core activation, and it helps you stay consistent even if you don’t have much time to train. Get the special Zen8 x TTS bundle including the Swim Trainer and a number of ZEN8 training plans and on-demand workouts on zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Olav Aleksander's Twitter and Instagram Applied triathlon science with Olav Aleksander Bu (Norwegian Triathlon Olympic team) | EP#264 Olympic gold medal training and preparation with Arild Tveiten | EP#304 Arild Tveiten – coach of Kristian Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden and Casper Stornes on triathlon training the Norwegian way | EP#223 How Norway became a triathlon powerhouse with head coach Arild Tveiten | EP#154 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	The Triathlon Show, 369.
0:05.1	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 my host Michael and on today's episode, I'm
0:29.0	you OLAV Alexander Bou. OLAV, as you are probably aware, is the coach of Christian
0:33.5	Blumenfeld and Gustav I was first on the podcast back in 2020 in episode
0:39.5	number 264 when I think very few people had heard his name and now if you follow triathlon,
0:45.7	of course you know who he is and I'm really happy to welcome him back for another in-depth
0:50.0	discussion of training, racing, science and coaching and what makes Christian and Gustav such
0:56.6	exceptional athletes with this year having won the Ironman World Championships in St. George
1:02.4	on Christian side and in Kona on Gustav's side and also Christian winning the Iron Man
1:07.1	173 world title in St. George.
1:10.5	But before we get into the interview, big thanks to our
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1:49.2	and hydration.com and thank you to Zan8. The Zan8 indoor swim trainer is a unique
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