Parker Spencer | EP#413

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Parker Spencer is the head coach of USA Triathlon's Project Podium, a men's elite development program based at Arizona State University. The project already has produced alumni like Chase McQueen, and Parker himself won the USAT Olympic Coach of the Year award for 2022. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Parker's role as head coach at Project Podium -The long-term development plan - how to take an athlete from talent to world-class -Using personality assessments -Using metabolic testing to fine-tune training prescription -A typical training week in the squad -Parker's top pieces of advice for amateur athletes, overall and within swimming, biking and running -Considerations for time-crunched athletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts413/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes perform at their best through their online tools, patented Sweat Test and range of electrolytes and fueling products. Use the free Fuel & Hydration Planner and receive a personalised plan for your carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake. If you want further help, book a free 20-minute video consultation to chat through your plan. Listen out for the code in today's show to get 15% off your first order of PF&H electrolytes and fueling products. If you missed the code, just email hello@pfandh.com. FORM Smart Swim Goggles give you unprecedented real-time feedback in your swim training through a display on the goggle lens. See every split to stay on pace, track your stroke rate and don't let it drop, use heart rate to become more scientific and precise with your training (through integration with Polar HR monitors) and analyse more in-depth metrics post-swim in the app. You can also use a vast library of workouts or training plans, or build your own guided workouts. Get 15% off the goggles with the code TTS15 on formswim.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Parker's Twitter and Instagram Project Podium website and Instagram Ryan Bolton – Olympian and coach of Ben Hoffman and Caroline Rotich | EP#221 Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 1) | EP#237 Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 2) | EP#238 How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle - book by Matt Fitzgerald Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness - book by Steve Magness 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 413.
0:05.5	Hey, hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast
0:23.5	presented by Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Parker
0:29.3	Spencer. Parker is the head coach and senior development manager of USA Triathlon's Project
0:34.7	Podium, which is a men's elite development program based Arizona State
0:38.8	University. This is a project that is designed to develop top young male athletes toward
0:44.5	future Olympic qualification and ultimately to be Olympic medal contenders. And we will hear a lot more
0:49.8	about that and how Parker is building the daily training environment in the interview.
0:55.0	But before that, big thanks to our sponsors, precision fuel and hydration.
0:58.4	They help athletes perform at their best with electrolyte and fueling products and with free
1:01.9	online tools, education and a patented sweat test.
1:04.7	You can use the free fuel and hydration planner on their website to get a personalized plan
1:08.3	for carbohydrate, sodium and fluid intake.
1:10.9	And you can also book a free 20-minute video consultation to chat through your plan with the
1:14.8	athlete support team. I have used their entire range of products for a long time and I think
1:18.8	they're absolutely brilliant and you can get 15% off your first order by using the code
1:22.8	TTS23 on precision fuel and hydration.com. And thank you to Form. The four smart swim goggles give you real-time feedback in your swim training right on the goggle lens, including splits, pace, stroke rate and heart rate. This means that you can execute your swim workouts better and get a better idea of your ability to hold certain paces and stroke rates and understand when and why you start to slow down. The best thing is that you can see and interpret this data in real time in the session, so it's actually actionable and can help you right then and there. Also, especially for swimming solo, it adds more fun and engagement to swim training, which might make you look forward to your swim sessions in a completely different way. You can get 15% off the goggles with the code TTS15 on FormSwim.com for slash TTS.
2:02.1	Now without any further ado, here's my interview with Parker Spencer.
2:08.8	Welcome to that triathlon show, Parker. How are you doing this morning?
2:12.2	Doing great. Thanks a lot for having me.
2:15.2	Yeah, it's a pleasure to have you. Can we start with an introduction?
2:18.2	Tell us more about who you are.
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