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That Triathlon Show

Perspectives on training with David Tilbury-Davis | EP#226

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

David Tilbury-Davis has been coaching professional and age group athletes since 1995, helping them achieve 3 World titles, 11 National titles, 3 Ironman Regional Championship titles, and numerous wins, podiums and personal bests in various races. In this interview, David discusses his coaching philosophy and his perspective on a number of fundamental training-related questions. This is part one of a two-part interview.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:   -David's coaching philosphy -Volume and intensity -Periodisation -Workout prescription and execution   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts226/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   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. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Training Talk: Splicing Workouts, Cognitive Load, and more with David Tilbury-Davis | EP#53 Triathlon race planning with David Tilbury-Davis | EP#149 David's website David's interview on Lionel Sanders' Youtube-channel   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

For the same amount of strain, you know, overall for that workout, the stress is significantly

0:05.6

higher in the middle of, in the middle, around threshold. So, so whilst it might feel more

0:13.1

satisfying to do, you know, lots and lots of sweet spot work, the reality is that the time

0:20.1

that you need to recover from that, you know, is going to be more significant.

0:26.0

The Treflod Show, 226. Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show.

0:47.4

The podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.

0:51.1

I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, it's my great pleasure to welcome David Tilbury

0:56.6

Davis back to the podcast.

0:59.0

For long time listeners, David has been a guest on twice before and he is a coach from

1:06.0

the United Kingdom having been in the coaching space for 25 years or so working with both professional

1:13.2

and age group athletes helping them to multiple national and even world championship titles

1:19.8

as well as a large number of wins and podiums in various races across the globe and

1:26.4

many of you listeners will probably already know that David coaches Lionel Sanders.

1:32.2

That's definitely the most recognizable name on his roster of athletes.

1:38.1

And you might even have seen David recently on Lionel's YouTube channel where he has

1:44.1

been featuring in some videos.

1:46.5

This interview with David is slightly different from the other ones in that now David is

1:51.5

actually not just a podcast guest but he is my coach.

1:55.8

We started working together in November 2019 and knowing how many requests he get for his coaching services, I would consider myself

2:04.2

very, very lucky to be in that position.

2:07.4

And I also think that the fact that we now know each other well and have discussed

2:12.3

training a lot together that really comes through in some of the discussions we have

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