Physiology, coaching and aerodynamics with Jamie Pringle, PhD | EP#288

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Jamie Pringle in an exercise physiologist with a background in academia, applied work over several Olympic cycles with the English Institute of Sports, coaching and advising many high-level athletes, and currently working in the aerodynamics and cycling biomechanics field at Vorteq, a spin-off company from Formula 1 located in Silverstone. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Physiology, finding individual limiters, and athlete profiling -The role of the coach, and how to be a scientist as a coach -How to assess and improve aerodynamics on the bike -The importance of biomechanics, and not chasing aerodynamic gains or "lower is better" at all costs -Aero-considerations (and biomechanical ones) when getting a trisuit, cycling shoes, and calf guards for the lower leg SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts288/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. Trusted by BMC PRO Triathlon Team, age-group triathletes, coaches and physios around the world. Visit zen8swimtrainer.com/tts for 20% off your order. 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: Jamie's Twitter Vorteq´s website Tire pressure, aerodynamics, and smart equipment upgrades with Josh Poertner | EP#235 Dan Bigham – aerodynamic testing, equipment, and making your bike fast | EP#229 Aerodynamics, Rolling Resistance, Weight, and Return On Investment with Sebastian Schluricke | EP#90 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 Traathlon Show, 288.
0:05.0	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:26.8	I'm your host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Jamie Pringle.
0:30.5	Jamie is an exercise physiologist with a background in both academia as well as applied work,
0:36.3	among other things with the English Institute of Sports,
0:39.1	where he covered several Olympic cycles and many different Olympic sports.
0:43.6	Jamie is currently working at a company called Vortex, covering aerodynamics and cycling biomechanics.
0:49.6	They have a wind tunnel and a really advanced wind tunnel there in Silverstone.
0:54.4	Vortick is actually a spin-off from a Formula One-based company.
0:58.6	But this discussion will cover many different aspects of triathlon performance, including
1:03.7	physiology, coaching and training, and of course, some aerodynamics, including some equipment
1:09.2	talk regarding considerations for getting a
1:12.1	trisuit and calf cards and shoes to some extent. Just to clear up, I think in last week's
1:19.2	episode I mentioned that we would have Val Burke on in this episode and we just had to delay
1:25.1	that interview so she will be on in a couple of weeks time
1:28.5	Valberg is the coach of Braden Curry and some other high-level athletes based down in New Zealand
1:33.8	but yeah that will be coming up later but it had to be pushed forward a little bit
1:38.7	now before we get into the interview with Jamie Pringle big thanks to our sponsors
1:43.0	first we have Roka that are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles,
1:48.6	high-performance eyewear and prescription glasses and sunning glasses. Roka's origin is in the
1:54.0	wetsuit business. It started in a garage in Texas with the mission of creating the world's
1:59.4	fastest wetsuit.
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