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That Triathlon Show

Predictors of performance in amateur triathletes with Paulo Puccinelli, MD PhD | EP#281

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Paulo Puccinelli is a sports medicine physician with a PhD in exercise physiology. In this episode we discuss his recent study, on the most important predictors for performance in amateur triathletes.     IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -An overview of the study Paulo and his team conducted on predictors of performance in amateur (Olympic distance) triathletes -The importance of VO2max and Maximum Aerobic Velocity (MAV) -The importance of triathlon experience -The relative insignificance of (running) economy -A discussion on body composition -A discussion on chronotype -Paulo's coaching advice and takehome messages    SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts281/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/   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 Gmez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Dr. Puccinelli's profiles on Research Gate, Twitter, and Instagram Predictors of performance in Amateur Olympic distance triathlon - Puccinelli et al. 2020 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, 281.

0:17.5

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

0:22.6

The podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:27.1

I'm host Michael and on today's episode I interview Paolo Puccinelli.

0:31.2

Paolo is a sports medicine physician with a PhD in exercise physiology and he has conducted a study recently called

0:38.5

predictors of performance in amateur Olympic distance triathlon.

0:42.0

It is open access on Researchgate, so I have it linked to in the show notes, you can go ahead

0:46.2

check it out.

0:47.3

But we will discuss that in depth in today's interview and see what are the predictors

0:52.1

of performance in amateur athletes but before we get

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