Q&A #12 - Heart rate or power zones, and incorporating additional races into a training plan

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Q&A #12 - Heart rate or power zones, and incorporating additional races into a training plan Why it makes sense to train according to heart rate rather than pace or power in your aerobic endurance training, as long as you are aware of some caveats. Using power at your Zone 2 heart rate as a valuable metric indicating aerobic development. How to include additional races in a generic training plan for one key A-race. LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website Coaching Training Plans Q&A #9 - Should you run to pace or to heart rate, and how can you become a better self-coached athlete? SPONSORS: Stac - The Stac Zero is the world's quietest bike trainer. No noise and no tire wear, since it doesn't even touch the tire! It is also very portable and affordable. Even more so when using the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW for 20% off when you buy your Stac bike trainer (any of the models). 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. Now shipping directly from the UK and EU. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW. RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing. CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by
0:06.6	Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm your host Michael and this episode is Q&A number 12. Remember that if you
0:14.3	have questions that you want me to answer on this podcast, then you can just send them to me
0:18.8	via email. That'sael at scientific triathlon
0:21.5	dot com or on facebook through my website scientific triflon dot com you can just post them through
0:28.3	the messenger widget down in the bottom right corner of the screen before we get into today's
0:33.7	questions big thanks to our sponsors first you have a stack that make the world's
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1:19.8	buoyancy shorts et cetera and actually i want to highlight the buoyancy shorts or neoprene shorts
1:26.2	because that is something that i'm really becoming i'm getting on the bandw shorts or neoprene shorts because that is something that I'm really
1:28.9	becoming I'm getting on the bandwagon of neoprene shorts I just find that the amount of
1:34.9	quality and how you can sustain the quality of a workout it's so improved I can keep swimming
1:41.3	well after 4,500 meters whereas before I would definitely not be swimming
1:46.2	well at that point of a workout any longer.
1:48.8	I would just be struggling to just get through the set and get showered and get home.
1:55.5	But now, using the shorts more often, not every single workout, but a lot more. It allows me to get more quality strokes not every single workout but a lot more it allows me to get more
2:03.0	quality strokes in every single week it also allows me to recover better and be not quite as
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