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That Triathlon Show

Q&A #58 - Getting a coach, what to expect from a coach, and what your coach will expect from you

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Q&A #58 - Getting a coach, what to expect from a coach, and what your coach will expect from you What should athletes expect from a coach?  What are the main factors to consider when selecting a coach, and on the flipside, which common questions and considerations are irrelevant and useless?  What are the foundations of a good coach-athlete relationship and what should each party bring to the table?   LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website  Coaching Training Plans   SPONSORS: ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and performance eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code TTS.   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 THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   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 Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that triathlon show, the podcast presented by

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Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm your host Michael and this episode is Q&A number 58. We will talk about

0:14.0

what to expect from a coach and how to go about starting working with a coach and what the coach

0:19.2

should expect from you.

0:25.0

Before we get into this important topic, big thanks to our sponsors.

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First, we have precision hydration that you can find on precision hydration.com.

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It's getting to that time of year when most of us, at least in the Northern Hemisphere,

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we're getting into some serious base training and moving indoors and starting to do some serious workouts on the bike trainer, maybe even on the treadmill,

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depending on where you live and what sort of equipment setup you have. And to put it bluntly,

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you might be sweating buckets. And if you are a very salty sweater that might actually

0:55.6

limit your performance in workouts at least in those long and hard workouts so to counteract that

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if you are somebody who might be in the risk zone make sure that you go to precision hydration

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dot com take their free online sweat test it says basically free hydration plan on the menu bar

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and that is an online quiz that will help you figure out whether you're a very salty sweater

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and will give you recommendations for training and racing a bit depending on what your

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sweat level is and sweat sodium content level is. you can try your first box or tube or precision

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hydration electrifies for free with the promo code that draflashow all one word all caps and big thanks

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to roca that can find on roca.com roca is making massive moves in the eyewear segment with not just

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performance eyewear for sports and

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venture but also now starting to do prescription glasses or they have done so for quite some time

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even blue light blocking glasses and just casual sunglasses for for everyday streetwear so they have

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a lot of things going on in the eyewear sector,

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