Q&A #74 - How to deal with lack of tune-up races; Intervals vs. continuous hard exercise to improve VO2max

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Mikael Eriksson

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🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Q&A #74 - How to deal with lack of tune-up races; Intervals vs. continuous hard exercise to improve VO2max If there are no tune-up races available before your A-race, what can you do to replace the race preparation normally gained from these tune-up races? Are intervals or continuous hard exercise more likely to get you close to VO2max, and why? How can you manipulate intervals to get your heart rate closer to maximum heart rate? Why heart rate is not a perfect proxy for VO2 LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website Coaching Training Plans The sustainability of VO2max: Effect of decreasing the workload Interval Training – Science and Application part 1 with Paul Laursen | EP#128 Interval Training – Science and Application part 2 with Paul Laursen | EP#129 Interval Training – Science and Application part 3 with prof. Paul Laursen | EP#163 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. 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
0:06.3	Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm your host Michael and this episode is Q&A number 70 before. Before we
0:13.8	get in today's questions, big thanks to our sponsors, precision hydration. And today I wanted to
0:19.7	give an example of how i personally use precision
0:22.6	hydration i just did my first race of the season uh duathlon 10 kilometer running 60
0:29.4	kilometers cycling and 10 kilometers running again power man portugal and that race went very
0:35.3	very well so and one of the main purposes for me in doing that race was to practice and nail down my nutrition and hydration strategy.
0:45.8	So I used water in my integrated bottle on the Ventum, 1.4 liters.
0:52.6	I had a 500 milliliter bottle of precision hydration, the 1500 strength
0:57.7	behind the saddle, and I used gels throughout the race, two of them on the first run,
1:04.3	six of them on the bike, and two of them on the second run. So there was 10 gels in total, yes.
1:13.1	So 500mm of precision hydration, 1,500 was what I had during the race.
1:18.4	I also had 500 milliliters of pH, 1,500 in the morning, a couple of hours before the race,
1:26.2	and I had one more of those bottles the day
1:30.3	before the race and in addition just to wrap up my nutrition hydration strategy I also did use
1:37.8	a caffeine shot from science sport one hour before the race start or perhaps 45 minutes actually I would take it one hour before if it was started with a swim but for a duathlon a longer duathlon i decided to take it 45 minutes before and three hours before the race start i took a shot of a beat it nitrate So that was it and that's a personal anecdote so but you can find
2:05.8	how you might best use electrolytes by taking the free sweat test on precision hydration.com
2:11.7	and get 15% of your order of electrolytes with the code that triathlon show 15 so that's that traflon show
2:19.2	one five and big thank you to roca that you can find on roca.com forward slash ttsles
2:26.3	roka started as an idea to develop the fastest wetsuit on the planet it was kind of like a garage project in Austin, Texas. And well,
2:37.8	Roka did manage to manufacture something that is at the very least a very, very fast
2:42.8	wetsuit. I don't think there's any peer-reviewed research on which one is the fastest. So
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