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Q&A #75 - Continuous swimming or broken sets; Full rest days or active recovery days; Rest days and strength training

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Q&A #75 - Continuous swimming or broken sets; Full rest days or active recovery days; Rest days and strength training What are the benefits and drawbacks of swimming long, continuous sets compared to breaking it up into shorter intervals? Should rest days be complete rest days, or can you do some easy training on them? Can strength training be done on days that are complete rest days from endurance training?    LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website  Coaching Training Plans Do you really need scheduled rest days? - Science of Ultra podcast Triathlon Strength Training in 2018 - The Definitive Guide   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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Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by

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Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm our host Michael and this episode is Q&A number 75.

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Before we get into today's questions, big thanks to our sponsors. First, we have precision

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Precision hydration manufacture electrolyte products to help you individualize your electrolyte and

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hydration for your racing and training because every individual has different sweat rate and

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and precision hydration has a great way of helping you figure out what your race or training

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hydration strategy should be it's their free hydration plan that you can find in one of the tabs

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on their top menu on their website.

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You will basically just answer a few questions about how you generally react in terms of

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sweating, salt stains and so on in training and racing and in different temperatures and

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humidity conditions.

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And that will then inform precision hydration's

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and so on that you can use in training and racing. All of it is designed with the sole purpose of being the best that it can possibly be

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