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That Triathlon Show

Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes with Dr. Philip Skiba | EP#311

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Philip Skiba is a medical doctor specialising in Sports Medicine, and also holds a PhD in exercise physiology. Dr. Skiba is also a highly-regarded endurance coach and endurance performance consultant. He has coached a number of Olympians and World Champion endurance athletes, including for example Joanna Zeiger in triathlon, and has been consulting on projects such as Nike's Breaking2 project.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The new edition of Phil's much sought-after book: Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes -Understanding and training your physiology -The role of periodisation -The importance of specificity -When, why and how endurance athletes need to focus on power and speed development   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts311/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - Want to optimise your performance in hot or humid conditions, avoid cramping, and make sure your hydration is on point? Take PH's free online Sweat Test to get personalised hydration strategy. Also use the Quick Carb Calculator to get fueling recommendations, and book a free one-on-one consultation to refine your hydration and fueling strategy. Use the promo code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your first order of PH electrolytes or the Precision Fuel range.   ROKA - Exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses as well as prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses.  Online vision test for prescription updates and home try-on options available for eyeglasses. Ships from  the US, UK and EU. Trusted by world-leading athletes such as  Lucy Charles-Barclay, Javier Gómez Noya, Flora Duffy, Morgan Pearson, Summer Rappaport and others in triathlon, cycling, speed skating, and many more. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Dr. Skiba's Twitter profile and website Intensity, volume, rest, nutrition, coaching and triathlon myth-busting with Dr. Philip Skiba | EP#173 Nitrate loading, marathons, and endurance sports science with prof. Andy Jones | EP#187 Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes - Dr. Skiba's book, coming soon   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

The Traathlon Show in a new lab.

0:17.0

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:26.9

I'm our host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Dr. Phillips, Kiba.

0:30.3

Phil is a medical doctor specializing in sports medicine and also holds a PhD in exercise physiology.

0:36.2

He is also a highly regarded endurance coach and endurance performance consultant,

0:40.2

having coached a number of world champion endurance athletes, Olympic athletes,

0:44.6

including, for example, Joanna Seiger in triathlon,

0:47.3

and he has been consulting on projects such as Nike's Breaking 2 project.

0:51.8

Phil has a new book coming out pretty soon, if it's not out already, called

0:56.2

Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes, which we will discuss today. And also, if you want to

1:01.5

hear more about Phil, he has been on the show before, back in episode 173, so you can go and

1:06.0

listen to that. I'll link to it in the show notes. But before we get into the interview,

1:09.6

big thanks to our sponsors, Precision Hydration.

1:12.2

Precision Hydration create electrolyte products that you can match to how you sweat and

1:15.5

fueling products that make it easy to hit your numbers.

1:18.6

Today I want to talk about the precision fuel range, which is precision hydration's range

1:23.2

of energy products, including drink, mix, and gels.

1:26.9

And there are two primary reasons to choose the precision fuel range or other energy products.

1:32.5

The first being that their servings contain exactly 30 grams of carbohydrate,

1:37.5

not 23 or 27 or some other complicated number, but 30,

1:41.4

making it very easy for you to, the heat of the moment in racing keep track

1:45.6

of your energy intake and hit your target numbers and the second reason to go for precision fuel

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