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That Triathlon Show

Strength training for endurance performance with Richard Blagrove, PhD | EP#292

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Richard Blagrove, PhD, is a lecturer in physiology and programme leader at Loughborough University. Richard has a background as a middle distance runner himself, and has done extensive academic and applied work in the field of strength and conditioning for middle and long distance runners.            IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -A new book co-edited by Richard, "The Science and Practice of Middle and Long Distance Running" -Programming and periodisation of strength training for endurance athletes -Workout structure for strength and conditioning sessions -Executing workouts and sets - how hard should you go?  -Plyometric training for runners and triathletes   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts292/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/   SPONSORS: ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. Trusted by BMC PRO Triathlon Team, age-group triathletes, coaches and physios around the world. Visit zen8swimtrainer.com/tts for 20% off your order.   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.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Richard's Twitter and Research Gate profiles Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Running - book authored by Richard The Science and Practice of Middle and Long Distance Running - book co-edited by Richard Strength training episode archive 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, 292.

0:17.8

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show.

0:23.2

The podcast presented by ScientificTraflon.com.

0:27.1

I'm the host Michael and on today's episode, I'm to Richard Blago.

0:30.6

Richard has a PhD in exercise physiology.

0:33.5

He's a lecturer and program leader at Loughbury University.

0:37.1

He's the co-editor of the newly

0:38.6

released book, The Science and Practice of Middle and Long Distance Running, and he has extensive

0:43.1

experience in both academia and in applied work in strength and conditioning with middle

0:49.7

and long distance running. His own background as an athlete is as a middle distance runner.

0:56.0

We'll talk about in particular strength and conditioning for endurance athletes with Richard,

1:00.9

but also some other bits and pieces. Before we get into that,

1:04.0

interview, big thanks to our sponsors. First we have Roka.

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