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Strength training for triathlon and endurance sports part 1 with Menachem Brodie | EP#182

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Menachem Brodie is one of the leading strength training coaches for cyclists and triathletes. Among other achievements, he has been heavily involved in USA Cycling and educating USAC coaches since 2011, and is the creator of the Training Peaks course "Strength Training for Triathlon Success".  In this two-part episode, we dive deep into a number of important aspects triathletes and endurance athletes need to know when it comes to strength training.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Benefits of strength training for triathletes and endurance athletes -How much strength training should you be doing? -What should your strength training consist of? -The importance of assessments in strength training -How to fit in strength training around swim, bike and run workouts -Periodisation of strength training over a year or an entire triathlon season   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts182/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   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 THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free!   ROKA - Enter the ROKA + Scientific Triathlon Giveaway to win prizes worth more than $2000m including race entry to an IRONMAN race of your choice and a ROKA Maverick X Wetsuit. And as usual, you can get 20% off a regular order on roka.com with the discount code TTS. LINKS AND RESOURCES: All past Strength Training episodes on That Triathlon Show The Triathlete's Strength Training Formula | EP#81 Human Vortex Training website Human Vortex Training Youtube channel The Strong Savvy Cyclist & Triathlete podcast Strength Training For Triathlon Success course Scientific Triathlon strength training program 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 Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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The biggest benefits, though, by far, are helping keep the joints in proper position.

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So joint position dictates muscle function.

0:09.6

That preufon-so, 182. Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com.

0:35.4

I'm your host, Michael, and today's episode is part one of a two-part interview

0:39.9

with Menachem Brody. Menacham is one of the leading strength training coaches for cyclists

0:46.6

and triathletes as recognized by for example a long-standing relationship, working relationship

0:53.6

within USA cycling in educating

0:57.2

the USA cycling coaches since 2011. And another great example of his knowledge is that he was

1:04.8

chosen to be the creator of Training Peaks University's strength training course, strength training for triathlon success,

1:13.5

which is actually a course that I'm taking at the moment,

1:16.6

and it's really, really great.

1:18.8

And we'll actually definitely get into a lot of the most important topics

1:22.2

from that course during all the course of this interview series.

1:28.0

So some examples of things that we'll get into include just benefits of strength training

1:33.3

for three athletes and endurance athletes because they can't be overstated.

1:38.1

But those are things that I think that you've all heard.

1:40.6

So I think that you might be more interested in how much strength training should

1:44.6

you be doing. We have a great discussion around that. And of course, what should your strength

1:50.4

training consist of? And we have some specific scenarios and practical examples that will help

1:56.7

inform you and educate you in that area as well then we'll talk about assessments in strength

2:02.3

training and that will be in part two i believe of this interview so next week and we'll talk

2:08.8

about how to fit in strength training around your swim bike and run workouts getting to some of the

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