Swim, Bike, Run, REST! Getting Rest Days Right

The TriDot Triathlon Podcast

TriDot Triathlon Training

Running, Fitness, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Triathletes famously LOVE to train and tend to neglect rest and recovery. Properly resting our body is just as vital to triathlon performance as our training. Today Coaches Matt Sommer and Jason Verbracken join the podcast to help us get rest days right. Answering questions like “Do we actually need rest days?” And “what are signs our body needs a rest day?” After this episode you'll be ready to rest as hard as you train!

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0:00.0	This is the TriDOT podcast.
0:03.9	TriDOT uses your training data and genetic profile combined with predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize your training,
0:12.8	giving you better results in less time with fewer injuries.
0:16.8	Our podcast is here to educate, inspire, and entertain. We'll talk all things triathlon with expert
0:24.5	coaches and special guests. Join the conversation and let's improve together. Together.
0:36.7	Hey everyone, welcome to the tritop podcast.
0:39.8	Today we have two coaches joining us to talk about rest days, specifically how to get our rest days right.
0:48.5	How often should we be taking these things?
0:50.2	How much rest should we take on rest days?
0:53.2	How can we balance our rest between all three sports?
0:56.2	All of that and more with Coach Matt Summer and Jason Verbracken.
1:00.5	Coach Matt Summer is one of our esteemed trit-out coaches who has a specialty in strength training.
1:05.8	And Coach Jason Verbracken is one of our try-dout coaches who has a specialty in ultra-distance racing. So really excited to pick these
1:13.3	guys' brains on all things rest days. Matt, Jason, how are you guys doing today? Hey, Andrew, thanks for
1:19.4	having me back on the podcast. It's always a pleasure to be here. I always love talking shop and just
1:24.1	sharing a little bit of knowledge with the tritop family. So really looking
1:27.9	forward to this topic today. It's definitely a topic that comes up with my athletes all the time.
1:33.3	And, you know, it's an interesting topic just because there are so many variables that play
1:38.7	into rest and recovery. So really looking forward to unpacking this one with you and Jason.
1:44.2	Coach Furby.
1:45.0	Thanks for having me back, Andrew.
1:46.5	Appreciate it.
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