Swim training talk with Ian Armiger | EP#263

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Ian Armiger is a professional swimming coach, former Director of Swimming at Loughborough University, Great Britain Team Head Coach, and Olympic coach. In this interview Ian discusses his coaching style and model, swim technique, advice for triathletes and triathlon swimming, and much more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Ian's coaching style and training model -Thoughts on swim technique, and triathlon-specific aspects -Developing speed and power -Useful swim tools to have in your toolbag -Reverse periodisation in swimming -Ian's top-3 tips for triathletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts263/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast 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. LINKS AND RESOURCES: All Swimming-related episodes on That Triathlon Show "Loping" technique in freestyle swimming Tim Kerrison on use of science at Team Sky and the future of clean cycling 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, 263.
0:17.7	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast
0:23.8	presented by Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm your host Michael and on today's episode, I interview
0:29.5	coach Ian Armiger. Ian is a professional swimming coach and the former director of swimming
0:35.0	at Lafro University, a great Britain team head coach and Olympic coach.
0:41.0	In the interview that we will go into in just a minute, Ian discusses his coaching style and model,
0:46.9	we discuss swimming technique, we discuss specific advice for triathletes and much, much more.
0:53.0	But before all of that, big thanks to our sponsors, Precision Hydration, that you can find
0:57.2	on Precisionhydration.com.
0:59.9	If you haven't already done so, then I would highly recommend you listen to one of the
1:04.7	interviews that I've done with Andy Blow.
1:07.0	You can just go to Scientific Triathlon.com and in the search bar type in his name andy
1:12.6	blow and we have discussed several times on the topic of electrolytes hydration and race hydration
1:19.9	and nutrition planning that can be really really good for you to get into because now really
1:25.6	is a great time to start working on your hydration and nutrition
1:29.0	plans for racing as you probably have a long time if you're in the northern hemisphere until
1:33.3	your races and it can really take a fair amount of time to nail down what really really works
1:39.9	optimally for you so spend these winter months on the trainer perhaps experimenting with that
1:44.9	and use the information that Andy has provided on the podcast in the past as some guidance
1:50.6	to get started. You can get 15% of the electrolytes of precision hydration with the promo code
1:56.9	that triathlon show 1.5. And thank you to Roka that you can find on Roka.com.
2:03.7	Roka are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, tisuits, swimskins, goggles, high-performance,
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