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That Triathlon Show

The Trisutto Way of Triathlon Training with Carson Christen | EP#140

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Carson Christen is a sport scientist and professional endurance coach with Trisutto. We discuss the Trisutto approach to triathlon training and its components, including specific aspects of swimming, biking, running, strength training and nutrition.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: An overview of Trisutto's training philosophy A typical training week based on this approach for an age-group triathlete Specific aspects of training for the swim, including focusing on "quality strokes" and the use of tools Specific aspects of training for the bike, including low-cadence work and MMM-workouts Specific aspects of training for the run, including strength-based running, form and posture.  Carson's take on strength training and nutrition Common mistakes age-group triathletes make and how to avoid them   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts140/   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! August 2018 promo - get 20% off your order with the code TTS20!    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. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW.    LINKS AND RESOURCES: Carson's coaching profile on Trisutto Carson's Twitter profile Trisutto website   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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But as long as you're consistent with the training, I think through, let's say, 12 to 16 week training block that is more consistent than having four weeks in there where you do some massive Saturday swim bike run brick and have to take a bunch of days off after that.

0:16.6

You know, you might have the same volume, but I don't think the gain you're getting is the same.

0:23.0

That triathlon so 140.

0:45.0

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

0:47.5

I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Carson Christen on the Tri- trisado way of triathlon training.

0:56.5

So Carson was recommended when I recently asked on the scientific traathlon Facebook page

1:01.6

for people to give me some suggestions and some recommendations for guests to interview.

1:07.9

He was recommended and I reached out and it seemed that he would be a great

1:12.9

guest to talk about all sorts of triathlon things, but we settled on the topic of really

1:18.6

trying to describe what the TriSado way of triathlon training is. And TriSado, for those of you

1:25.9

not familiar, is one of the largest and most well-known and most successful triathlon coaching businesses around.

1:33.0

Brett Sutton is the founder.

1:35.1

He is the coach of Daniel Aref.

1:37.1

He was Chrissy Wellington's coach back in the day.

1:39.8

And there are a whole lot of other very successful, both professional and age group athletes that have

1:45.3

been coached by Brett or the other trisado coaches that have gone through that trisado system.

1:53.4

Carson is a sports scientist by background and education and he has now been a professional

1:59.1

endurance coach for five years. He has a master's degree

2:04.0

in sports physiology and he has coached professional triathlon victories and also national champion

2:10.0

and Olympic cyclists coming from a cycling background. He is from the United States but is now

2:16.1

based in Germany.

2:21.0

And as you understand, he is a trisado coach himself.

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