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That Triathlon Show

Top-5 tips for beginners to get faster | TTS Thursday #14

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Top-5 tips for beginners to get faster | TTS Thursday #14 Don't train too much (but train frequently) Develop many different gears (learn to go slow and fast) Focus on improving technique and skills Make having fun your number one priority Join a triathlon club or community   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans TTS Thursday Episode Archive   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.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    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

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that traflon show, the podcast presented by

0:06.3

ScientificTraflon.com. I'm my host Michael and this episode is TTS Thursday number 14.

0:12.7

Top five tips for beginners to get faster. Before we get into the topic, big thanks to our sponsors.

0:18.8

First, you have Zen 8 that you can find on Zen8 Swimtrainer.com.

0:22.6

The Zen8 Swim Trainer is an inflatable swim bench that helps you work on your swim technique,

0:27.5

power and stamina in a very effective and efficient manner thanks to its design features.

0:33.6

You have, for example, the height being perfectly tailored to working on a high elbow catch,

0:38.6

and the inflatable element adds an instability element to the swim trainer that forces you to use

0:44.8

a better core activation in order to not fall off the bench.

0:49.3

So this can be a great complement to the swim training you're already doing, also because it

0:54.0

allows you to get more

0:55.0

frequency of training stimulus in because as good as it would be for most of us to swim every

0:58.8

single day with the time it takes to get to the pool and get changed and all of that it is just

1:04.5

not feasible for most of us from a time perspective but to do 15 20 minutes on the senate swim trainer

1:10.4

that can be done on a much more regular

1:12.2

basis and therefore improve the training stimulus that you get. You can get 20% of your order

1:18.0

of the SNAHs gym trainer with the promo code that you can get on senathingtrainer.com

1:21.8

for slash TTS and keep in mind the trainer only costs about the same as a pair of good running shoes.

1:28.5

And thank you to Roka that you can find on Roka.com.

1:31.3

Roka are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, high-performance

1:35.7

eyewear and prescription glasses and sunn glasses.

1:39.0

Roka is a very innovative company and they have top-of-line technology in all of their product

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