Training and racing with a power meter in 2019 with Hunter Allen | EP#184

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

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🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Hunter Allen, is head coach and founder of Peaks Coaching Group. He is also the co-author (together with Dr. Andrew Coggan and Dr. Stephen McGregor) of arguably the most widely recognised cycling training book in the world: "Training and Racing with a Power Meter". Hunter and colleagues have now released the third edition of this book to keep it up to date with recent developments, and he joins us to discuss training and racing with a power meter in 2019. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -What's new about training and racing with a power meter (in general, and the book) in 2019 compared to the previous edition of the book? -What's in training and racing with a power meter for more beginner cyclists/triathletes and very advanced athletes, respectively? -How to use power AND heart rate together -How to do a proper FTP-test, and where people get it wrong -Training strategies, typical weekly structures, workout progressions and more for the cycling part of triathlon training SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts184/ 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 - 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 TTS. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Training with power meters for triathletes with Hunter Allen | EP#103 Training and Racing with a Power Meter 3rd Edition Peaks Coaching Group 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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0:00.0	We wrote that in like even the first edition, and we talked about that, but that kind of got lost.
0:05.4	And a lot of people, they were like, well, gosh, I did my 20-minute test and I subtracted 5%.
0:10.5	And it's still really high compared to what I can do for an hour.
0:15.0	And, you know, they just kind of forgot the fact that, well, you really need to do these other tests first.
0:20.3	And if you don't do that at least do a a five minute, you know, where you just blow it out for five minutes.
0:29.1	That trap loves show, the podcast
0:50.9	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:54.4	I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode I interview Hunter Allen who is back for a repeat
1:00.0	interview. Hunter was first on the show back in episode 103 so definitely go and check
1:06.0	that out after listening to this one if you missed that when it was out.
1:12.8	But for those of you who are not familiar just quickly hunter is the head coach and founder of pique's coaching group and he is famously the co-offer
1:19.4	together with dr andrew kagan and dr stephen mcgregor of arguably the most widely recognized
1:25.6	cycling training book in the world, which is training and
1:29.0	racing with a power meter. So Hunter and his colleagues have now released the third edition
1:34.8	of this book to keep up to date with the recent developments in that field. And he joins us here
1:40.7	to discuss training and racing with a power meter updated for 2019 so that is both
1:45.8	the book but of course more so the concept of training and racing with a power meter before we get
1:51.9	into the interview big thanks to our sponsors precision hydration that you can find on precision hydration
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2:03.0	official partners of, for example, Houtruth and Olympic athletes like Ashton Eton and Stuart Hayes,
2:10.0	as well as team sports clubs like Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League. So they
2:15.2	have a lot of great things going on.
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