Training Talk with Ben Day (Team BikeExchange) | EP#289

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 June 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Ben Day is a performance coach at the Team BikeExchange WorldTour team, founder of DaybyDay Coaching, and coach of professional long distance triathletes Chris Leiferman and Greg Close. Ben also raced (cycling) professionally himself for 14 years. In this interview, Ben shares his thoughts and experience on many aspects of training and coaching in both triathlon and cycling. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Ben's coaching philosophy -The balance of training volume and training intent and quality -Training the bike component for long-distance triathlon -The balance of aerobic base training and specific training for the race demands -The importance of the coach-athlete relationship -Top tips for age-group athletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts289/ 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: DaybyDay Coaching website and Instagram profile Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 1) | EP#237 Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 2) | EP#238 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	That Traathlon Show, 289.
0:05.0	Hey, what's up, everybody, welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show.
0:23.2	The podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:27.1	I'm our host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Ben Day.
0:30.9	Ben is a performance coach at Team Bike Exchange, which is a world tour team, formerly known as Mitchelton Scott.
0:37.0	He's the founder of
0:37.9	day-by-day coaching and coach of professional long-distance draft fleets like Chris Leiferman and Greg
0:43.2	Close. Ben himself raised cycling professionally for 14 years before his coaching career.
0:49.8	And the interview today is a general training talk where Ben shares his thoughts and experience on many
0:55.4	different aspects of training and coaching related to both or in both triathlon and cycling.
1:01.2	But before we get into that, big thanks to our sponsors, precision hydration.
1:05.4	You can find precision hydration on precision hydration.com.
1:09.1	And if you scroll down to the bottom of the website, you can find in the footer a link to book a free video call of 20 minutes to discuss either the results of your online sweat test that you can get on the website as well for free or just general hydration strategy and hydration questions that you might have for the experts at the
1:28.2	precision hydration team. So do make sure that you take advantage of that, especially if you're
1:32.7	preparing for half or full distance triathlons, and especially if they are in hot and or humid
1:38.2	climates this year. You can also get 15% off your electrolyte order with the promo code
1:43.9	that traflon show 15 right on precision hydration's website.
1:49.2	And thank you to Roka that you can find on Roka.com.
1:52.2	Roka are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, high-performance eyewear and prescription glasses and sunneglasses.
2:00.2	Roka's products in the Deraflon space, including products such as the Maverick XT
2:04.8	wetsuit, the Viper Squimskin and the Gen 2 Elite Aerotrisuit are designed from the ground
2:10.7	up with the simple mission of making you as fast as possible on race day.
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