Training talk with Neil MacPherson | EP#284

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Neil MacPherson is Scottish coach living in Cape Town, where he owns and runs the coaching business Dinamic Coaching. In addition to his own coaching and performance center services, Neil has also served as a coach educator and facilitator for British Triathlon and for the International Triathlon Union (ITU). In this interview, we discuss Neil's training and coaching philosophy, get into specific case studies, and much more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Neil's coaching and training philosophy -Case study: taking an explosive athlete (Olympian) and coaching them towards an Ironman -How to break past performance plateaus for age-group triathletes -Swim technique, and using the SmartPaddle for quantitative analysis of your swim stroke -The skills that aspiring (and established) coaches really have to learn SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts284/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ 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. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Dinamic Coaching website, Twitter, and Instagram TraineSense SmartPaddle 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, 284.
0:05.0	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show, the podcast
0:23.6	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:27.2	I'm our host Michael and on today's episode, I interview coach Neil McPherson.
0:31.6	Neil is a Scottish coach living in Cape Town, South Africa, where he, together with his wife, Diana, co-owns,
0:39.0	and runs the coaching business and performance center dynamic coaching.
0:43.5	Neil is also a coach educator and facilitator, having done a lot of coach education work for
0:48.6	both British triathlon and for the ITU, the International Triathlon Union.
0:53.2	So he has plenty of experience to discuss coaching from both a coach athlete relationship
0:59.1	perspective, but also as somebody who has helped educate other coaches and also mentoring
1:03.5	some other coaches.
1:05.1	We'll get right into the interview after thanking our sponsors.
1:08.2	First, we have Roka that you can find on Roka.com.
1:11.7	Roka are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles,
1:15.7	high-performance eyewear and prescription glasses and sunglasses.
1:19.3	Roka's wetsuit lineup is where the company got started with the mission of creating
1:23.2	the world's fastest wetsuit and now they have a whole range of wetsuits from the entry level
1:28.9	Maverick Comp 2 to the flagship level Maverick X2 wetsuit with a number of wetsuits in between,
1:35.7	including also a thermal wetsuit and a swim run wetsuit. Roka's wetsuits have technologies
1:42.2	such as the patented arms up technology. They all come with premium
1:46.1	materials and lots of other bells and whistles depending on which level of wetsuits you're going for.
1:51.4	You can check them out on roca.com, but regardless of your ability and your wetsuit budget,
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