Training talk with Paulo Sousa | EP#360

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Paulo Sousa is the coach behind one of the longest-standing and most successful international squads on the short-course triathlon circuit. Seven of his athletes qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. In addition to short-course specialists like Taylor Spivey and Summer Rappaport, he also coaches middle-distance specialists Paula Findlay and Eric Lagerstrom. In this episode we discuss the squad, the short-course triathlon scene, and get to hear Paulo's thoughts on training and coaching. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How does his squad operate, who are the current members, and where do they base themselves for training camps? -How the athletes train and recover between races -Differences between a private squad like Paulo's and federation-led squads -Paulo's perspectives on training, including the importance of not putting yourself in a box -The basis of the swim, bike and run program of the squad -Coaching Eric Lagerstron and Paula Findlay who are not training for short-course racing and are not members of the squad SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts360/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Fuel & Hydration - Optimise and individualise your fueling and hydration strategy using their FREE Fuel & Hydration planner. Book a FREE one-on-one consultation to chat with the team and refine your fueling and hydration even further. Listeners of That Triathlon Show get 15% off their first order of fueling and hydration products. If you didn't catch the discount code in the episode, email Andy and the team at hello@pfandh.com and they will be happy to help. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a unique Dryland Swim Trainer that allows you to improve technique, power, and swim training consistency. With the trainer you can do specific power and technique work, including working on your catch and core activation, and it helps you stay consistent even if you don’t have much time to train. Get the special Zen8 x TTS bundle including the Swim Trainer and a number of ZEN8 training plans and on-demand workouts on zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Paulo's Twitter and Instagram High-performance coaching with elite coach Paulo Sousa | EP#26 Video with Eric Lagerstrom, Paula Findlay and Paulo Sousa Real Coaching podcast with Joel Filliol and Paulo Sousa 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, 360.
0:05.0	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show, the podcast
0:23.0	presented by Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm my host Michael and on today's episode, I interview
0:28.2	Paulusosa. Paul is a coach behind one of the longest standing and most successful international
0:33.0	private squads on the short course triathlonathlon circuit and it's working with some amazing athletes
0:38.8	primarily in short-course racing we list all of them in the episodes i won't list any of them here
0:43.8	he's also the coach of middle distance athletes eric lagerstrem and paula finley and in this episode
0:49.3	we discuss his squad how they operate where they train and why the short courts triathlon scene things like
0:55.8	the racing season and how to work in training between all those races and just in general get to
1:01.2	hear a good amount of powerless thoughts on training and coaching but before that big thanks to our
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1:48.3	technique, power and swim training consistency.
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