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That Triathlon Show

Training, testing and physiology with coach/scientist Iñigo San Millán, PhD | EP#262

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Iñigo San Millán, PhD, is the head coach of the World Tour cycling team UAE Team Emirates, and the personal coach of Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar. He is also a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where he does clinical and research work in cellular metabolism, not only in exercise science but also in diabetes, cardiometabolic disease and cancer.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Iñigo's training approach: periodisation, intensity targets, balance of training and rest, and much more -Metabolic testing: the protocol's Iñigo uses, and how the test results inform training decisions -Differences and similarities between multisport like triathlon and sports like cycling and running -Physiological underpinnings of endurance performance: lactate metabolism, central vs. peripheral adaptations, and more -Top tips for age-group athletes   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts262/   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: Iñigo's profiles on Twitter, ResearchGate, UAE Team Emirates, and University of Colorado School of Medicine Metabolomics of Endurance Capacity in World Tour Professional Cyclists Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility by Means of Measuring Blood Lactate, Fat, and Carbohydrate Oxidation Responses to Exercise in Professional Endurance Athletes and Less-Fit Individuals Apply for the Scientific Triathlon Training Camp Mallorca 2021   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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Traathlon Show, 262.

0:17.6

Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast

0:23.5

presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

0:27.1

I'm our host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Dr. Inigo San Milan.

0:31.9

Inigo is the head coach of World Tour Cycling Team UAE Team Emirates and the personal coach of Tour de France

0:39.9

winner from this year 2020 today on Gatchard.

0:44.1

He's also a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where he does

0:49.2

clinical and research work in cellular metabolism and this is not just exercise science, but actually a lot

0:56.0

of his work is in things like diabetes, cardiometabolic disease and cancer. So he really,

1:02.0

really knows his cellular metabolism from all different perspectives that you can look at it.

1:07.4

But importantly, of course, for our our discussion how to apply it in endurance

1:11.7

performance but before we get into the actual interview i want to remind you of the scientific

1:17.2

triathlon training camp that we're going to have between the 10th and 17th of april 2021 on

1:22.7

mayorka you can find all the information on scientific draflon.com for slash camp so go there and apply

1:29.1

i won't waste too much time talking about this here but there is a lot of information on that

1:34.9

page so go and check it out and email me if you have any further questions one thing that i do want

1:39.7

to mention is that we have some extensive covid-19 refund policies in place.

1:44.8

So you can read all about that, but basically you are pretty safe signing up for the camp.

1:51.1

If for some reason it's not possible to travel to Majorca, you will get your money back.

1:56.2

So go and check that out.

1:58.0

Also, big thanks to our sponsors, Precisionhydration, that you can find

2:01.3

on Precisionhydration.com. If you listen to this episode as it comes out on Cyber Monday,

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