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That Triathlon Show

Training with power meters for triathletes with Hunter Allen | EP#103

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Hunter Allen, coach and widely recognised as the co-author of "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" sheds light on how to get started with power meters, how to become an advanced user of them, and shares general bike training tips for triathletes.     IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:   How to get started training with a bike power meter How to become a "power user" of power meters, by using things like the Performance Management Chart and quadrant analysis The best ways to raise your Functional Threshold Power Example bike training schedule for a triathlete Motion analysis with the Leomo Type-R device, and how it can be beneficial     SHOWNOTES: 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 for 15% off any products.     Triathlon Corner - The new online home of shopping the best triathlon products in the world to great prices. Ships worldwide, and you won't find better customer service anywhere. Brands include Garmin, Stages Power, Café du cycliste, Zipp, Mako, Zone3, Hoka One One to name a few.      LINKS AND RESOURCES:            Peaks Coaching Group website          Hunter's Bio          Hunter Allen Power Blog          Training and Racing with a Power Meter book          Cutting-Edge Cycling   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

So if you're in that range, you can do a lot, you can spend a lot of time there, you can ride there, you can do multiple intervals there, three times 20, three times 40, whatever.

0:12.0

And so you get a lot of training bang for buck.

0:16.6

That trap loves show, episode 103.

0:39.1

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Traflon show, the podcast presented by Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Hunter Allen,

0:46.5

who needs almost no introduction. We talk about training with power meters, and as always,

0:53.2

we get into specifics, the nitty-gritty

0:55.5

details like weekly structure suggestions and workout suggestions just to name a few

1:01.6

and we also talk about a new cycling motion analysis device called the leomo type r which

1:07.5

hunter has used with many athletes to great success so far.

1:12.8

As I said, Hunter is a well-known name to save the least in the industry, probably mostly

1:19.2

from writing or co-offering the book training and racing with a power meter with Dr. Andy Cogan.

1:25.8

And this book, as I say in the interview, is probably the one book that has been recommended

1:29.9

the most times of all my interview guests on all interviews are done.

1:33.8

I haven't done the math or calculated it, but I am pretty sure it is because it's so, so frequent.

1:40.0

He also co-wrote the book Cutting Edge Cycling with past guest of the show, Stephen Chung,

1:45.3

and check those episodes out as well.

1:47.2

I'll link to them in the show notes.

1:49.2

He is the founder of Peake's coaching group and is a former professional cyclist himself,

1:54.7

and now since has been many years in coaching and has coached a number of professional and Olympic athletes.

2:02.2

So, before we go into the interview with Hunter, let's thank our sponsors.

2:07.0

First, we have precision hydration.

2:09.2

Andy Blow, the founder of precision hydration, listened to episode 49 to hear more from him.

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