Triathlon periodisation with Chris Myers | EP#112

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Chris Myers, PhD, discusses planning your triathlon training on a macro level and training periodisation. Whichever plan you choose, you need a plan for your training on a macro level, and have an idea of how your training will evolve over the timespan of at least a season. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: The importance of big picture/macro planning of triathlon training Different training periodisation methodologies Whether certain kinds of periodisation are more suited for certain types of athletes or events When do you need to change your plan? Does periodisation really work or are we just assuming that it works? SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts112/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: 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 and get your first box for free! Ventum - The ultimate triathlon bikes, using technology from fighter jets and Formula One race cars. Easier to build, pack, and travel with than any other tri bike. Get 110% of the value of your old bike towards the purchase of a new Ventum bike. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Training with power meters for triathletes with Hunter Allen | EP#103 Level up your triathlon using Training Peaks | EP#39 WKO4: How triathletes should use its powerful capabilities with Tim Cusick | EP#72 Block Periodisation in Triathlon | EP#68 Running, Peaking, and Suffering with Olympic gold-medal coach Malcolm Brown | EP#96 The Enemy of a Good Plan is the Dream of a Perfect Plan with Dean Golich | EP#104 Periodization Theory: Confronting an Inconvenient Truth 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	Periodization gives us an approach to plan, you know, plan your training.
0:05.1	So there's different approaches, but just remember it gives you a kind of a glide path to get to where you're at.
0:11.7	That's really the bottom line, the goal of periodization.
0:16.1	The Trafflon Show, 112.
0:37.3	Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by
0:39.3	Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, we're joined by coach
0:46.6	Chris Myers PhD to discuss training periodization, and more generally perhaps the big picture planning of training.
0:56.3	We'll discuss how to go about this big picture planning and also cover different periodization
1:01.9	models. We'll answer questions like are certain models better suited for certain types of
1:07.7	athletes or events or not, and is periodization even necessary at all so just a
1:14.2	little bit about chris before we get started he is a florida-based coach with piques coaching
1:20.1	group so we got introduced through hunter allen actually after i interviewed him for episode one and
1:26.1	three that you can go and listen to.
1:28.8	And Chris has a PhD within the realm of kinesiology and exercise science.
1:34.3	He is a former pro-level cyclist and also a certified sports nutritionist.
1:40.5	Just before the interview, a big, big thank you to our sponsors.
1:45.8	First, precision hydration.
1:47.6	They make electrolyte drinks of various strengths to suit different sweat rates and sweat sodium contents.
1:54.4	And speaking of sports nutritionists, any time a sports nutritionist has been a guest on this podcast,
2:03.0	like recently Monique Ryan and St stacey sims in episodes 99 and 105 they always discuss the importance of electrolyte balance
2:11.2	and you can't just rely on the standard sports drink sodium content because your electrolyte losses are individual to you
2:19.3	and may not be covered by what sodium is in a standard sports drink.
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