Triathlon swim training with Russ Barber | EP#310

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Russ Barber is the British Triathlon swim coach at Leeds Triathlon Centre, where his sessions are frequented by athletes like Olympic gold medalists Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jess Learmonth. Russ has also coached swimmers on four Olympic swim teams over his long career in swim coaching. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The training and coaching methods Russ uses at the Leeds Triathlon Centre to develop the swim of some of the best triathletes in the world -Technical elements of the training to work on weak spots in many triathletes' technical competency -Why he focuses on VO2max and speed more than threshold training -Example training sessions and weekly structures -Recommendations for how amateur athletes can better develop their technique and fitness -Coach and athlete welfare, mental health, and chronic fatigue SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts310/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: ROKA - Exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses as well as prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses. Online vision test for prescription updates and home try-on options available for eyeglasses. Ships from the US, UK and EU. Trusted by world-leading athletes such as Lucy Charles-Barclay, Javier Gómez Noya, Flora Duffy, Morgan Pearson, Summer Rappaport and others in triathlon, cycling, speed skating, and many more. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. The swim trainer is a perfect complement to your training in the pool. On days when you don’t have time to go to the pool, you can now do a short but effective home-based workout on the trainer. It is inflatable, so doesn’t take up much space, and best of all, it is very affordable. Get 20% off your order at zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Russ' Twitter profile, and the Swim Coach Network Twitter profile and Facebook page Running, Peaking, and Suffering with Olympic gold-medal coach Malcolm Brown | EP#96 Swim training talk with Ian Armiger | EP#263 Open water swim training with Olympic gold medal coach Marcel Wouda | EP#246 All swimming-related episodes on That Triathlon Show 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, 310.
0:17.9	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon Show, the podcast
0:23.9	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm my host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview
0:29.4	Russ Barber. Ross is the British Triathlon swim coach at the Leeds Traathlon Center, where
0:34.6	his sessions are frequented by athletes like Olympic gold medalists,
0:38.2	Georgia Taylor Brown, and Jess Leermont. And in this episode, we discuss his view on swim
0:43.4	training for triathletes, how best to develop technique and fitness specific to triathlon,
0:49.7	example weeks, example sessions, and a lot more. But before we get into the interview,
0:55.4	big thanks to our sponsors.
1:00.1	First, we have CNAID that create the CNAID indoor swim trainer, which is a training tool that you can use at home, allowing you to improve your swim technique, your power and
1:04.8	stamina, and save time and stay consistent.
1:07.9	Consistency is super important, but it is very tough sometimes to find the time
1:12.2	to get to the pool when you have to include a commute and changing and all of that. So to have a
1:17.6	time efficient option to complement your pool and open water swimming that you can do at home
1:21.5	in a shorter amount of time, even just 15, 20 minutes can get you an effective workout. That is an
1:26.6	invaluable thing to have.
1:28.9	In addition, you can use the SNAid swim trainer for specialized training like swim bike brick
1:34.0	workouts, and it allows you to work on perfect core activation and streamline with the help
1:38.7	of the built-in instability element of the swim bench. The Saneity swim trainer also does not take up a lot
1:44.0	of space.
1:44.7	It is very affordable and even more so with a 20% discount code that you can get on
1:49.0	senateasphimtrainor.com for slash TTS. And thank you to Roka. Roka produced exceptional
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