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In this episode Coach Aaron Geiser and I talk about Aaron's training/taper update, the predictors of triathlon performance and how Aaron uses them in his coaching, and what the most important variable for triathlon performance is.
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:12 – Aaron’s training/race update
3:12 – Why you feel like garbage during a taper
4:18 – Different athletes responses to taper
5:53 – How Aaron prescribes a taper
10:47 – Race week workouts
12:42 – Why getting in the pool keeps you sharp
13:35 – How each triathlon event effects the next
15:12 – Why pool fitness is important for triathlon performance
17:23 – Inefficiency with swimming
19:15 – The importance of economy for triathlon performance
19:52 – What are the predictors of triathlon performance?
21:04 – The importance of VO2max for triathlon
26:18 – How to train based on your expected time/distance
28:09 – Don’t forget to train your weaknesses
29:26 – Think of training as a sound equalizer
31:55 – Borrowing from Peter Attia
34:06 – What is first threshold?
37:55 – Stop being obsessed with power!
42:09 – Why we like watts
43:28 – The importance of using other variables (not just watts)
46:08 – Should you guide your workouts by effort?
49:50 – Paralysis by analysis
52:13 – Efficiency revisited/Gait analysis for running
55:39 – Why efficiency is important for triathlon
57:33 – How aerodynamics effects your biking
1:01:35 – Outro
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