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#349 - Listener Questions: Periodization, Nutrition, Strength Training, Time Vs. Mileage

Release Date: 02/20/2020

#764 – Surviving The Ironman Texas Heat (or any other hot race)

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Are you ready for your hot race? Today we look at physical and mental approaches to staying cool on the race course. From whether or not to wear a wetsuit to freezing your bottles to pulling back a little on the bike. Once you get too hot, you can’t cool down, unless you stop or walk. We’ll look at ways to keep your core temp down as long as possible. We talk about heat acclimation, huge mistakes, and the best way to use your watts. We also look at the week leading up to the race and some best practices to prep yourself for the weekend. Topics: Rational expectations The week of the...

#763 – Chasing The High

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How do you “get through” tough situations in training? Today, we look at the emotional roller coaster that is triathlon and some of the traps we all fall into, especially when chasing those elusive highs. Do you push harder when you’re struggling, or step back and let the body re-calibrate? What’s the deal with feeling awesome one day, then being ready to quit the sport the next? We look at mood adjustments, burning matches, and seeking highs. We also talk about how to train for situations in races that are usually mental and how to get through them. Are you addicted to feeling the...

#762 – Listener Q&A – 4-11-24

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Check out our NEW We answer a ton of questions today, including a rapid fire ending you won’t want to miss. We get into the challenges of riding with wind. How do you handle tail, head, and cross winds? Is aero always better? What about your grip on the bike . . . why it matters. Do you need more or less rest on your swim sets? Today, we look at WHY you’re taking rest and how much you actually need. Is it better to do long interval sets in the water or short and hard? Can you recover WHILE you’re swimming? Race wheels and wind. What’s the key to racing with different wheels? Looking...

#761 – Listener Q&A - The Answer Is Always . . . Do The Work

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The first question set off a great mini-topic for the day. What the new tactics/trends that are pros doing these days that age group athletes can emulate to get faster. The discussion is an important one and centers on arguably the best triathlon coach right now, Dan Lorrange. We also look at the importance of becoming a better bike handler and how it can save your legs. Plus, swimming better when you don't have as much time to swim as you'd like. A little bit on GI issues. And favorite cereal talk. Topics: UConn cements dynasty Lionel Sanders Taylor Knibb You can get better with age...

#760 – Seek Discomfort

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This title is an homage to one of our favorite YouTube channels, you can find it here: The Seek Discomfort crew is always looking for things that intimidate them. Experiences that lead to growth. And we should do the same within our comfort zone, especially when it comes to conditions. The more you get out into “imperfect” weather, the more you will be at ease when your race day isn’t 70 and partly cloudy. Today, we go through some of our experiences and perspectives on how to build all the pieces in the puzzle. To be mentally strong to pair with your physical fitness. Racing IS...

#759 – Race With Nothing To Lose

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The most successful athletes play free and without fear. Today, we look at how you can train and race better when you realize you have nothing to lose. This isn't about taking it for granted, but channeling pressure and anxiety in the right way. It's all energy and the more we can us it in our favor, the better we'll be. We look at the 24 hour rule as it applies to racing and training, having a "walk the plank" mentality, and using your old self as a nemisis. We look at finding solutions over problems, uncovering what missed workouts really tell us, and the ability to be moodless during your...

#758 – Balancing Structure With Fun

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Triathlon training should be structured, but we're all about keeping the fun alive. Today, we talk about weaving them together to make the process more enjoyable and effective. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to show up green in Training Peaks, but aren’t a bunch of oranges and yellows better than a week of red? Do we move to change our mood or change our mood to move? There’s a lot of power in having a solid outline and moving a little off script. How to recognize what’s the best decision for today. Is your workout appropriately challenging for your mental and physical state? Who...

#757 - Why You Should Fall In Love With Zone 2

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Efficiency might be the biggest key to you having a successful race and that all starts in Zone 2. Yes, we know it’s “boring” but today we give you other ways to think about it, specifically as in, why do you not enjoy doing something that is good for you and your health? We talk about teaching the body to burn fat so you’re not so dependent on calories. We look at swimming and why practicing swimming slow is a great exercise. We really boil down Zone 2 in a way that helps understand why it’s the key to great racing. We look into cravings and calories and what they might really be...

Prisoners Of The Future

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(We have C26 Swim School this week, so this is a reposted podcast). Ever feel the pressure of too much going on? That anxious feeling is getting out of the moment. Today, we look at how that affects training and how we THINK about training. It's easy to get caught up on race day when it's 5 months away, but today is all that matters. Do something. Let it go. And get in touch with your body and the moment. *** Time is running out to sign up for FOR 2024! Check it out! Topics: Life Keeps Going Time to get back to work Sore feet Wired to go . . . . How am I gonna get everything...

From Final Four To Ironman (Repost)

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(With March Madness upon us and C26 Swim School in progress, we thought it was a good time to revisit an old podcast with Zak Showalter and how he started training for Ironman after playing in the Final Four). Sorry about the intro music. haha. Imagine playing basketball in front of 70,000 people and millions on TV. Today's guest, Zak Showalter, did just that for the University of Wisconsin. His career took him to 2 different Final Fours and four Sweet 16's and now he's tackling Ironman. He's graduated, stepped away from basketball, and turned his sights on Ironman Wisconsin. Our goal...

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Today, we open the podcast to listener questions from our Facebook Group (search Crushing Iron Group). They range from bike periodization, to maintaining fitness without a race scheduled, to benefits of training for time vs. mileage, handling missed time due to illness, short course vs. long course training, pilates, how each discipline helps the others, 70.3 nutrition and marathon training, strength training . . . and more. Questions are bolded below.

YA Man! Can you talk about bike workout periodization and what structures build overall strength that increase the ability to translate into faster bike splits?

Allergies or Sick?
Base, build, race specifics, intensities,
Athletes response to specific stimulus
If something’s working, why change it?
Attention to detail vs. lazy

For those not racing but want to keep in some reasonable shape/fitness to where they could build back toward racing in the future, what are some tips to navigate that time?

What fits your schedule?
Have fun and do variety?
Be grateful you can
Get off Netflix
Your body could be thanking you

If we MUST eat solid food on the bike during an IM, what are the best options?

So varied but we’re all different
What you can and want might be different than what you should.
Depends on intensity
Whatever it is, practice for your gut
You have to fuel for the run
Bike calories are easier to take
Experiment NOW on the trainer

Can the "How to not suck at running" method work for a 11 year old girl who wants to run a half marathon?

Working with youth is so much different

I know y’all have discussed this before but would be great to get a good explanation of training off time versus mileage. I don’t need the explanation for myself (time all the way) but I have a hard time conveying the idea to others that think mileage is the most important.

Your body only knows time and perceived effort
Understanding the weekly volume of stress
Wind, terrain, overall stress all matter
People force themselves out of their zone

Awesome! How do you coach an athlete who misses 3-5 consecutive days of a high-volume block due to illness? Obviously there’s a lot of individual variability here, but missing nearly 10 hours of training is mentally challenging..not to mention your body hasn’t moved in days. Just wondering how you would suggest re-introducing training within a high-volume block.

You can’t just make things up, you should re-work things
We need to figure out why and lessen the stress
Wait 24 hours even after you feel good again
Catch up doesn’t work

I feel like Mike is not being himself lately. Can we just work in a few YEA MANS?!? Mike has to continue to be the Mike we have grown to love - don’t change Mike!! Be yourself!

Also what will it take to get Mike Tarrolly to resume his signature <dramatic pause> yea man riff. We need a solid yea man in the pod today to resume consistency.

What’s the fastest tt bike in the world?

The one ridden by the fastest cyclist

You touched on it a little in the last podcast about the minimal differences needed between short course and long course base training, but could you further talk about any differences in training philosophy between those doing short course vs long course tris...maybe specifically in similarities and differences in workout types.

Generally it’s volume
Z1 and Z2 volume is still incredibly valuable
Sprints and Olys are still about durability

Do we really have to do strength training?

Should you? It depends on goals and time available

When overcoming a shoulder injury and beginning to swim, should strength training be incorporated into the training in conjunction with swimming to build up the upper body from lack of use?

Don’t underestimate body weight work

Does the time of day you do a workout matter? Is morning best?

Let your day, feeling and energy dictate

Best way to prepare for a 70.3 in six weeks with four hours of training time a week? Mostly kidding. Best bang for your buck for improving swim speed - swim coach or just more swimming sessions? Both? Take up duathlons instead?

What’s your take on Pilates?

How does each discipline (swim, bike, run) impact and improve the other disciplines? Example; cycling to running. Or swimming to cycling. Any benefits of focusing on one discipline over the others?

They all help each other, but it is athlete dependent and on their history

IM long training day/race nutrition. Have always struggled with feeling depleted once I hit the 4-5 hour mark. Have a real hard time with all the sugar from Gels/Gatorade. Is it just a matter of training your gut?

Is it normal feel like 💩 after a very long endurance race? Or is it a sign that you: didn’t fuel right, pushed too hard, didn’t train enough, etc. I have felt completely drained after each of my marathons, and I’ve always wondered if that’s normal or if I should have done something different.

Marathons will leave you trashed
But . . . there are varying degrees of trash

Advice for beginners! I am learning that there is a lot more than I thought that I don’t know. I am sometimes intimidated and don’t want to look “dumb” to more advanced triathletes

Find good people to surround yourself with
Get their good advice
Have fun with what you’re doing

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