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4 Training Sessions You Should Be Doing (And 4 You Shouldn’t) Pt 1

Feb 20, 2025

Discover the key training sessions that every triathlete and cyclist should prioritize while avoiding common pitfalls. Hear about personal adventures, including a challenging race in Indonesia, and the importance of mindset during tough conditions. Learn how proper recovery and the right indoor training can enhance performance. The hosts emphasize race pace training for both cycling and swimming, sharing success stories and debunking myths about endurance sports, ensuring you're training smarter to race faster.

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Prioritizing endurance rides is essential for developing an athlete's aerobic capacity and replicating race conditions for peak performance.

Integrating race pace intensity training across all disciplines is crucial for athletes to enhance their physiological and psychological preparedness for competition.

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Prioritizing Endurance Training

Endurance rides should be prioritized in training as they are critical for building an athlete's aerobic capacity. It is important to replicate race requirements during these sessions, avoiding excessive interruptions and ensuring long, continuous efforts. This means that athletes should aim for substantial distances and elevation gains akin to their competition scenarios, thereby enhancing performance on race day. Accurately assessing past training patterns can determine if the athlete has achieved the necessary endurance benchmarks in their preparations.

Intro

3min

Nostalgia and Adventure: Cycling Through Indonesia

3min

Racing Through Adversity

4min

Understanding Recovery and Indoor Training Essentials

5min

Optimizing Triathlon Training: Balancing Performance and Recovery

21min

The Importance of Race Pace Training in Endurance Sports

5min

One of the most common questions we get is; what sessions should I really be prioritising? What’s actually the most important?

So today’s episode goal is simple; we’re going to give you 4 training sessions you simply must be including in your training program and 4 common sessions that we really think you should avoid.

Timestamp:
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Gratitude
04:00 - Brutal Race Lessons
10:00 - New Athletes Shoutout
11:00 - Mailbag: What Indoor Trainer Should I Buy?
17:50 - Conquering the Course Requirements
24:40 - Fueling the Fire: Run Off the Bike
28:50 - Open Water Endurance Necessity
33:40 - Peak Performance: Training at Race Intensity

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