Taking An Effective Break Without Detraining

With the end of tri season here in Australia it’s time for a lot of our athletes to take a break.

Around the rest of the world the racing season is just beginning, and you may be starting to get into some seriously good form!

But the question remains, it is difficult to maintain a high intensity training program for 52 weeks of the year without overtraining or feeling burnt out.

So how do you take a break effectively, without risking detraining?

How fast does your body detrain and lose all the fitness gains you’ve worked so hard for? This is our main topic for today.

Timestamp:

00:00 - Introduction

00:52 - Gratitude

04:05 - Dissecting our favourite race of the year!

11:87 - How the top pros stacked up against each other in the first major 70.3 of the year

12:34 - Which male is looking the favourite for the Ironman World Championship?

15:38 - Is Taylor Knibb on her way to becoming one of the great 70.3 athletes?

17:42 - How to get fitter for a half marathon

24:25 - Taking an effective break without detraining

29:35 - Why is the distinction important between elite and everyday person?

30:45 - What a break should look like for a pro vs an age grouper

37:21 - The positive benefit of a break vs the negative effect of detraining, what’s more important?

42:48 - Why discipline is important in the off period

44:45 - Why are we happy for athletes to lose some fitness?

47:37 - Effects of detraining from too long off

51:45 - How much improvement is actually possible for an age grouper?

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