The Triathlon Hour

Olav Aleksander Bu - Coach of Kristian Blummenfelt & Gustav Iden (Part 1)

Nov 13, 2022

02:15:00

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Olav Aleksander Bu

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Do You Guys Put Out on Strava the Week Before the Ironman World Championships?

04:59

Is There a Difference Between a Half Marathon and an Ironman?

04:28

How Important Is It to Train Outside in the Heat of the Day

02:17

Introduction

2min

I've Got So Many Questions to Ask You About Triathlon Training

5min

Ironman Training - Is There a Specificity?

5min

The Correlation Between Work and Performance in Triathlon

3min

What Does a Big K-Week Look Like?

3min

How to Prepare for a Long Race Day

5min

Athletes Can't Do a Short Run So I'm Going to Skip the Short Run

3min

Swimming, Biking and Running Distances in Swimming, Bike and Running

6min

Ironman World Championships - Christian and Gustav's Race at St. George

4min

10.

Christian and Christian Gustav in Kona

4min

11.

Do You Guys Put Out on Strava the Week Before the Ironman World Championships?

5min

12.

The Benefits of Warm-Up Training

4min

13.

The Short Break and Refocus

2min

14.

Is There a Difference Between a Half Marathon and an Ironman?

4min

15.

Do You Have a Calorie Deficit?

3min

16.

How Many Hours Do Gustav and Christian Spend Training a Week?

3min

17.

Why Do You Use Lactate?

5min

18.

Can You Nail a Heart Rate Target Within a Couple of Beats?

2min

19.

How Much Lactate Concentration Do You Need to Analyze Your Blood?

4min

20.

How Do You Use Altitude Training?

2min

21.

Train High, Train Down Low?

4min

22.

Races at Sea Level

5min

23.

Are You Guys Doing Anything Specific That No One Is Doing?

3min

24.

How Important Is It to Train Outside in the Heat of the Day

2min

25.

The Point of Heat Training Is It Just to Get Hot?

6min

26.

Adaptation Is a Big Puzzle That's Just Small Pieces of a Big Puzzle

4min

27.

Is It Better to Have a Higher Core Temperature?

4min

28.

Triathlon Triathlon Interview - What Questions Would I Ask?

5min

29.

Losing Weight for Elite Athletes

4min

30.

Vot2 Max and the Impact of Losing Weight on the Athletes

5min

31.

VU2 Max - What Is It?

2min

32.

The Importance of a High View to Max in a Sport

3min

33.

The Biochemical Efficiency of Triad Leads Is Not Very Efficient

4min

34.

The Training Diaries Triathlon Training Podcast

3min

35.

How to Reduce the View to Max

6min

Olav is the coach of the two best triathletes in the world - Kristian Blummenfelt & Gustav Iden. In this episode Olav takes us through the training they do, how they do it, why they do it as well as talking about his methods/philosophies and approaches to training in general.

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