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Q&A #93 - Structuring microcycles; Muscle damage and recovery How should you structure your training week or microcycle to accommodate muscle damage and recovery from hard workouts?  How should you space out hard swim, bike, run, and gym workouts through the training week?  What are the mechanisms and principles behind muscle damage and recovery? What are the effects of muscle damage on performance and physiological systems and functions?    LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans Muscle function after exercise-induced muscle damage: Considerations for athletic performance in children and adults Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and the Potential Protective Role of Estrogen Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and Running Economy in Humans Acute responses and muscle damage in different high-intensity interval running protocols. The effects of exercise-induced muscle damage on maximal intensity intermittent exercise performance The effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on perceived exertion and cycling endurance performance Effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on endurance running performance in humans Effect of exercise-induced muscle damage on ventilatory and perceived exertion responses to moderate and severe intensity cycle exercise The Effects of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage on Cycling Time-Trial Performance   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Scott DeFilippis and Carrie Lester are both professional triathletes and coaches. They are also partners, and Scott coaches Carrie. In this interview we discuss a number of training-related topics, the overarching training philosophy of the couple, and the experiences and influences that led to this philosophy. We also discuss how age-groupers should apply these concepts.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Scott's and Carrie's athletic and coaching careers and backgrounds -Being coached and mentored by Brett Sutton of TriSutto -The influence of Gerry Rodrigues on their swim training -Scott's and Carries coach-athlete relationship and process -A normal training week and changes to the norm during Covid-19 -Differences between males and females in training and training tolerance -Advice for age-groupers    SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts240/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: KIS Coaching 3 foundational elements that will make you swim faster with Gerry Rodrigues | EP#3 Get your triathlon swim training right and avoid costly pitfalls with Gerry Rodrigues | EP#107 The Trisutto Way of Triathlon Training with Carson Christen | EP#140 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Q&A #92 - Heat acclimation principles and protocols; Early-morning training; Fasted training   How should you incorporate heat acclimation in your training when preparing for hot races? Is there a place for heat exposure training year-round?  Training and nutrition considerations for early-morning workouts How to use fasted workouts strategically in your training   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans Heat adaptation and triathlon performance with Stephen Cheung | EP#138   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Nick Tiller, PhD, is a postdoc in exercise physiology and respiratory medicine, at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. In addition to his academic pursuits, he writes about science, health, exercise, critical-thinking, philosophy, and ultra-marathoning, and is an ultra-marathoner and endurance athlete himself. He is the author of "The Skeptic's Guide to Sports Science: Confronting Myths of the Health and Fitness Industry".   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The sports, health, and fitness industry, money and marketing, and the prevalence of unsubstantiated claims -Examples of hyped-up or straight out snake-oil products in the industry -How to be a critical thinker and protect yourself from falling prey to false marketing claims -Understanding critical thinking: Cognitive biases and logical fallacies -Understanding science: the concepts of scientific consensus, statistical significance, and meaningful effect/effect size   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts239/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: The Skeptic's Guide to Sports Science Nick's website Balancing the art and the science of endurance training with Susan Sotir, PhD | EP#167 Science to Practice | EP#109 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Q&A #91 - Training transfer effects between cycling and running; High-intensity training in Ironman preparation for time-poor athletes; Base-training "versus" HIIT  What are the cross-training (transfer) effects between cycling, running, and swimming? Where are the transfer effects strong and where are they weak?  For time-poor athletes, can a more high-intensity heavy training program translate to the required endurance for doing an Ironman? What are the considerations for finding the right balance between "base training" (low-intensity training) and HIIT (high-intensity interval training)?   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans Training and Competition Readiness in Triathlon Modelling the Transfers of Training Effects on Performance in Elite Triathletes Effects of Cross-Training. Transfer of Training Effects on VO2max Between Cycling, Running and Swimming Q&A #51 - What are the benefits of long rides? Can you get the same effects by pre-fatiguing the muscles with intensity?   Volume, intensity and physiological adaptations with prof. David Bishop | EP#215 Q&A #88 - Polarised training or 80/20 - how to distribute moderate and high intensity work across the three disciplines   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Sebastian Weber is a sports scientist, coach of world class cyclists and endurance athletes, and consultant of multiple world class cycling teams and other endurance sports organisations and federations. He is also the co-founder of the physiological performance software INSCYD. In this two-part interview we discuss recent updates to the INSCYD platform and go deep into physiology and training concepts relevant for optimising endurance performance.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Block periodisation vs. mixing different types of training -Time-course of adaptations for VO2max and VLaMax -The challenges of increasing VLaMax  -Potential issues of high-intensity training when your VLaMax is low -Differences between VLaMax and VLaMax training between cycling, running, and swimming -Training zones -Training stress/load and recovery, and using carbohydrate combustion rates to figure out how much intensity is feasible to do -Differences between testing in the aero position compared to sitting up -How world tour cycling teams are using INSCYD     SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts238/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 1) | EP#237 (available a week after the release of this episode) FTP, VO2max and VLaMax: what triathletes need to know with Sebastian Weber | EP#169 Cycling movement quality and using the Leomo Type-R to assess it with Sebastian Weber | EP#180 INSCYD's website INSCYD webinar: Why you should – or shouldn't base training intensities on anaerobic threshold / FTP INSCYD testing service on scientifictriathlon.com RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Q&A #90 - Cycling cadence physiology and training revisited; Running dynamics metrics The physiological effects of cycling at different cadences  Why is heart rate high during high cadence cycling?  Cycling training at low and high cadences Running dynamics (stride length, vertical oscillation and ratio, ground contact time and left/right balance, etc.) - are they useful?    LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans Q&A #31 - Cycling cadence in training and racing - the scientific and anecdotal evidence Effects of Cycling Training at Imposed Low Cadences - A Systematic Review Relation between preferred and optimal cadences during two hours of cycling in triathletes A physiological counterpoint to mechanistic estimates of “internal power” during cycling at different pedal rates Neuromuscular, metabolic, and kinetic adaptations for skilled pedaling performance in cyclists   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Sebastian Weber, a sports scientist and coach of elite endurance athletes, dives into the intricate world of physiology and training. He introduces INSCYD’s Power Performance Decoder, a revolutionary tool that accurately calculates VO2max and VLaMax from power data. The conversation covers best practices for metabolic testing, clarifying common misconceptions about metabolic metrics, and how these insights can enhance performance in different sports. Sebastian also shares what athletes can realistically expect in terms of VO2max benchmarks.

Q&A #89 - Typical training week structures; Frequency and load of hard workouts; Stacking hard workouts; Intensity control during swimming What would be some good starting points for a weekly training structure? How many hard workouts is reasonable to include, and how much of a training load should they comprise? Does the load of hard workouts differ between triathletes and single-sport athletes?  Can stacking harder workouts be a good strategy to get more relative rest between hard days? How can adult-onset swimmers in particular maintain intensity control and avoid overloading too much when it comes to swimming?   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Scientific Triathlon website Coaching Training Plans   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Professor Louise Burke is Head of Sports Nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). Through her career she has worked both practically with applied nutrition science as well as deep in academia, so she has a great perspective on both ends of the spectrum. In recent years, much of her research has been focused on investigating the effects of low-carbohydrate, high-carbohydrate, and periodised carbohydrate dietary interventions on endurance performance. This research is the topic of today's discussion.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The "Supernova" studies - comparing the effects of low-carbohydrate, high-carbohydrate and periodised carbohydrate intake on endurance performance -How quickly does it take to get fat-adapted?  -The impact of fat adaptation on fat oxidation and performance -Why a constant high-carbohydrate diet outperformed the more sophisticated periodised carbohydrate diet   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts236/   THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet impairs exercise economy and negates the performance benefit from intensified training in elite race walkers Organisation of Dietary Control for Nutrition-Training Intervention Involving Periodized Carbohydrate (CHO) Availability and Ketogenic Low CHO High Fat (LCHF) Diet Contemporary Nutrition Strategies to Optimize Performance in Distance Runners and Race Walkers A Short-Term Ketogenic Diet Impairs Markers of Bone Health in Response to Exercise Louise's profile on ResearchGate Endurance sports nutrition: state of the art in 2019 with prof. John Hawley | EP#181 Nutrition episode archives on That Triathlon Show RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.