Get Fast Podcast - Triathlon, Ironman & Cycling Coaching Advice

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Today we’re talking about running workouts, and which workouts are going to improve your speed. But also, how important is speed really in a triathlon? How much speed work can you actually afford as a triathlete? How much should you be doing? There are some key differences for triathletes that you need to be aware of when thinking about speed. Key points of today’s episode: How does training in the heat affect your performance? Is it possible that heat training has similar effects to altitude training? Knowing where you should be performing depending on where you are in the season How important is running speed for triathletes? What are the best training sessions to do for running speed? The risk vs reward factor of speed Why speed sessions for triathletes are different  The two best types of speed workouts Closing the gap between your fresh speed and your speed off the bike   If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Today we’re talking about bike training techniques that will make you ride faster. The key things you need to be doing in training to help you go faster out on the road. It’s safe to say we are data obsessed here at TriVelo, we love power and FTP. HOWEVER, the reason we love it is so we can use it to go FASTER on our bike. So today we’re going to be talking all about how to translate some training techniques to help you go faster.   Key points of the episode: Stop making snap judgements about your performance The lowest points of being an athlete Contrary to most of our advice, stop being so power focused that you forget to go fast! What input vs output means when you’re on the bike, and why you need to focus on BOTH The 3 top training techniques to go faster How you can get FREE speed How efficient is your pedal stroke? Are you concentrating enough on your cadence? Do you lapse in concentration when it comes to your position? How much is it costing you? The 5 key questions you need to be asking yourself, over and over in training and in racing See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Cameron was at rock bottom. He was drinking his life away and at a very low point. Then one day he decided to enter a 160km mountain bike race…   From that day on he used cycling to turn his life around.   Here’s the story of how he lost over 30kg’s, how cycling saved him and how he improved every area of his life because of it, including his business.   If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Welcome back to a brand New Year. At the end of last year we spoke about the biggest lessons we learnt, if you haven’t listened to that podcast go back and listen. Today, we’re discussing our rules for 2021, how we want our athletes to be approaching 2021 and what you can do to make it a more successful year. Inside the 6 rules, we talk about: Why some athletes still overtrained during the holidays How many times does your heart beat per day and why that matters How are you going to choose to react to things this year? Why you need to let go of things you can’t control The ONE goal every athlete should set Changing my mind on the 1%ers, stop doing them! Is your New Years Resolution too extreme? Our most important rule: Don’t do things you don’t want to do this year   If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   Every year at Christmas time, we take an episode to reflect on everything we’ve learned this year, the good, the bad and the ugly.   It’s always one of our favourite episodes to record because it forces us to think back and reflect on everything that’s happened, and we get so much value from these lessons.   And we hope you do too.   TriVelo’s 12 Biggest Lessons of 2020:   The nutrition lesson that changed us The revolutionary new strength and conditioning technique we’ve learned Taking control of your sleep The under-rated importance of recovery Why walking is undervalued Focus on your weaknesses, but play to your strengths Pick goals that suit YOU The one thing that will be on the list EVERY year Of course, what we’ve learned from Covid The opportunities that come from adaptability The extra focus that needs to be on BASE training How to have a disciplined mindset   Thank you for joining us and being a listener all year. We love bringing episodes to you every week and we can’t wait for more in 2021.   We already have some epic guests lined up and we can’t wait to share them with you.   Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Gerard, Jordan and the TriVelo team.   If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   In today’s episode we’re talking about the upcoming holiday season, known as the ‘silly season’ for some, and how to best approach it to get the most out of your training.   For some athletes, they’ll come out the other side of Christmas and New Year ahead, with a flying start into 2021. For others, they will come out further behind.   What we covered:   How does Gerard personally approach this period? What Gerard recommends depending on the athlete You’ve got a lot more time on your hands, but how do you avoid overtraining? Is there too much pressure around this period? Shouldn’t you just enjoy it? How to handle a testing period if it falls in the Christmas week The Donnelly family tradition on Christmas Thinking about the consequences of your goals; don’t pick an extreme goal post covid Why you don’t need to FLOG yourself every session   With races on the calendar very quickly on the other side of the New Year, for some athletes it couldn’t be more important to get this period right.   P.S On next week's episode it will be our final episode of the year where we review the 12 lessons of Christmas, 12 things we’ve learned from 2020 that we can take into 2021. We did this last year and there were some really powerful and valuable lessons to take!   If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   When swimmers and triathletes want to get faster in the water it’s not often a matter of training harder. Fitness can only take a person so far in swimming. The most effective way to increase speed and endurance is by improving your technique. Brenton Ford, former National Swimmer and elite Swimming Coach, Winner of Australian National Masters Swim Coach of the Year, realised the traditional coaching methods he’d been taught growing up didn’t work for a lot of swimmers (especially those without a swimming background). So he founded “effortless swimming”, a way to work with and share the methods that he'd had success with, with a larger audience from all over the world. We are very excited to have Brenton join us on the podcast today as he helps Triathletes from around the world improve their swim technique to have a more enjoyable swim experience in a race. In the episode we cover: The most common correction Triathletes need to make with their swimming The skill vs fitness component of swimming How long it should take someone to improve their swim Are some swimmers just unable to improve How much should triathletes be focusing on swimming drills and technique in their swim session compared to training for fitness? How much time do you think you should spend between indoor and outdoor swimming if you’re an outdoor competitor like a triathlete? PLUS Brenton shared his secrets around his '5 Core Principles of Swimming' If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   On today's episode we got to speak to Australia's current number 1 ranked Triathlete Natalie Van Coevorden. Natalie comes from a swimming background, has competed now at seven world championships for Australia from junior to elite. She trains and competes both domestically and internationally, mostly on the WTS (World Triathlon Series) circuit where she has finished as high as 11th in the world. She got her first World Cup podium in 2013 and her first WTS podium in the 2018 season where she was 3rd place at WTS Abu Dhabi  Her most recent goals have been to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics which as you'll hear in the conversation has been interesting to adapt to. We also covered: What it's like to train and race on the pro circuit at the elite level Mentally and physically competing against the world's best The role of nutrition in her recovery The importance of strength and conditioning Covering all bases, including psychology How she is preparing for Tokyo 2021 This was a great insight into the mind of a professional and she showed why she is currently one of the world's best triathletes, leaving no stone unturned in her pursuit of success. If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   On last weeks podcast we discussed 3 workouts you absolutely must include in your training week. In this episode, we’re looking at 3 common training sessions that most athletes are doing, which you absolutely should NOT be doing. In other words, 3 workouts you should be avoiding like the plague. We discuss them in detail in this episode. And as always, the sessions we've picked will be considered controversial. Why? Because they're most people's FAVOURITE sessions! Does that mean you have to do only boring, unenjoyable sessions to improve? No. So which common sessions aren't actually the best for you? Listen to the episode to find out. Plus, we are all about POWER, but what if your power meter doesn't work? What are your next best options?   If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A podcast to help you Train Smarter and Race Faster. Hosted by expert Triathlon coach, Australian Ironman Champion and 15 x Aus Age group Champion Gerard Donnelly, and his son, multiple Triathlon + Cycling Aus Age Group Champion Jordy Donnelly.   There are a wide range of sessions you could do, but in this episode we ask the question, what are the must do’s? What are the training sessions you cannot miss? From a coaching perspective, all training sessions are created equal, and in an ideal world we don't miss any sessions. But if we had to pick, which ones are really the most valuable sessions? What are the sessions that give you the most bang for your buck? If you were going to miss a session, god forbid, which ones should you make sure you never miss? We discuss the top 3 in this episode. We also discuss another world example of persistence paying off. AND what are 'Micro Breaks? And how can they help transform your mental game when racing?   If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com The Get Fast Podcast is brought to you by TriVelo Coaching, where we help triathletes and cyclists like you, Train Smarter to Race Faster. You are joined as always by your hosts, Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and HEAD COACH of TriVelo Coaching Gerard Donnelly, and his son Jordan Donnelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.