#785 – Listener Q&A

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Great questions from the listeners. We get pretty deep into HR training and testing, along with intensity control and duration. We look at prescription load model, reading HR. Are you getting fitter or just tired? Swimming less for easy swim races?? How much racing is too much or too little? How to keep your head in the game. Typical amount of training hours per distance. How to train year round and stay engaged.

Topics:

• Our Wisconsin Camp
• Great Ironman Training Weekends
• Asterisk by a gold medal?
• Preferred HR testing model
• 180-Age
• 30 Minute test - threshold
• McMilan calculator
• Building Cake and Z2 Training
• When going long is inappropriate
• Intensity control vs. duration
• Training prescription load model
• Practicing getting slower or better?
• Inching up the HR
• Are you fitter or Tired?
• Intensity control and recovery
• Strategies for specific races
• Swim less?
• Swim recovery
• How many races is too much?
• Racing too much or too little?
• How to mix in a sprint or olympic
• Race then run afterwards?
• Keeping your head in the game
• Typical training hours per week for a spring, olympic, half, full
• Training year round and engaged
• Communication with coaches

Mike Tarrolly - [e-mail]

Robbie Bruce - [e-mail]