#799 – Durability And Fatigue Resistance

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Want to race better? Master the principles in this podcast.

Today, we look at what’s really important for long course triathlon. The ability to hold form and effort over a long period of time. You can make it rocket science if you want, but the principles are pretty easy. Don’t break down. But how do you get to that point? We talk about how to get there and nail the omnipresent philosophy of: It’s not how fast you go, but how little you slow down.

We look at how fatigue masks fitness, how it’s important to test with fatigue, holding form when you need it most and the the real concept behind being “strong” in triathlon.

Topics:

• 800th podcast all star cast??
• Re capping our favorite podcast guests
• Fueling and fat oxidation
• All this information and people are still as confused as ever
• Fitness, form, and fatigue resistance
• We all like to test fresh, but . . .
• Measuring and training your ability to resist fatigue
• Pros are one thing, but how does it apply to age groupers?
• Closing the gap between fresh and fatigue effort
• Fatigue that shows up in the swim
• Time trials when you’re tired in the pool
• Simplicity - negative split training
• Fatigue masks fitness
• RPE 8-9, the repeat an hour later
• Half marathons in the middle of IM training
• Being consistent with exact training while dealing with life
• Holding form through discomfort
• Your speed is irrelevant if you can’t use it at the end
• VO2 max too high??
• Worried about the wrong things in training
• Age Group obsession over their fresh performances
• Being economically efficient
• Get strong . . . at holding form
• Be physically and emotionally engaged for a long period of time.
• How is your body operating?

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