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The Be Battle Ready podcast is where everyday athletes, adventurers, and seekers of strength come to forge resilience - in body, mind, and spirit.
Hosted by coach Simon Ward, each episode explores the true pillars of endurance: purposeful training, nourishing nutrition, restorative sleep, a resilient mindset, and the art of recovery. It’s designed especially for those in their 40s, 50s and beyond who refuse to rust - men and women who know that age is no excuse to stop sharpening the blade.
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Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Dr. John Hellemans is a well know sports-medicine doctor, triathlon coach, and author based in Christchurch, New Zealand.
He has coached a large number of internationally successful triathletes, and fostered New Zealand’s global reputation in the sport. He has contributed to the wider sports community as a medical director for Triathlon New Zealand, Athletics New Zealand, and as a medical officer for a number of sports academies, training centres, and New Zealand triathlon teams competing at international events.
In addition to his coaching, John is an accomplished athlete: He was the World Masters Triathlon Champion eight times between 1994 and 2012, and an elite triathlon representative for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in 1990.
As a person who has been around in the triathlon scene since the very start and very much engaged in the NZ endurance community, this was a really interesting conversation with Dr. Hellemans about:
- The training methodology of Arthur Lydiard (a well noted fan of polarised training)
- Basic week concept
- Strength training for endurance athletes (spoiler: he’s not a big fan!)
- Heart health for endurance athletes
- Coaching philosophies
- As a masters triathlon world champion, John also outlines how his approach to training has changed in his later years
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