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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 Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
In this week’s episode I’m joined again by my old friend and still the fastest Yorkshireman in Kona, Dr Dan Plews. Recently I’ve been studying Dan’s new EndureIQ course - LDT102 - all about how to train effectively for long distance triathlons.
Not only has Dan walked the walk at Kona (8:24, which is the fastest ever age grouper in Kona, making him AG world champion in 2017), he has also done extensive research into the low carb/high fat nutrition approach for endurance athletes and used his knowledge of working with Olympic rowers and elite triathletes to write the course.
Dan really is the man, and as ever it’s a great pleasure to catch up with him as we discuss:
- Why polarised training works
- The role of volume and intensity in developing fitness, and when to prioritise them
- Mitochondria and why they are so important to endurance athletes
- The benefits of training twice per day and why double run days really work
- Training intensity distribution and how it changes as you get closer to race day
- How and why short duration (<60s) HIT workouts are beneficial for Ironman triathletes
In the show we also discussed the following:
Dan’s cartoon character Johnny Bravo. Watch the video HERE
Favourite book - Lifespan: Why we age and why we dont have to by David Sinclair
Signature tune - Not Many by Scribe
Measuring HRV HRV4Training & The Whoop
You can find out more about the Endure IQ courses click HERE
You can follow Dan at the following places
Twitter https://twitter.com/theplews1
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theplews/
And some great blog posts at the "Plews and Prof" website HERE
To find out more about Simon’s SWAT programme, please click HERE
Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes
Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here
For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com
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