Oxygenaddict Triathlon Podcast, With Coach Rob Wilby And Helen Murray - Triathlon Coaching By Oxygenaddict.com

On this week’s episode, Coach Rob and Coach Chris answer the questions you’ve sent in over the last three weeks regarding how to improve you swim for Ironman. The questions they cover include: My swim times aren’t getting any faster - how do I deal with plateaus in my performance? I see my swim times improving in the pool but can’t translate that into faster open water times. Help! How do I best use technology (such as a Garmin watch) during a swim set? How should I use Pull buoys? When should I move to swimming in Open Water vs pool swimming Do I need to do lots of kicking drills? Should I use Fins? Should I swim with 3 stroke breathing? I had a lesson and the teacher said I should be aiming for  5 or 7 stroke breathing. Should I make my swim endurance intervals longer than 100m? My ankles are really stiff and mean I can’t do kick drills - I literally go backwards ! What shall I do? How do I overcome the fear of swimming in open water? Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundre

How do you train to improve your swimming for Ironman triathlon? In this episode, you’ll hear: Why training for the swim is a different thought process, and physical process, to training for the run or bike Why it’s your technique, not your fitness, holding you back in the water - especially if you’re from a run or bike background How to structure your training for Ironman swimming The three different types of swim session, and why the most important one changes over time When to switch from ‘improving your stroke mechanics’ to ‘improving your swim fitness’ The three key drills that will improve the technique of almost EVERY swimmer The key test set to measure your swim progress Why you SHOULDN’T be doing long, continuous swims until very close to your goal race Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon c

How do you train to improve your swimming for Ironman triathlon? In this episode, you’ll hear: Why learning to be calm and efficient is more important that getting fast Why runners and cyclists often struggle to translate aerobic fitness into swim speed - and what to do about it Breathing techniques and practices to help you stay calm and relaxed in the water Why you should learn to breathe bilaterally The importance of breathing out, fully, into the water Why a strong push-and-glide off the wall can be really helpful in learning to breathe more effectively The kind of swim progression that you can expect to have in a six month, one year and three year time frame. The difference between ‘training to be faster’ and ‘training to be more efficient.’ Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program

How do you train to run a faster Ironman Marathon? In this episode, Coaches Chris and Rob take questions from Ironman Europe competitors on the best way to improve your running, and ways to give yourself the best chance of delivering the marathon off the bike that you’re capable of. In this episode, you’ll hear: The best way to balance intensity and volume during training Should I be landing on the front of my foot? How to pace your Ironman marathon Tips for recovering from injury like Runner’s Knee Should you be doing interval training for a full Ironman? How long should your longest runs be in training to properly prepare for your Ironman marathon? How can you safely build the length of your long run in training? What’s the best way to increase your endurance so you don’t have to stop during the Ironman marathon? Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.

Donald Brooks is one of the UK’s most successful Age Group athletes - overall winner of 70.3 Weymouth, multiple World, European and British age group champion over a variety of distances. We catch up with Donald to find out what we can help you learn from one of the World’s most successful, hard working athletes. Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddict Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotify Listen on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OATriPodiTunes precisionfuelandhydration.com Precision Fuel & Hydration help athletes personalise their hydration and fuelling strategies for training and racing. They provide educational tools, Swea

This week we interview Ian Smith, who recently completed Ironman New Zealand - knocking over an hour off his previous Ironman best, despite now being, in his words, ‘the other side of 50.’ Ian has dedicated himself to his training over the last two years with Team Oxygenaddict, but has also paid a lot of attention to his family-work-training-life balance. Having moved to Australia for a more outdoor life, he’s embraced early morning training to beat the heat of the day, and has learned to love open water swimming, despite his encounters with sharks! Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddict Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotify L

Coaches Rob Wilby and Chris Palfreyman talk you through everything you need to know about the six months of training leading up to your Ironman. They cover: The structure of your basic week of training - frequency, intensity and duration of swims, bikes and runs. The benefits of focusing on swim technique over endurance and distance, especially in the early weeks of your training Safely increasing the duration of your long endurance swim, bikes and runs. Strategies to help you avoid overtraining, illness, injury and burnout How to change the way you approach your long run, so that you’re never sore the day after a long run again! How and when to incorporate brick runs into your training - it’s not what you might think! Why you SHOULDN’T complete your long run the day after your long ride - and the one exception to that rule How to safely approach strength and conditioning in a way that compliments your swim, bike and run training Daily nutrition approaches, ‘within session’ sports nutrition strate

Sam Laidlow lead for most of the race at his Kona debut, eventually finishing 2nd to Gustav Iden. He surprised many by obliterating the Kona bike course record and splitting the Norwegian favourites of Iden & Blummenfelt on the day. On his return to the Oxygenaddict Podcast, we talk about: How he burst onto the Iron-distance scene at Lakesman in 2019... What he learned from upsetting Sam Long at the Collins Cup... The race strategy & tactics at the front of the race in Kona... His power numbers during the bike leg and why he thought he'd gone too hard too soon... Why he plans to exit the water with a several minute lead at the next World Champs... The innovations and equipment decisions that helped him to his Kona result... The importance of building a personal brand as a professional athlete and why it's not all about race results... Why he'd prefer people to hate him than be indifferent about him... Smashing the Kona bike course record without a bike sponsor(!)... Whether

Here’s the second part of our review of our favourite interviews of 2022. You can find links to the full interviews here: 369 Age Group Story: Pip Paxman 407 Age Group Story: Emma Yates At The Ironman World Championships 383 Age Group Story: Simon Maguire Completes His Ironman 403 Age Group Story: John Fellows 411 Age Group Story: Dr. Karim Hammad Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddict Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotify Listen on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OATriPodiTunes precisionfuelandhydration.com This show is brought to you by Precision Fuel & Hydration, who have a range of tools and products

Here’s the first part of our review of our favourite interviews of 2022. You can find links to the full interviews here: 390 Matt Bottrill - The Story of Sub7 379 Richard Murray - From Cardiac Care to Podium 380 Jan Sibberson - The Fastest Ironman Swimmer 378 Dan Dixon - GB’s Next Superstar 393 Andy Blow - Special Edition: Using Caffeine in Training and Racing 414 Andrew Messick, Ironman CEO, on the future of Ironman Hawaii Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddict Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotify Listen on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OATriPodiTunes precisionfuelandhydration.com This show is brought to

Chris McCormack is a man who moved seamlessly between his life as a professional triathlete (2x Kona Champion, multiple World Champion) and his new business career. As the man behind SuperLeague Triathlon, he has been pivotal in helping ‘professionalise’ the sport of triathlon, giving athletes chance to race (and make money) from short course racing outside of a traditional governing body route. It’s a series that turned triathlon into a more spectator friendly format and made short racing exciting for the general public. As one of the founders of the Pho3nix Foundation, he’s helping fund hundreds of children and young athletes from disadvantaged backgrounds to be able to achieve their potential in Olympic sport. More than that, Macca is one of the biggest fans of triathlon, and one of it’s big thinkers, and we hear his views on where he sees triathlon going next, we review the 2022 triathlon year, and talk about who will be the names to watch in 2023. Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hu

Team Oxygenaddict in collaboration with Ironman Europe bring you Ask A Coach - your chance to ask your coaching questions to Team Oxygenaddict head coach and Ironman University coach Rob Wilby. On this episode, we have tips on how to structure your bike training for an Ironman. Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here

Joining us on the show this week is the CEO of the Ironman Group, Andrew Messick. Ironman announced late last week that there would be NO two day World Championships in Hawaii in 2023, and that instead, the event will be a split location event. What was the behind the scenes reality that athletes don't yet understand? When can we expect confirmation of the location and date of the men’s event? Is there a possibility of the race moving from Kona in the future? We put all these questions to the CEO - listen in to hear what he has to say. Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddict Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotify L

This week, Dave Clements joins us to tell us the amazing story of completing both Celtman and the Beyond the Ultimate Namibia 5 day Ultramarathon. Impressive enough, until you discover that Dave’s training is disrupted by spending 4 weeks at a time living in a tiny pressurised container under water, while he works as a commercial deep sea diver ! Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here Watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamOxygenaddict Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OATriPodSpotify Listen on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OATriPodiTunes precisionfuelandhydration.com This show is brought to you by Precision Fuel & Hydration, who have a range of tools and products to he

This week, Jessie Hassall joins us to tell the incredible story of her progression from completing her first Ironman in 15.30, to going 12.48 at Ironman Portugal just thirteen months later! Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here precisionfuelandhydration.com This show is brought to you by Precision Fuel & Hydration, who have a range of tools and products to help you personalise your fuelling and hydration strategy so that you can perform at your best.  Take the FREE Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan Book a free 20-minute hydration and fueling strategy video consultation Didn't catch the discount code to get 15% off your first order of fuell

Dr. Karim Hammad recently competed at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in St. George. A busy doctor, he’s had to learn to balance his desire to train against the realities of his job: 12 hour on-call shifts, night shifts and the challenges of unpredictable work load and lack of routine. His story involves a lot of acceptance of needing to train around ‘the way things are’ rather than ‘the way we would ideally like things to be’, and his success qualifying for the World Championships underlines the importance for all of us of putting recovery, and health, first. You can learn more about the Liverpool International Transplant Initiative and the work they do here: http://www.liverpooliti.com/ Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoo

Team Oxygenaddict in collaboration with Ironman Europe bring you Ask A Coach - your chance to ask your coaching questions to Team Oxygenaddict head coach and Ironman University coach Rob Wilby. On this episode, we have tips on how to structure your winter training: Train Like a Triathlete Your Weekly Structure How to Avoid Injury How to Build Bike Power Give 100%, but No More Run Durability Beats Speed Swim Slower to Swim Faster Swim Breathing Heart Rate Variability Put Recovery First Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here

From the Archives: Dave Scott Dave Scott is already well known for his achievements - 6 time winner of Ironman Hawaii between 1980 and 1987, successful coach to champion athletes like Chrissie Wellington, Craig Alexander, Tim Don and Julie Dibens. What is less well known is his ongoing battle with depression that has, at times, left him unable to get off the couch. Dave is open and honest about the challenges he’s faced - how, despite the World regarding him as ‘The Man’, and his countless race successes, striving for perfection and falling short often left him feeling worthless. And he also shares about how, with time, he’s come to see things differently, how his children have helped him, and how, in turn, he’s managed to help other highly driven and obsessive athletes find a little more balance - as well as World Championship victories. We also hear Dave’s thoughts on the efforts of the PTO and their aim of making the sport more professional. Sign up for Dave’s free fortnightly newsletter covering a wi

This week, coaches Rob and Chris bring you an interview with age grouper and Team OxygenAddict athlete David Brown, who fulfilled a lifelong dream when he raced in Kona at the Ironman World Championships. Sponsors Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching program for busy age groupers. To find out more, You can book a zoom, phone or skype call with Rob or the Team here precisionfuelandhydration.com This show is brought to you by Precision Fuel & Hydration, who have a range of tools and products to help you personalise your fuelling and hydration strategy so that you can perform at your best.  Take the FREE Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a personalised race nutrition plan Book a free 20-minute hydration and fueling strategy video consultation Didn't catch the discount code to get 15% off your first

Team Oxygenaddict in collaboration with Ironman Europe bring you Ask A Coach - your chance to ask your coaching questions to Team Oxygenaddict head coach and Ironman University coach Rob Wilby. On this episode, we have the following questions: How long should the preparation be for a full Ironman? Heart rate or Power on the bike? How important is fast paced running intervals, compared to zone 2 runs? What would you train over winter? Tips for recovering between sessions The best way to improve on the bike? How many bike sessions per week, and how to break down those sessions? Heart rate training or pace for running? How would you approach off-season training if you only had 6 hours per week? For a shift worker, what’s most important when scheduling training? Like what you heard in this interview? Join hundreds of other age group triathletes making the most of their limited training time, training with Team OxygenAddict! http://team.oxygenaddict.com - The most comprehensive triathlon coaching progr