Coaches on Couches

If you've listened to the show before, you know we love strength training. But, should runners, cyclists, and triathletes really lift heavy? Is there really any benefit? Or is the juice not worth the squeeze?

In this episode Coach D and Coach B-Fun break down their thoughts on heavy lifting and offer up some tips on how to avoid some of the common pitfalls of slingin' steel.

Shout Outs

Chris Watts - 4th overall Deep South Triathlon

Johnny Pitts - PR 70.3 Deep South Triathlon

Hart Robinson, David Collins, Coach B-Fun- Chinkapin Hollow Gravel Grinder 107

Coach D, Brad Harriman, John McCann, Brad Malone - Chinkapin Hollow Gravel Grinder 63

All Sports Productions - Great race, well marked courses, and great protocol for keeping folks safe and healthy

With one of our favorite 50k trail races of the year on the horizon, we figured it best to chat about some of the essential considerations when preparing for a trail ultra marathon. It might be a little late if you are gearing up for Walking Tall 50k, but it's never too late to do some course and race specific prep! Whether you are in the throws of training or just considering taking on an ultra, you won't want to miss this.

So throw on your grippy shoes, get all the snacks, and prepare for another episode of Coaches on Couches!

Shout Outs

Chris Watts - 2nd Overall Degray Lake Triathlon

Cliff Abeles - 1st AG Degray Lake Triathlon

Scott Newberry - 2nd Overall West Fight On Mileage Challenge

Tony Gambrell - Hitting new bests all over the place!

If you are looking for a great event, don't miss out on the Walking Tall 50k/25k. It's West TN's premier ultra.

Whether you are a cyclists or a triathlete, you probably have the need...the need...for speed. The time trial isn't called "The Race of Truth" for nothin'. It's simple. Fastest time from A to B. But as simple as it sounds, there are a lot of factors that play into how fast you will travel along the route.

So today, we nerd out on all things time trail. Well not all things...we'd be here all day. But MOST things time trial! So with that, grab your goofy looking helmet, dawn your skin suit, shine up your disc wheel, and join us for another episode of Coaches on Couches!

Shout Outs

CJ Neff - Walmart Triathlon - 1st Relay Team and New FTP!

Greg Rohde - All time best 10 and 60 min power

Ride2Rosemary Crew - Putting in massive miles

We aren't pros at this by any means but that's why we have a RDN on staff! This is a topic we take for granted because we've been doing it for so long. We just assume people know they need to eat before and during big training sessions and races. Yet, we constantly get reminded by our newer athletes that it's not as widely known as we thought. Thanks for smacking us out of our bubble!

So in this episode we cover the basics and some good starting points (with numbers) for fueling before and during long training sessions and races. So for all you starving cyclists, runners, and triathletes out there, sit back, grab a snack, and enjoy two dudes who love to eat talking about food.

#alreadyhungry

Shout Outs

Phillip Young - 1st Overall Mighty Mite Triathlon

Hart Robinson - 2nd Overall Mighty Mite Triathlon

Cliff Abeles - 1st Age Group Mighty Mite Triathlon

Walker Barrow - 1st Age Group Mighty Mite Triathlon

Chris Watts - 4th or 6th overall (timing debacle) Fall Creek Falls Olympic Triathlon

Johnny Pitts - 3rd Age Group - Buster Briton Triathlon

Tyler Kenyon - 3rd Place Johnson City Crit - Cat 3 Upgrade

2020 has been a kick in the chamois for a lot of folks. For us endurance athletes, it's meant little to no racing. We've seen a definite split in the cyclist, runners, and triathletes who are intrinsically motivated versus those who have to have a carrot (race/event) in order to train with any kind of structure. While we all love to race, we have witnessed a number of upsides to going through an entire season without racing. So today's episode will keep your glass half full, and hopefully spark some motivation to keep moving forward regardless of the uncertainty that surrounds us all right now. So sit back, hide in a corner, take off your mask and join us for another episode of Coaches on Couches!

Shout Outs 1000 subscribers! (in only 11 years) McKenna Funston for the great signage on the show for this (feel sarcasm) momentous occasion

Let's face it. It's getting hot as hell outside and a lot of us are also training indoors more. Both scenarios bring on lots of that salty liquid we know as sweat. So we are tasking the tough hydration questions to our buddy Andy from Precision Hydration (a fellow salty sweater) so that all of you cyclists, runners, and triathletes out there can nail your hydration during the summer sizzler.

This is probably one of the most informative interviews we've done, with a lot of actionable info. You won't want to miss it. Unless you don't care about your performance. In that case, carry on.

f you are having issues with cramping, cooling, or generally feeling like garbage during or after a training session, this is your podcast. If you'd like to book a local sweat sodium test, you can book those at http://bpc.setmore.com or check out our website https://buildpeakcompete.com/hydration

Shout Outs to everyone still training hard without a race in sight!

Triathletes, this is the one you've all been waiting for. No better place to get your course recon than from a couple of shlubs that ride and run the course on the weekly. You can listen to the out of towners who used Google earth to spot some key landmarks, but GPS mapping software generally sucks at elevation and we know these routes like the back of our hands. And we have veiny hands.

So let's break down the Ironman Memphis 70.3 course and prepare you mentally for what's to come this October in the great city of Memphis, TN. Pandemic be damned!

Shout Outs

Everyone who has been training hard with no races

In this sprint episode we spark a revolt against the use of ERG mode when cycling indoors. If you don't know what ERG mode is, this one may not be for you. But if you are a cyclist or triathlete and spend a reasonable amount of time riding on a smart trainer, we're going to enlighten you and give you all the reasons we believe ERG mode is hindering the quality of your precious training time. If you disagree, we want to know! Feel free to drop us a comment.

With no races to be had right now, we have a lot of our runners and triathletes doing max mile assessments right now to gage progress in their training. In this sprint episode of Coaches on Couches we talk with our good buddy and coach Nick Dwyer on the keys to properly pacing a mile race. It's not a sprint, that's for sure. And we knock it all out in 15 minutes. So give it a listen and then go smash your fastest mile split ever. You can thank us for the PB later, and we ain't talkin' peanut butter.

In endurance sports, proper hydration can make or break your performance on any given day or consecutive days. So in this inaugural SPRINT episode, we talk about the importance and methods behind proper sweat rate testing for cyclists, runners, and triathletes. We just do it in less than 15 minutes.

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If you have questions you'd like answered by our coaches, email couch[@]buildpeakcompete.com