Parker Spencer is the head coach of USA Triathlon's Project Podium, a men's elite development program based at Arizona State University. The project already has produced alumni like Chase McQueen, and Parker himself won the USAT Olympic Coach of the Year award for 2022. 

 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT:

-Parker's role as head coach at Project Podium

-The long-term development plan - how to take an athlete from talent to world-class

-Using personality assessments

-Using metabolic testing to fine-tune training prescription

-A typical training week in the squad

-Parker's top pieces of advice for amateur athletes, overall and within swimming, biking and running

-Considerations for time-crunched athletes

 

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LINKS AND RESOURCES:

• Parker's Twitter and Instagram 

• Project Podium website and Instagram

• Ryan Bolton – Olympian and coach of Ben Hoffman and Caroline Rotich | EP#221

• Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 1) | EP#237

• Physiology, Training, and INSCYD with Sebastian Weber (part 2) | EP#238

• How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle - book by Matt Fitzgerald

• Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness - book by Steve Magness

 

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