This week on the podcast, we talk to the newest coach on TeamTrainiac.com, professional triathlete and coach Scott Bayvel. Scott grew up in South Africa before moving to Australia for university, and found his way into triathlon after years of partying and smoking, after rehabbing a rugby injury.  With a new, healthy lifestyle under his belt, it turns out he was very talented in triathlon and won several major races as an amateur before recently going pro.  He's also a certified triathlon coach.  Scott has recently taken up daily vlogging on YouTube, and is sharing his wealth of knowledge with the world!

On this week's podcast, we talk to Dr. Dan Plews about the low carb, high fat training he's doing with Taren in his quest to qualify for Kona, how Plews prescribes training to the athletes he works with, and when athletes should do fat max, V02 max, lactate and ketone testing.

The CEO of USA Triathlon, Rocky Harris, joins this week's podcast to talk about the changes he's made since taking the job two years ago.  He talks about the growth of the sport, and the steps USAT is taking to make the sport more accessible to aspiring triathletes.

Winner of IRONMAN Frankfurt as her first ever full distance race, and 12th place finisher at the 2019 Kona IRONMAN World Championship, Imogen Simmonds is a professional triathlete. We chat with her about the mental tricks she uses to get her through races, her uniquely positive perspective on the sport, how she maintains enjoyment in triathlon, and what it's like to train and race in excruciatingly hot conditions.

The Voice of IRONMAN, Mike Reilly, returns to the podcast to talk about the 2019 season: the coolest age-group stories, his thoughts on Jan Frodeno's record-setting Kona victory, new upcoming IM races, and more.

2014 IRONMAN World Champion and 3rd place finisher in 2019, professional triathlete Sebastian Kienle has returned to top form. With new coach Phillipp Seipp, who he shares with pro women's racer Laura Phillipp, Kienle has his sights set on big things for 2020, despite a post-Kona injury.

Many triathletes suffer back pain from so many hours scrunched in the aero position (not to mention so much sitting in modern society, especially in our jobs). Dr. Eric Goodman has spent the past 10 years developing Foundation Training, a system of simple isometric movements that easily and effectively fix back pain. On this week's podcast, we find out why he developed it, why it works so well, and which famous people are using his system (hint: some famous royalty...)

Inflammation is a word we hear often, especially in regard to the health of triathletes. But what is inflammation, how can you tell if you have it, and how do you combat it?  That's what we find out from Dr. Kristina Harris-Jackson with Omega Quant, a company that offers very affordable Omega-3 testing.

With some of the top men's triathletes on the planet assembled at the start line of the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in 2019, nobody expected 23 year old Norwegian athlete Gustav Iden to come out victorious -- except Gustav himself, and his fellow Norwegian triathletes/training partners. But he did exactly that, surprising the field with a phenomenal first place finish.  On today's podcast, we find out about the famous hat he wore in the race, all of the mishaps he encountered leading up to it, and what's next.