Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes Steven Brandes

In this episode we go through questions in a rapid fire! Thank you for sending in the questions, if you have more please send them to 
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Deep dive into coaching topics!
1) Coming off of a big running injury, what did we change to allow this athlete to run 2 personal bests in the 5k and training!
2) As we age, how should we adjust training to accompany this? In this topic, we had a hard conversation on how we train, turning one's idtenity around, and what are metrics we use to gauge progress.
3) Is Zwift Racing helpful for triathletes? If so, how do you structure it into the training program?
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This was a fun conversation with legendary guest Coach Liz comes back on the podcast for the 3rd time to talk all things triathlon racing and coaching. 
1)How do you develop someone to push harder
2) Thoughts on the IRONMAN and t100 series
3) Olympics
4) Will Gwen make the Olympic Team
5) What is needed to race well
6) What do athletes get wrong about coaching
7) What do coaches get wrong about coaching
https://www.instagram.com/liz.waterstraat/?hl=en
https://multisportmastery.com/
Great conversation
Great topics

In this off season, Coach Steve talks through his big changes he's made to his training this off season and the improvements he's seen so far!
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In this episode we talk on FTP training and how to direct your training after an FTP Test. 
Understanding what is your FTP
Why is developing FTP so important for Triathletes
How long should you be able to hold it
Is FTP a number or a range
Different training models to train it
How to use FTP to determine 70.3 power

What kind of workouts SHOULD/COULD you be doing in Janruary? 
Bike: Vo2 Max Tabatas
Run: Hill Sprints
Swim: Specific Swim Drills
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