We discuss a recent study which explores the use of AFT (Advanced Footwear Technology), or Super Shoes, during training and competition. The study describes the injuries sustained in amateur runners and we look at what that means for the integration of these shoes into training programmes.

We review the racing from IRONMAN Australia and IRONMAN 70.3 St George at the weekend.

Power posing is a concept largely popularized by Amy Cuddy, thanks to her viral TED talk and book, Presence, on the subject. The basic gist is that if we make ourselves feel large, like we are occupying more space–think Wonder Woman pose– then we’ll feel more powerful.

Steve Magness is a sport scientist and a track and field coach. He coaches competitors at all levels, including athletes who have competed in the World Championships and the Olympics. He is Head Cross Country coach at the University of Houston, a Lecturer of Strength and Conditioning at St. Mary’s University, UK and author of three best-selling books, including the latest: The Passion Paradox.

We share excerpts from The Sport Psych Show in which Steve Magness speaks about power posing in science and in practice; how feelings mediate an athlete’s performance; challenge vs threat states; the brain/body connection; attention; and the result of failing to develop the psychological side.

(0:08:50) – Super Shoes - are you at risk of being injured?

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(0:22:15) – IRONMAN 70.3 St George

(0:30:29) – IRONMAN Australia

(0:39:14) – Power Posing

(0:42:48) – Excerpt 1 from The Sport Psych Show with Steve Magness

(0:53:14) – Excerpt 2 from The Sport Psych Show with Steve Magness

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Link to article on Super Shoes at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378282417_The_use_of_Advanced_Footwear_Technology_shoes_in_amateur_runners

The Power Pose blog article at https://www.scienceofrunning.com/2020/01/why-power-posing-works-exploring-social-psychology.html?v=47e5dceea252

The Sports Psych podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/84-steve-magness-how-feelings-impact-performance/id1434313037?i=1000470628185

Bevan and Tim review the racing from the weekend at Challenge Taiwan and IRONMAN Texas. We also look at the start list for Cagliari – a who’s who of the contenders for Paris!

David Tilbury-Davis is the coach of an impressive roster of pro triathletes, including the likes of Ashleigh Gentle, Skye Moench, Amelia Watkinson (all three women ranked in the top-20 in the PTO rankings), Josh Amberger and others. We share excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast in which he discusses how he likes to set up his base training season for age groupers.

Hexis is a personalised nutrition app tailored to your workouts, lifestyle and goals. We talk about its importance for fuelling and training.

Sports dietitians Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin answer the most common nutrition questions that runners, cyclists & triathletes ask in their podcast Fuelling Endurance. We chat about a recent episode in which they discuss “What nutrition advice for the general population doesn’t apply to athletes?” Where the message comes from, why it might not be the best advice and what to do instead.

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(0:04:32) – IRONMAN Australia this weekend

(0:04:46) – Challenge Taiwan race recap

(0:08:56) – The Cagliari start list

(0:12:08) – Lionel Sanders stress fracture

(0:15:03) – IRONMAN Texas race recap

(0:28:52) - David Tilbury-Davis – excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast

(0:47:07) – HEXIS: A competition for our Coffee Club members and how to use it in training

(0:48:46) – Sports dietitians Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin - excerpts from the Fueling Endurance podcast

(1:04:27) – Using the HEXIS app in training

LINKS:

Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.

Scientific Triathlon David-Tilbury Davis at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts416/

More about Hexis at https://www.hexis.live/

Fueling Endurance podcast at https://thelongmunch.podbean.com/e/ep64a/

IRONMAN Texas at https://www.ironman.com/im-texas

Challenge Taiwan at https://www.challenge-taiwan.com/

WTCS Cagliari at https://cagliari.triathlon.org/

Bevan and Tim review the racing from the weekend.

Dan Lorang is the Head of Performance / Head Coach at World Tour cycling team Bora-Hansgrohe, and he is the coach of a small roster of world-class triathletes, including Lucy Charles-Barclay, Anne Haug, Frederic Funk and until his recent retirement, Jan Frodeno. We share excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast interview with Dan Lorang in which he talks about his work with Lucy to prepare for the heat in Kona.

David Tilbury-Davis is the coach of an impressive roster of pro triathletes, including the likes of Ashleigh Gentle, Skye Moench, Amelia Watkinson (all three women ranked in the top-20 in the PTO rankings), Josh Amberger and others. We share excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast in which he discusses performance benchmarks in female professional racing.

We revisit our interview with Sam Tebeck, Researcher and Triathlete, in which we discuss his PHD work in ‘Heat stress to enhance elite athlete training adaptations’.

(0:02:14) - We review the racing from the weekend.

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(0:22:59) - David Tilbury-Davis – excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast

(0:37:36) - Dan Lorang – excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast

(0:56:31) - Dr Sam Tebeck – Fitter Radio Episode #284

LINKS:

Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.

Scientific Triathlon David-Tilbury Davis at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts416/

Scientific Triathlon Dan Lorang at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts417/

Fitter Radio Sam Tebeck interview at https://www.fitter.co.nz/fitter-radio/2019/10/7/episode-284-andy-potts