Triathlete Training Podcast: Triathlon, Ironman & Duathlon

Subscribe via iTunes Here we go with part 2 of my interview with Joe Friel.  If you missed part 1 be sure to check out Triathlete Training episode 8. Swimming & the Death Move Ninety percent of triathletes have problems with their catch.  It’s a result of what we’ve been taught.  Joe calls the biggest mistake the death move.  This is when your elbow is below your hand and your arm is extended in front of you.   In that position there is no way to catch the water unless you are extremely talented.  A top level swimmer can go into that position and immediately correct it, but most triathletes aren’t able to do that.  The goal is to teach swimmers not to do this in the first place. Aging Performance drop is mostly linear until about age 70. At age 70 the drop in performance becomes more pronounced.  Detraining can be confused with aging. Measured performance drops in broad groups are probably heavily skewed by detraining. The subjects they are testing are training less, or not at all, when compared to younger s