A Day In The Life of a Professional Triathlete || Gustav Iden

[@mikaliden9967]

To all the people talking about food: Gustav need to eat about 8000kcal on these long hard training days. His limitation is not sleep nor the will to train more but being able to eat enough over time to manage the energy consumption from all the training. And that's not insignificant. Why do endurance athletes get injured? In my experience many don’t eat enough for the amount of energy they use in training: Is it more "healthy" to get injured because you’re not able to eat enough kcal with "healthy" food. Or, is it more "healthy" to eat some "junk" to fill your kcal demand to stay injury free and live life with energy to perform and win races ? ;) - Yes, Gustav eats biscuits, desserts, white bread, Nutella and drink soft drinks and chocolate milk . But that's only around 15-25% of the daily need - 2-6 bottles of Maurten 320 a day. - Rest of the consumption as he tells in the video: Pasta, chicken, vegetables, fruit. I would think 4-6000kcal of this will gives him enough of macronutrients and vitamins a day :) Challenge for you guys. Eat 8000kcal a day. For 7 days. And only what you find "healthy". Have a nice week :)

[@Bamhim12]

It’s sad to think of all the malnourished endurance athletes in this world 💔

[@mxlex9991]

Hear, hear! Those who know, know!

[@CalebNoonan83]

Cheers mikal, I'm in process of becoming long course pro as well and after watching the world champ I deffs don't care about eating cookies, chips, soft drink etc. Carbs are king right?⚡️🤘

[@erab6539]

There are a lot of uninformed people in the world, and I find the more uninformed and uneducated, the more vocal they are. Glad you took the time to write this!

[@atomz9226]

This a super interesting, thank you for sharing. You nailed it. Most of us normal folks have fewer caloric requirements. Please keep the videos coming.

[@miljanstojiljkovic1782]

The way Mikal was getting decent shots while dodging the oncoming cars deserves some praise

[@rm6857]

More like cars were dodging him

[@sarabt]

This video pretty much sums up why I love Gustav : hard working, authentic, no BS and doesn't take himself too seriously

[@manuelsilva6833]

A big appreciation word for Mikal for putting together this set of images documenting Gustav's day. It is truly inspiring to have an insight of how a champion lives his life and some of the thoughts that cross his mind. It is also fascinating to see that Gustav's view on the things he does is very positive and graceful, regardless of the absolute monstrosity of training stress he is putting himself through alone and in thin air. More of this video masterpieces are very welcome on the road to St. George ;)

[@michip2865]

everybody else, "I have organic self-made bread, with chia-jam and a paleo-based granola for breakfast". gustav iden, "white bread with butter and salami."

[@smellslikemoshpit]

LOL thought the same like "empty calories?!?" and he just burns the tarmac after that 💪💯

[@mikaliden9967]

See my attached comment at the top :)

[@michip2865]

@@mikaliden9967 wasn't meant badly. :) I love seeing a human side of the athletes. and this reminds me, they are!

[@zinho9169]

@@smellslikemoshpit No such thing as "empty calories" when you actually need them for energy. Calories are energy by definition.

[@isabelasilva2356]

And I actually quite love him for that 😂

[@Scorch6429]

I think I saw this workout on Strava and thought it was monstrous… watching it, my impression was right. Great plan execution and astonishing camera operation while dodging vehicles uphill!

[@mikaliden9967]

Thanks

[@ErLong1800]

The amount of training he is doing is insane. It really takes much to be at the top!

[@Funky887]

Being able to do even more training after that run workout in the morning is just amazing

[@Tom-xn5zj]

i really enjoyed the style of the Video with these many different angles it gives a real in depth view thsat underlines what you are saying about the training up there. it really comes along that it's just such a unique place up there in the Sierra Nevada. the production kind of lives up to the high standard of your training regime if you'd like. so thank you very much for your insights and all the best for St. George

[@stu09]

Great video, would love to see others in this format. It’s honest unlike other triathlon day in the life videos which are fake as shit.

[@mikaliden9967]

Thanks, agreed 😉😅

[@victorvidotto8293]

this is pure gold! thanks for sharing! I would watch 3 seasons of 10 episodes each of this! lol cheers from Brazil! 🇧🇷❤️

[@kristianolauson4494]

The last few 1” intervals reveal just how well greased this Gustav machine is. If everyone remains healthy St.George is going to be a beaut!

[@JIGSALL1]

Love the demonstration of above threshold vs below threshold training lol 16:07 Thanks for sharing your day with us gentleman.

[@L-dw5sx]

Gustav don’t need no fancy lactate monitor 😂

[@erichbanhegyi4361]

Thanks for sharing the simple and pure grind. Can’t wait for St. George where Gustav will rock!

[@LionelBaronArtiste]

Respect first of all for your zen attitude and your behavior during this world championship! you are proof that with work you can be a complete athlete! but !!! in 3 totally different disciplines! For several years the triathlete has been recognized! but there we have again passed a milestone in terms of time! Congratulations to you, you are also the image of the sportsman who perfectly calculates his progress of the effort... who knows himself inside out! this is also what we have made enormous progress on in recent years...but you can't see it...hats off to the artist!

[@sergiogomes8035]

Very honest video, not fancy, no video, just plain and simple HARD WORK! 💪🏼👊

[@matteobenatti1554]

Thanks for sharing the day, really impressive how he can stay focused throughout the day. Would be nice if you could show how an entire week of training looks like on trainingpeaks, maybe after St george WC ;)

[@rodolfogonzalez9178]

Thanks for sharing Gustav day of train. You guys are the best team. Also where could we buy the headband that Gustav was using during the run? Thanks

[@mikaliden9967]

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[@traviskruger2263]

"Stress swimming"....I know that feeling. When the times don't come easily and you are trying to force the issue

[@buckscobro1891]

His stride is just naturally comfortable when he’s racing you can just tell the other guys are suffering more than him.

[@barrymckeown5783]

Thank you for this its perfect 10/10 i just wish it lasted about 3 hours i could watch way more of this very easily thank you! Love watching Gustav train

[@stefannicolai244]

Thank you for the insights. After watching that video: i have a big questionmark about "dream to be a pro". It´s a real hard job. Respect to Gustav to have the willing to absolve such a long time at sierra nevada

[@mikaliden9967]

It really is 100% 24/7 to be at this level. Not many are willing to do that in a long period!

[@hsandr10]

Love these videos!! Very glad I found this channel. Gustav is an inspiration to me.

[@bretzky9261]

Age groupers take themselves 1000 times more series than these guys do. Kudos for keeping triathlon loose 🤙

[@LucianoSzeckir]

100% agree

[@kajet666]

LOL great point

[@marcosgabriel4285]

Mi triatleta favorito!!! me gustaría que alguna vez pudiese venir Chile, mi país, a correr el Ironman de Pucón, como lo hizo Javier Gómez Noya este año, Gustav es muy profesional, con una forma física impresionante, tiene un método de entrenamiento muy fuerte, y siempre esta de buen humor, creo que será uno de los grandes favoritos para ganar medalla en Paris 2024, llegará con 28 años excelente edad para un triatleta, me gusto mucho el video es muy transparente y permite ver un día normal de un atleta de alto rendimiento, mucho exito Gustav, te quiero ver en el podium de Paris 2024!!!!!

[@rosslacey8555]

Great content guys, GG. I thought I was the only non coffee drinking triathlete in the world. Your gel idea seems a bit healthier than my 3 x Red Bull. GG

[@zsofiaszabo6687]

Thank you for the video! It is so nice to see this side of the sport what’s behind the achievments:)

[@rajneshkumar8557]

Thanks for showing world what it takes to be a pro. Kudos to you both

[@SendingStache]

that stride looks soooo good. smooth operator

[@anonaminee8478]

this is what is takes to be a wolrd champion . watching this after your tremendous performnce in kona 2022 . congrats again mate

[@josepablogonzalez9047]

Very cool and humble guy! Cheers for you both

[@ryantreadway4142]

Thanks for the video and keep them coming! Much love from the Mountains of North Carolina in the U.S. You guys have a fan in me

[@meatmotorendurance]

Thanks for that hands on knees threshold tip. You just saved me money as I avoid purchasing a lactate meter. ;)

[@scottd8361]

Great to see all the eating, because that's one of the most important things about high performance endurance sports. I just started cycling 2 years ago and was able to rapidly improve and increase my training volume to 25-30 hours right now. One reason was probably that I was rather overeating than undereating, right now I'm also at around 7000-8000 kcal/day. I met so many people, even on pro level, that are consistently underfuelling, thinking about 1kg means __ more Watts on the climbs... they don't even lose a lot of weight but get injured or simply don't improve because the body obviously doesn't have enough energy for regeneration. In cycling and even more so in triathlon, absolute Watts are much more important than W/kg anyways. The only occasion where W/kg would be just as important was moving vertically, but even on the steepest climbs the absolute power output always outweighs relative power.

[@mikaliden9967]

Power power power !

[@frankreyes4]

Thank you for brightening my outlook.

[@costelpintea4141]

Awesome! Not surprised than no one can beat you! Greetings from Canada (hopefully Lionel watches your videos)!

[@mildsauce5019]

Its fucking beautiful watching this dude run. Like that is a REFINED stride.

[@anvargo88]

Wow, just wow!! This is pure discipline and hard work!!! He is one of a kind

[@hboardz133]

it's 2024 and I'm back again. still one of the craziest run sessions I've seen.

[@LeicaPunk]

I wanted to collect some running motivation for this cold sunday morning and thought "yay gustav iden, amazing runner"... ffs! he is a machine... my motivation got faceslapped seeing him running uphill that long time -.-

[@seansummers1285]

Great video! Love the insight and honesty!

[@juliaflorida]

Now he's the IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPION!!!

[@chrisfofferolkvist7828]

Fascinating Keep these coming 👍🙌

[@kentrichardson6916]

Love the vide super cool , they way you work at it 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@ip2925]

“And tomorrow we go to the hairdresser” - I’ve been waiting for this phrase for the whole video!

[@mikaliden9967]

😂

[@frederikfogt7649]

loving your vids, keep em coming!

[@krilin84]

Thanks for making this! Really inspiring and interesting! I’d love to see Gustav win St George 👍💪🙌

[@clintellis1102]

I like all the top contenders but you have to say Gustav is going to be very tough to beat of all the favourites I will be very surprised if he doesn't get the W

[@chanzhao3379]

@@clintellis1102 it's a 7+ hours event. anything could happen before someone takes the banner. otherwise, IM would have just browsed their strava and handed out the trophy.

[@ABumann]

My goodness, how many pairs of shoes do you go through in a year? Bravo doing so well at altitude, I used to live at 3000m and it was brutal. Cycling wasn’t too bad, but running and swimming were very difficult. Also a huge congratulations on your Kona win, I got done with my volunteer shift just in time to see you come down Palani. So nice to see a Norwegian on the top!

[@dreamingontwowheels9572]

He gets free shoes from the brands

[@MrSuihke]

​@@dreamingontwowheels9572 That wasnt the question. Who cares if they are free. I would also would like to know how many pairs in a year

[@runbikerun8189]

When Lionel sees this I am sure he'll start doing Mount Lemmon repeats while wearing a weight vest with no hydration or nutrition.

[@izzyplace1334]

Love you Gustav will be cheering for you in Paris xx

[@ianhobbs6326]

It’s a good feeling to feel fatigued because you’re pushing hard, it’s another thing to just feel tired…. Truth

[@anish4437]

I did not skip a fuckin sec of this vid . Pure raw hard training..loved it

[@bargen44]

A truly dedicated top athlete to the sport. You have to love training in order to achieve all this goals and races developing a marginal gain methodically day after day.

[@nikmalinin8786]

Fantastic video, thank you!🎉

[@finnwilliams3945]

Fantastic video Mikal!!!

[@jayfullam8973]

This was awesome, more of these!

[@iznasni]

Nice vid, keep it coming & stay 100% natural & spontaneous… That’s the way we like it!

[@alant779]

Thank for sharing! This is really inspiring.

[@jamie1174]

Great video! Shows you both put the work in

[@MrEnlakesh]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing with your experience

[@verespavol]

uuuh!! hats off!! this ist how the champions are made

[@hakonksnes8686]

Favoritt yt video ever!

[@ip2925]

I was waiting for him to announce a new haircut for the whole video!

[@FEDDELEGRAND2391]

Estás en Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, España. Deberías de haber empezado por decir donde entrenas. E país más maravilloso que hay. VIVA ANDALUCIA.

[@Ingrid-fk7sp]

Wow! Blir inspirert og imponert over hans dedikasjon :D

[@KTSavov]

Thanks for the insights! As always an inspiration!!! 👍💪😁

[@wyku_sk]

2 questions: 1) How did you get down from the mountain? 😀 2) Had the run been done on the treadmill as originally planned, what incline would you have used?

[@sergiogomes8035]

I think by car

[@pal_lokomotivet2679]

they drove car down in the video :-)

[@mikaliden9967]

Depends on the treadmill. normal 0,5-1,5%

[@wyku_sk]

@@mikaliden9967 so you wouldn't have prescribed a long "uphill" treadmill run similar to what was done outside?

[@anetajaszkowska495]

great job, thx for information and inspiration

[@douglaswashburn4503]

This video was great. More please!

[@BradForrest]

Really appreciate the pro tip on above and below threshold indicators, without the need for lactate testing.

[@clich126]

Superman in training. Great vid

[@waltertakano6706]

Bravo Gustav & Mikal !!! Very natural video, the best wishes to Saint George!!! WorkHardPaysOff !!!!

[@Lionheart1984]

This guy have changed the new era of ironman.

[@chelledcrespo9245]

The resilience is insane, props!

[@hahahabit3242]

Man's ran into a whole other climate 😂

[@cliffdrusinsky4341]

Thank you this was great. Your a animal. Good luck Really fun video thank you Mikal

[@silviojoseperedacortes7029]

WoW Gustav Stunning record in Kona to remind forever ✌️✌️😀😀

[@Underdog_Triathlete]

Man, dude is living the absolute dream. What I wouldn’t give to just not worry about a job, focus on training all day, and watch the gains build up over time. I guess you can earn that lifestyle when you’re one of the (if not *the*) best in the world!

[@mikaliden9967]

Gustav did not have any sponors going in to 2019 and winning 70.3 Word champs! He had good support from family and national team but stil he did not have any income. He truly believed in himself and the work he put down. And thinking that at one point sponsors would pay attention because of his results! and they did. No he is working just as hard but with more security and more belief ! Becoming a word class best is dam hard work !

[@miguelonpastor-peris3081]

“Life is good in Spain” Gracias!

[@xyphenius9942]

Thanks for making this video. It was very earnest and heartwarming which was a refreshing lens on endurance sport training 😊

[@philippebajeux4130]

This rythm is simply incredible I wonder how he can run so fast when climbing and keep the speed. My pleasure ))

[@camusminor]

Awesome stuff guys. What Asics runners is Gustav wearing on the hill run? thanks again. All the best

[@jilliancarlson5605]

This was hilarious and impressive and just awesome. Keep it up guys! I like chicken and pasta, but wow to eat the same thing every day for two meals and that many weeks 😳. Kudos 🔥

[@ryantreadway4142]

That's what eating healthy takes for an athlete. The same meals multiple times a week. For me it's beans and rice 4-5 days a week. Carbs/ protein

[@AwesomeLifeguard]

@@ryantreadway4142 now now, don't mix eating healthy with simply "eating the same thing every day". I'd off myself, like most people would, if I had to eat the same mundane thing every single day, but of course that's what differs the pros and their will power vs us peasants. There's more to eating properly than just that though. Beans and rice also barely have the amount of protien if you're aiming for a 70% protein kg of your body weight, at least if you're in lifting/gym scene.... But everyone has their own goals and different bodys :) Cheers.

[@vozzen]

That hill training is some serious bacon. Looks like Gustav is in good shape, and you too Mikal, since you were able to keep up with him 😅. Make sure you come down from altitude soon, seems risky to stay up there for much longer.

[@mikaliden9967]

High risk, high reward ;)

[@Amatteus]

Since i child they told me you have to walk in the left sie dof the road so you see the cars coming and is much less dangerous..than being in the rigth side .

[@johnnybravo6829]

Great video!

[@karvn1148]

Gustav: Runs 2 hours uphill, bikes for 90mins and swims 5km Also Gustav: “it takes 5 minutes to walk through the hall way!😩”

[@nidatolibao4610]

WOW NICE 👍 THANKS FOR SHARING WATCHING SENDING SUPPORT YOUR VIDEO BE SAFE ALWAYS GODBLESS ❤️❤️❤️

[@jeandupont8145]

@mikal iden awesome video ! Can i ask you if Gustav takes any suplemment like probiotic, omega3, vitaminD, creatine ? Or its just caffeine and carbs ? :p

[@RhinoJoeOutdoors]

The KZbin algorithm just delivered this to me after his win in Kona.

[@gratedcheese123]

He seems like a cool guy to hang out with. But also... what a machine

[@tarmaccio]

He's doing 7 hours of training a day? When i'm doing 7 hours a week besides work and private life it's already crazy to me. Wowzers!

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

He deserved to win Ironman World Championship this year.

[@bikerunner-ry1ju]

Gustav is my Hero 🎉

[@radrunning8535]

Very good content! Congrats bro

[@AndreasJarneman]

Very nice video!

[@jankubler139]

His mind game is so strong because Nr.1 he know his potential and he is 100 % sure Nr.2 Execution and dont overthink

[@miriamha970]

I think younger athletes can push the limits with the right coaching, nutrition and equipment. It’s being proven.

[@fadhilarib]

Can anyone help me? What shoes is she wearing? Please🙏

[@Jonny50ist]

This is a great video! Anyone know what watch he wears?

[@TheGggnome]

Incredible the respect from the traffic...here in Australia your ears would be bleeding from abuse!!!

[@Ajumi-]

What a legend.