I Asked Pro Triathletes How They Train

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:31 What is your weekly training volume?
01:30 Do you take full recovery days?
02:13 Do you stretch?
03:13 Do you do crosstraining?
03:19 Do you do strength training?
03:52 Do you have a coach?
04:15 What's your bike, shoes & wetsuit?
05:08 Do you follow a diet?
06:02 Do you count macros?
06:39 What are your PRs?
07:53 What's your biggest mistake?
09:08 What's the worst thing that has happened to you during a triathlon?

[@TheUnlazyWay]

if you're wondering why I look like The Hunchback of Notre Dame in some shots, it's because the wide lens distorts me quite a bit and I'm hunching to keep the tablet in my hand🤠 but yea, should probably work on my posture regardless😂

[@kperttul]

Great video! Next time, if you can, please keep the persons information on the screen as long as they are interviewed. So cool to learn all these things. 👍

[@jkoperski9925]

Joanne, it makes the interview hilarious. 🤣 Thanks for the great interview and personality!

[@SummitForWellness]

I never even noticed until you said something, now I can't stop seeing it 😂

[@marc_aussie]

Lol, was wondering about that

[@matriaxpunk]

30 hours a week, that's definitely a lot of weeks

[@23236638]

I love how little stretching they do

[@jefejeffwell1113]

Absolutely love your channel, my guy.

[@rodrigocosta7374]

Man, I love this channel!

[@mb-watches]

Love the insights, could watch this for HOURS. Thanks mate and keep it up, it’s pure fun and as well inspiring.

[@SuhWasTaken]

You inspired me to start running! Love From Australia

[@darianbroadhead2863]

Tim is the man. His demeanor is awesome.

[@timeonfeet]

Pretty staggering some of the training these guys do. I'd be really intrigued to see how my body could cope with that amount of training, not that I think I'd be anywhere near these guys but it would be interesting to see how much you could develop when treating your training like a full time job.

[@itsdivertido9020]

This video is awesome as always keep it up Jonnie

[@MicahSue]

Great series!

[@Fr0gSplashh]

This msut have been a great week. You deserve this opportunity. You've been making great videos for a long time. Keep going.

[@leocheck69]

Interesting insights ... thank you for that

[@MrTraveller.]

I really like this guys style of video

[@seanvonlost]

It's wild that nobody in this entire series really stretches????!!! Is there some secret I don't know? I stretch morning and night during training or else my body feels wrecked.

[@diegovinicius4186]

Great video, i would love to see one of those focused on cycling

[@diegovinicius4186]

6:30 nice touch with Atlethic Green xD

[@dididubalier2196]

9:16 be careful with your back posture, Jonas!!!!!

[@IluzjonistaAlkadiass]

Love from Poland! ❤

[@OttiIie]

FIRST!!! still working on my camera angles sorry ur very distracting

[@israelbuenfilsolis6081]

6:46 Jonne looking great ♡

[@t.e.r.sven2.0vs.daskaltest59]

9:07 Notre Dame is open again ... ;-P ? Anyhow thanks for the insights again !

[@saurabh199530]

Omgggg Ot ❤️❤️❤️ Soooo cute

[@mikeedmunds7616]

Praise HOKA! Anyways I was more surprised that the athletes weren’t more strict on placing emphasis on having the best diet possible. It has been my personal experience that eating poor/cheap/fake foods makes me feel more sore and unmotivated to preform my absolute best when it comes to physical activities. Excellent interviews and informative. Thank you good chap!

[@randallg219]

It sounds accurate. I doubt they eat “bad” by any means, but they can get away with more from the crazy number of calories they burn. I feel that way to a lesser degree when I’m training for marathons.

[@MrElectricSkittles]

They're running 35 minute 10ks after swimming and biking.. their 'shit food' is probably non comparable to the average person's diet

[@tomhomer9924]

I am sure all their food is good whole foods not frozen chicken strips like much of the public. These are pro triathlons of course their diet is very good they don’t need to count exactly the calories.

[@nicholasmasi9699]

7:32 - last year I'd have no context for a statement like that, now i'm floored by statements like that one hahaa!

[@Lilly18728]

There was Hoka advertisement during Hoka advertisement 😂

[@sebastianaustein6522]

Wow you were able to interview Tim. He is such a genuinely nice and sympathetic guy. Where can i get the blue-orange T-shirts by the way? They look amazing.

[@garrettporter4705]

Lol I was in Kona at the exact same time this video was made and stayed at the same hotel this video was made at. I'm surprised I didn't see you guys filming.

[@ezeddie9747]

Thanks for doing this. I love the jersey the athletes are wearing. Are they available?

[@thefeedback1478]

Remember people static stretching before training causes a drop in performance. Also, stretching doesn't improve life expectancy, nor does it have a major quality of life improvement. Dynamic stretching and mobility training is where the money is at. Your normal range of motion is flexibility, anything past that is extensibility and not needed for most. Obviously as a therapy for injury, stiffness, etc. it helps, but static stretch training isn't a must.

[@darkwanderer1504]

awesome!

[@SnailJizz]

Joe just eats loads of chicken going off his podcast 😂

[@k3kb394]

9:17 the posture

[@richardstuart2591]

I would love to see what your thoughts are on minimal shoes/barefoot running. I'm 16 and have been doing it (inconsistently) for 2 years. Right now I run 10 miles ever sunday and try to squeeze in a few 3-5 mile runs on the week days. Love the channel. Keep it up!

[@zeekf.3839]

Works good but you need a Zero drop shoe with some cushion (like escalate, not sure if good now old models were) for longer miles though.

[@sandgenius]

Jonne, you probably know this already, but keep an eye on your posture, man. If you stand like that in general, hunching your back, you will start having some back pain. I am going through the same thing right now and it made me have a look at the people around me - you would be surprised how many people do not have a nice neutral posture. Amazing video as always! Cheers! 🥳🥳

[@josk249]

How do you know he doesnt have a different issue with his back that isint from incorrect posture?

[@sandgenius]

@@josk249 I am not implying he has an issue at all. Only he can know that. All I am trying to say is that he should keep an eye on his posture in his day-to-day and maybe do something about it before it turns into a problem.

[@josk249]

@@sandgenius i am saying he might and there's nothing he can do about it

[@LordHema]

To the question about stretching, I expected all of them to be like "yeah, of course". I'm honestly stunned by how many responded no. Could it be that they actually do but never as a standalone session?

[@SummitForWellness]

In clinic, at least in my experience I can confirm that a high percentage don't stretch or do very minimal stretching, which eventually leads to them breaking down. If more spent just a little time stretching their bodies would function so much better!

[@LordHema]

@@SummitForWellness Interesting, thanks for your input. Are you a physio/osteopath?

[@ed7132]

It’s due to the physiology of recovery and the frequency and duration/volume of their training. Muscle react very differently to endurance exercise compared to strength training or power training (weightlifting or agility based sports etc). The most obvious example of this can be experienced first hand. Say you have not lifted weights for a few months, then you have a weightlifting session, the next day and the days afterwards you will feel significant tightness in the muscles you worked out. Now compare this to going for a long distance run or a swim after a significant break. You may feel some tightness the next day, but it is significantly less than the tightness after the weights training. Like I said this has to do with the recovery of your muscles and the extent of muscle breakdown/rebuilding that occurs during a weight sessions vs. endurance training. After endurance training, your muscles are not as shortened/tight compared to endurance training. As a result, the cumulative and ongoing recovery of endurance athletes is such that often they can get away with doing minimal stretching/mobility work compared to their strength-based counterparts.

[@imadeyoureadthis1]

Interesting video.

[@a2n-]

Do you mind to do a video w/ the same question but about your training ? :)

[@velaxibaldy932]

30 hours per week? Best I can do is 7 hour haha. No wonder those people are elite.

[@XX-is7ps]

These are pros so this is their job. Its actually not that many hours if you consider the average work week is say 40 hours. Don't forget a lot of those 30 hours might also be very low intensity "volume" work in zone 2 for example.

[@angelag5708]

💪

[@TheGnusti]

mä asun englannissa 3 opiskelijan kanssa ja ne kaikki on triatlonisteja. Ne herää aamulla viideltä uimaan ja sit 11 aikaan lähtee pyörälenkille (joskus jopa 100km) sitten illalla on vielä lenkki (tai kuntosali). Ei hitto ne on hulluja XD ja ne viel opiskelee samalla eikä niillä oo mitään vuoden lisäaikaa vaan täytyy valmistua samassa ajassa kun muutkin. Sit ite ei saa ees tehtyä puolen tunnin treeniä päivässä XD.

[@matthewmaki]

Are you from Finland?

[@vertebraeic]

Are you planning on getting a coach yourself, Jonne?

[@anfibocris]

Are you training like an ironman pro for a month then do an ironman?

[@godclimbers]

Pog

[@roberthewitt2155]

Guy Without a coach wishes he had a mentor. Lol

[@BooBoxi]

[@lulka117]

Rocket X2???

[@thisisnotmyrealname5658]

My dude your posture in this video was pretty rounded! No hate though! ❤

[@jahweh]

The amount of vains in this vid is too damn high!! Meme necro time. Ps, youre a good interviewer bro!

[@radarash]

how the guy who doesnt have a coach, wishes he had a coach !

[@jzt7887]

It so interesting that in triathlon everyone is running in Hoka, but in marathon almost no one is using Hoka.

[@Charles-wz9sd]

Hokas is a big sponsor of triathlons but most top athletes are not on Hokas.

[@marc_aussie]

Are they a softer shoe so help lessen the impact for longer endurance athletes (vs more speed focused for marathon like Nike)?

[@tristanguillemette6777]

Love this series! But your upload times are weird. Wonder how that affects the videos success

[@karenmatzke]

Time zones... We're all in different ones.

[@tristanguillemette6777]

@@karenmatzke unless you're living in Japan he posted at 3am Sweden time and 10pm NY time

[@dididubalier2196]

@@tristanguillemette6777 he is in Hawaii right now. That may explain

[@DublinDapper]

No days off is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

[@timb2014]

Elite athletes even have heart attacks?

[@25inspector]

It happens more often than you think. Being an elite athlete does not make you immune to heart disease.

[@JanM2]

If they have underlying conditions, then yes. Heart attacks caused by typical factors like diet rather not.

[@cuzzo5143]

Double first 😅 (11)

[@tomaspenas9812]

1:18 He said 2 days of running and 1 day of swimming. Yet you wrote 5xRun and 6×Swim What?

[@blainj2]

"2 days off and 1 day off" id say

[@TheUnlazyWay]

yeeeep, Mathias was telling me how many days "off" he takes from swimming, cycling and running

[@bigbuggie5]

How fun to get paid to train all day.

[@wilsongipson1086]

Lifting in no way "boosts" testosterone levels in older age