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I would say everybody’s different. A single limit cannot apply. The common approach with running is start short and slow and increase by 10% distance per week to avoid injuries. Slowly increase and maybe drop back 10% every fourth week for recovery and ratchet your way up to higher mileage but if you have any pains or issues back off.
Turning 60 in less than a month. I ride a bike mountain and or road 2-3x a week, lift weights 2-3x a week and play golf 2-3 x a week, stretch, core work are all important. Finished a 8 race mtb series and doing a 50 miler in September. Yup won’t stop! I’m still weigh about what I did at age 25.
The part I'm having trouble understanding is this: is my cadence always 180 despite my intended pace? How do I keep the same cadence with different paces?
@IronmanHacks I can do race simulation training runs at 6:15 mile pace for 3 miles, but I'm closer to 160 with some overstriding and heel striking. I'm trying to adjust my technique to avoid injuries as I age. I can do 180 at that pace, but I don't see how I could do it at slower paces.
That’s fine I think. I’m exactly the same. When I do 180 I’m very close to my marathon race pace. This is how I would like it to be. As opposed to not being able to do 180 at race pace. This means in the majority of my runs, which are zone two slow runs. I am only going up to around 170. And I think that’s OK. Sounds like that’s probably the same for you.
I'm pretty sure every carb / sugar brand would have to say that, probably for regulatory reasons. But if you're an endurance athlete burning hundreds of calories per hour, that's meaningless. If you had to restrict it to 3 servings a day the product would be pretty much useless.
Hi I used them today for the first time. On the way out it worked great [30°] on the way back calibration was off... should have been 0° and it set me at 30°. Here is my major objection... is there a way to eliminate or at least adjust the "sight for safety" popup? VERY annoying Thanks Stephen Ps. Ive got a tri this weekend -- Don't do anything new on race day!!!!! I've made that mistake a time or two😂
I don’t think there’s a way to turn that off except to actually sight. It is kind of annoying, but it is also how we should be swimming so I think it’s OK.
I think of it like this. When I was younger my 'engine' was like a 3ltr car nowadays my engine is like a Fiat Panda. I still go, just a bit slower than before. This interview should be seen by more people over 50. I summited Kilimanjaro in 4 days in 2022, nothing special about that except I was 70 when I did it. The only thing I would add to this great advice, be active but also get outside of your comfort zone in the process!!
I’m 62 years old I was 5k 10k 1/2 marathon and marathon running for 35 years and after the pandemic I the vaccine I have minor cardiac I was in my regular training of the week ( no historical data in the family never been sick in my life???) but this was 16 months ago I came back to training again and doing low carb for losing weight I’m have two months in training now and I feel much healthier than before my is to be able to run again the New York marathon last time I runs I was in good shape and I fish in 2:42 :03 in 1997 and my last 1/2 marathon in Fairfield Connecticut 1:23:15 now I just running 20 miles per week and I will be in this for more two months before I start increasing mileage on my program I never stopped running also I I’m doing traditional archery 🏹 training and hunting with the bow , ( use peace maker for my hard conditioning) fitness training Two times per week this is my history 😢
We are a minority if you fit after 50. Im in my fifties and fitter than most 20-30 year olds. Training takes effort and im sorry to say too many people dont like to put the effort in. Lazy society. But hey they make me stand out so what i say to my coworkers at work who make fun of me because im fit. " Just keep watching Netflix and laying on the couch - but the only way to be truly comfortable is to make yourself uncomfortable a few times a week".
@@IronmanHacks I got them and they are amazing. I've had a lot of coaches but none have been able to give me such amazing real-time feedback on swim position, speed, set consistency, etc. I don't have to look at the swim clock and do math anymore. Best part ever!
Great thanks for the video and the info. Especially the explanation of the calibration process. I’m interested in these goggles. I have a compass on my Polar grit X watch, which it uses to give you turn by turn instructions. Polar also makes you calibrate and then you have to a ‘wrist dance’ instead of head dance. Sometimes also mid long run or race. That can be annoying; especially if you’re in difficult circumstances like a downhill. I’m currently training for a long SwimRun, where you have to swim, run, swim, run, swim, run etc for total of 10 swims and 11 runs. Do you think the form goggle will also make you recalibrate mid race when you enter a new swim!? But you don’t stop it like you described in your explanation (“I tested, and stopped it mid swim…”). Just let the google keep going during runs (glasses are on my forehead then anyway, so I won’t see any metrics/messages). Because that would kind of rule out the use of Form goggles for SwimRun events.
You wouldn’t have to recalibrate them if you didn’t stop them. I think you could just pause and do the run, and then when you start swimming, resume them without having to recalibrate. I think. But then your 11 swims would become combined into one session if you’re OK with that.
Hear is my question its my balance on the bike its not good i have had two minor falls lately can you give me some advice please on improving balance .sorry im 89 years.
Hi I’m 70 y/o I have Osteoarthritis, brain fog and extreme fatigue especially in low barometric pressure Regardless, I cycle 3 to 5 x/w and 2 out of 5 time will be at 85+%. I broke my personal record at 404 km solo, self sufficient and no drafting in 22 hrs 25 min. I do weight training 2 x/w and stretching daily up to 2 hrs. I’m an avid skier with 50x/year. I have day off for recovery.
How does this relate to training. Say I have a 2-3 hour ride on a Saturday, should I be consuming the same amount of gels? Also, I consume a mix of sodium potassium and magnesium. Should the electrolyte combo also apply to training?
In training, it’s a lot less critical because presumably you’re not doing the full distance of a half Ironman or Ironman then. However, training is where you need to refine it and test it. Fail early in training not in your race. If you’re only doing two or three hours, you won’t need so much because you’re not doing a run afterwards. In fact, I don’t take anything for two hour ride usually. That’s just me, but I believe you have enough glycogen and sugar in your blood and liver to last you that long. The electrolyte combo should also apply to training because you need to stress test these to make sure you are comfortable with them both psychologically and physically. You will need some really long training days where you do long rides and long runs after and you fully test / simulate your race plan. Check out the calculator, videos and other content on this page: ironmanhacks.com/nutrition-calculator/
Good job on the race! I use the same Carb-electrolyte mix by Precision Hydration and normally you can just mix it in the bottle directly. The trick is keeping the packet airtight so that the powder remains fine and not clumpy. I normally put it in a tupperware/container to keep the moisture out.
Putting it in a Tupperware container is a good idea, especially since one of the bags of precision hydration that I opened recently had its Ziploc closure completely disintegrate on me. Thanks
At 70 years of age, handcuffed and shackled at the ankles, Francois Henri Lalanne (aka Jack Lalanne) towed 70 rowboats, with one person in each boat for 1.5 miles in Long Beach Harbor. "Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together, and you've got a KINGDOM." ~ Jack Lalanne
I will try this the next time I'll go swimming. Just used the Forerunner 55 today for my first swim with the watch and it said I did 2000 meters instead of 1000 meters. I just do breaststroke, but because it was so busy in the pool, I had to keep avoiding other swimmers. I manually edited my lap settings in garmin connect, but when I tried to upload that to strava, it still said I had done 40 laps instead of 20. So hopefully the drill log setting will fix this. Could i also just swim 20 laps in one go and make the drill be 1000 meters?
Wowwowwowwow Thanks for the video 1. I am not the best at sighting!!! 2. OW i get into a rhythm and get lost in the euphoria of the swim. And go off course. 3. I lake swim so i can adjust periodically without penalty Questions: 1. I use TYR special ops for comfort but they fog. How are the FORM for comfort and fog 2. At the buoy [or turnaround for me] how long does it take to recalibrate? Again Thanks for video Ps i have fr 955 and what i like is the vibration alert every 100. Does the data in form alter your swim strategy?
I have never had any problems with fogging. You do not have to recalibrate when you change your bearing. It’s a real time compass so you just observe the heading that you need to take and you go. So no pauses ever needed. You can still use the distance alerts on your watch, but you don’t really need them because you will see your distance in meters ticking off in real time in the goggles. Total game changer
I'm curious to know whether veins and arteries are slowly getting clogged as we age and how to determine that without an angiogram or other invasive, expensive procedure.
My pair arrived yesterday, hopefully trying them this weekend :) Main reason is that my sighting was poor at Barcelona last year, I swam at least 500m over the official distance. Only issue I see is that there was quite a strong left-right current last year, so I'll have to take that into consideration and swim a few degrees off the compass bearing...it will be just like sailing :)
It took a few tries to get mine to calibrate bit once I got the timing down I get the calibration on the first try. You do look kind of silly at swim start though doing this strange looking "dance". I used them at St Anthony's this past weekend and have to say it was such an advantage that they should be illegal.
Hi Andrew, great video! Devil's advocate here; what is the added value of this product compared to just using a bag of sugar to get your carbs? Considering that it is 40-50x cheaper than this stuff.
You mean you don’t like paying for the marketing? Kidding. Short answer is there is little added value. Sugar and water on their own will definitely induce flavor fatigue much earlier, but your point still stands. I’m doing a review of about 10 to 12 of these fuels and the last one is water, sugar and salt, so I will have a better analysis then. Will let you know.
I’ve done intensive exercise for many decades, I’m now 66 and do about 50min of kettle bells with little rest. It makes me feel alive and well. Great for mental health ✅ Starting in 2019 thru 2021 I had 3 ablations for afib and flutter… I have had afib since I was 21 and was a competitive runner ave 70-100 mi weeks. Now my heart surgeon has said I can go back to hard training and my heart is doing great. I also have been doing lots of deep body weight squats and kettle bell swings. I’m feeling as strong as I did when I was 30 😎keep on keeping on ✊
The PTO series points system is a joke and needs to be revamped. Explain how a 1st and a 4th should have more points then two 2nds? 2.5 average position compared to 2 average position. Every second matters is the future of triathlon series racing.