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Training

The Importance of Using Lactate to Determine Exercise Intensity

Using lactate to prescribe exercise intensity can be a valuable tool for endurance athletes to regulate the intensity of their training sessions, particularly during long sessions.

By Daniel Plews • 7 min read

Training

Maximising Athlete Durability: A Key Factor in Ironman Success

Understanding and managing durability, or the decline in the first threshold of moderate-to-heavy intensity during prolonged exercise, is an important factor in successful Ironman training.

By Daniel Plews • 6 min read

Training

Maintaining Fitness During the Offseason: Tips for Enjoying Downtime

The off-season is a period of rest and recovery after a major event or the end of the racing season, during which athletes can mentally and physically freshen up while minimising loss of training adaptations.

By Daniel Plews • 6 min read

News & Racing

Chelsea Sodaro Wins The Ironman World Championships

A deep-dive into what helped Chelsea win the 2022 Ironman World Championship from Coach Dr Dan Plews.

By Daniel Plews • 3 min read

Training

The maximum metabolic steady-state: Definition, measurement, and application

Definition, measurement and application of the second physiological threshold or the maximum metabolic steady-state (MMSS).

By Daniel Plews • 10 min read

Training

Eating Before your Workout – Carbohydrate vs Protein vs Fasted

What's the best time and what to eat before a workout to maximise your session.

By Daniel Plews • 4 min read

Training

Training intensity distributions: From Polarized to Pyramidal models, specificity is key in Long Distance Triathlon

In the Ironman community, there is a lot of talk about training intensity distribution. In this blog, I am going to cover some of the basics around training intensity distribution, which is one of the key concepts you need to navigate in building up to your race. What is training intensity distribut

By Daniel Plews • 6 min read

Training

The first aerobic threshold: Understanding and practically determining yours for endurance training

As endurance athletes, we spend a lot of time talking about our ‘thresholds’; “what’s your FTP?” is as ubiquitous in endurance circles as “what’s your bench?” is in strength sport. FTP – or functional threshold power.

By Daniel Plews • 7 min read

Training

Recovery from a Zwift race: A physiological perspective

We, as endurance athletes in the world of the COVID-19, indoor-training dominated world, are perhaps more than ever having to make day-to-day decisions on how and when we should train, and how and when we should race. Many of us have had our A and B races canceled this year, or have had to shif

By Daniel Plews • 9 min read

Exogenous ketones: Something to add to your recovery drink?

Exploring the potential of exogenous ketone supplementation for enhanced recovery and performance in endurance training.

By Daniel Plews • 8 min read

Training

Why low intensity training needs to be of low intensity

If any of you have listened to Dan’s chat with Triathlon Taren on his podcast recently, you would have heard him talk about the importance of getting your zone 2 intensity right and ensuring that level 2 endurance training is at the correct physiological stress, i.e. below the first ventilatory (or

By Daniel Plews • 5 min read

News & Racing

My Training Numbers to 8:24 at the 2018 Ironman World Championship

A detailed account of my Ironman World Championships 2018 winning performance, highlighting the effective strategies, high consistency, and intense training volume behind a new age-group course record.

By Daniel Plews • 6 min read

Kona Gems – Recap from Age Group Ironman World Champion Dan Plews

Since Kona, it’s been all R and R, and it’s been just amazing and much needed. It’s been an incredible few weeks and crossing that finish line on October 13th felt like standing on the moon. I’m keen to share some thoughts, data and experiences on my #roadtokona, and it’s been nice to have the [&hel

By Daniel Plews • 3 min read

News & Racing

From Ironman New Zealand to The Big Dance in Kona

The 3rd March 2018 was a big weekend and a very good one. It marked the 2018 Ironman New Zealand and a race I have had at the forefront of my mind for some time. Traditionally I have always competed in an Ironman race every second year, but this was the first time I had […]

By Daniel Plews • 6 min read

Training

Polarised to Pyramidal Training Intensity Distribution: The Principle of Specificity is Key

Exploring the optimal training intensity distribution for Ironman triathletes comparing the benefits of polarised training to the emerging pyramidal model.

By Daniel Plews • 7 min read

Training

Can Fit Athletes Really be Unhealthy? No Pain, No Gain

While fitness measures an individual's ability to perform a specific task, health denotes overall well-being; many athletes may be fit, but not necessarily healthy due to modern training and dietary habits.

By Daniel Plews • 5 min read

Training

Fat Could Make you Faster, Science Says

New research challenges the long-held belief that carbohydrates are the sole fuel for high-intensity workouts, revealing that well-trained athletes burn fat three times more than their less-trained counterparts.

By Daniel Plews • 9 min read

Jan Van Berkel: The Fat Adapted Healthy Athlete

After transitioning to a low-carb, high-fat diet, professional Ironman athlete Jan Van Berkel not only recorded a personal best in the South African Ironman.

By Daniel Plews • 7 min read