@DSS123 You should go old school at your next event and race on the Dave Russell in that same kit, including the speedos
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Simon Ward
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Simon Ward
@TriathlonCoach
Helping multi-sport athletes to find a healthy, sustainable approach to training for performance and longevity - #LiveLifeLonger
Leeds, England Katılım Aralık 2008
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Something like 30 years apart?? How the sport (and the tech!) has changed!
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@HMRCcustomers Hello, I have a self assessment payment arrangement with a confirmation letter from Jan 2024. Each of the monthly payments to date have been paid on time. Today I received a letter stating that you are passing my case to a debt collection agency. I'm confused!
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@resolvercouk is there a problem with your website? I'm trying to login to register a complaint but the message says website unavailable.
Thanks
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@BBCRadio2 I loved his characters - Mr Angry, Sid the manager, Damien the Social worker as well as Mick & Keef.
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We’re incredibly saddened to announce that our friend and colleague Steve Wright MBE has passed away.
We’ll miss you greatly Steve. 🧡
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Here's the deal...
I'm doing a big pivot.
For over 26 years, I've hidden away too much of my best stuff.
Sure, I give you gold with daily(ish) emails - but once they're published, they gone. Thousands of 'em.
I've also dabbled with video throughout the decades. Lots of starts and stops.
It's hard to deliver good video when you're purposely holding back.
The idea of giving "useful but incomplete" always felt like a bait and switch.
Why incomplete?
That's weak and yet, it was the fountain I was drinking from.
So I found myself keeping most of the good stuff to myself (or only available in premium courses).
The model has been 5/95.
Give away 5% good stuff, but they gotta pay for the 95% awesomeness.
And over the past 18 months, I've been living that motto by creating and selling premium courses at record pace (around 1 per month!).
They are good.
No, they're amazing and it's generated significant income.
But what if you flip that model on its head?
95/5... you give away 95% and a small percentage will pay for that final 5% (access, implementation, and community).
Will it work? I think so, but you never know until you step up to the table and roll the dice.
So I'm taking a big gamble.
I'm putting a million bucks on the table (what my current personal brand is doing) and seeing where the chips fall.
My bet is more impact - which will bring more results for my subscribers (and yes, eventually more income for me too).
Plus, with more impact comes sponsorships (I haven't even launched the new site yet and already have my paid advertiser waiting.. a software company!).
Win/win/win.
As I've always said, you gotta step up to the plate, get out of your comfort zone and take some big swings.
Everything should be ready in a couple of days - and hang tight because you don't want to miss the first 24 hours.
Uggg.. I'm such a tease 😎.
Let's Play,
Ryan
P.S. If you're excited to see the next phase, can you please drop a YES below?
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Some great insights from @StephenSeiler on simplifying the approach to endurance training
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Stephen Seiler@StephenSeiler
1. Use both external load (power/pace), and internal measures (HR, RPE) to capture changes in the internal cost relative to external load over time. 2) Use the simplest set of metrics that give you maximal decision making power. Too many metrics to look at can result in you flying into a mountain, or running yourself into a wall of stagnation.
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As a start to 2024, 30 years of thinking about and studying endurance training distilled down to 12 lines:
1. Start with universal good practices, then sport specifics, then individual optimization.
2. Training is an optimization challenge, not a maximization challenge.
3. Focus on the big things first, not marginal gains. Think Maslow’s Hierarchy. That solves many problems.
4. A consistent and sustainable training process eats epic interval workouts for breakfast.
5. Simple metrics like program compliance tell us a lot. Keep the monitoring simple.
6. Good scientists, coaches, and athletes all share curiosity, deliberateness, and intelligent failures.
7. Triangulation and “Heads Up Displays” help pilots and athletes alike stay on target.
8. Detailed periodization models are generally overrated and under-validated.
9. Rest days are highly UNDERRATED.
10. Physiology is COMPLEX but training prescriptions should NOT be.
11. Think fewer Intensity zones, not more.
12. If the training PROCESS balances deliberate efforts, deserved recovery, & daily smiles, the results will follow.
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Have you read Unbreakable Runner or PowerSpeedEndurance by @brianmackenzie? Brian is a guest on my podcast this week. If you have any questions for him, please post them below ⬇
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In 2018, Dan Plews set the fastest age-group time ever in the Ironman World Championship of 8:24:36.
A fortnight ago, Lucy Charles-Barclay set a new women's course record in Hawaii of 8:24:31.
(I draw 0 conclusions from this, but thought it kinda interesting how close they are)
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@TheStroBro @nbrowne80 @Timheming I think you'll find that @theplews1 puts a lot of time in at work and at home with his family
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Should Triathletes do strength training?
I think so and in this video I'll share 4 key reasons why I think it should be a regular part of your weekly schedule.
Please take a few minutes to watch and feel free to let me know your thoughts.youtu.be/_-dm9k3nlOU?si… via @YouTube
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@SophieSmith86 @velonews Last evidence I saw showed no benefit in performance following ice bath
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