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Q&A #26 - Swim training on two swims per week, what to do when heart rates spikes as soon as you start jogging, the danger of potluck training and the myth of base and build  

• How should you structure your swim training on two swims per week?
• What should you do when you cannot run at a low-intensity heart rate, since it spikes as soon as you start jogging?
• Why you need to avoid potluck training (or combining incompatible training philosophies) 
• Is the concept of "Base" and "Build" training a myth?

  LINKS AND RESOURCES:  

• That Triathlon Show website 
• Coaching
• Training Plans
• Swim training structure the Swim Smooth way with Paul Newsome (part 1) | EP#132
• Swim training structure the Swim Smooth way with Paul Newsome (part 2) | EP#133
• Q&A #12 - Heart rate or power zones, and incorporating additional races into a training plan
• To lab test or not to lab test with Alan Couzens | EP#79

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