Podcast Episode Details
Back to Podcast Episodes
Triathlon Base Training Series 3 - Cycling
Do you want to level up your cycling this off-season? Then this episode is a must-listen, with detailed and practical guidance for your bike training during the base training phase, presented by Scientific Triathlon coaches Mikael Eriksson and Jack Hutchens.
HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:
- Key training principles for cycling in the off-season
- What types of workouts do we recommend for this time of year?
- How important is training volume on the bike?
- Riding on different types of bikes, and riding indoors vs. outdoors
- Bike fitting, aero testing, and position optimisation
- Listener questions
- ...and Jack's "Surprise Segment": goal setting in triathlon
DETAILED EPISODE SHOWNOTES:
- We have detailed shownotes for all of our episodes. The shownotes are basically the podcast episode in written form, that you can read in 5-10 minutes. They are not transcriptions, but they are also not just surface-level overviews. They provide detailed insights and timestamps for each episode, and are great especially for later review, after you've already listened to an episode.
- The shownotes for today's episode can be found at www.scientifictriathlon.com/base3/
LINKS AND RESOURCES:
- Jack's coaching profile and Instagram
- Triathlon Base Training Series 1 – How to train smarter in winter to race faster in summer
- Triathlon Base Training Series 2 – Swimming
- Aero.chat - tool mentioned by Mikael in the episode
WHAT SHOULD I LISTEN TO NEXT?
If you enjoyed this episode, I think you'll love the following episodes:
- Including sprint training in cycling – training responses and performance improvements with Nicki Winfield Almquist, PhD | EP#300 - this episode gives additional background as to why including sprints in your base training might be a good idea
- John Wakefield of Red Bull BORA hansgrohe – cycling coach and bike fitter | EP#465 - some great thoughts here on both torque training and bike fitting, both of which where topics discussed in today's episode
- Anna Kiesenhofer – Olympic Champion | EP#454 - one of my favourite interviews of 2025!
- Q&A on bike training | EP#381 - with Scientific Triathlon coaches Lachlan Kerin and Mikael Eriksson
You can find our full episode archives here, where you can filter for categories such as Training, Racing, Science & Physiology, Swimming, Cycling, Running etc.
You can also find separate archives for specific series of episodes I've done, specifically Q&A episodes, TTS Thursday episodes, and Beginner Tips episodes.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON:
- The Scientific Triathlon website is the home of That Triathlon Show and everything else that we do
- Contact us through our contact form or email me directly (note - email/contact form messages get responded to much more quickly than Instagram DMs)
- Subscribe to our Published on 8 hours ago