Thanks for your hard work, fellas! Super interesting to see Alex Yee's training sessions. Mark's comments starting at 5:23 were spot on: there is no "magic bullet" workout. It's about accumulated training (yesterday, earlier today, tomorrow, etc.). Great piece from GTN!
This was fun to watch, those paces are very humbling indeed. It's already fun as amateur triathletes to sympathize with these guys a bit but seeing those paces it's like a whole other sport. Thank you for making this!
What an amazing race that was. And yeah you guys are pretty tough. I reckon you’d make it through that. Edit: after actually watching the video, that was brutal. Props to you for even trying it on
Nice one guys! I’m a GB age group athlete who also completes those bike workouts. I can confirm those threshold sections at the end of the workout are brutal after the fun hard intervals. 🥵
Thanks for the video showing the intense and consistent training elite athletes endure to reach their goals! I have newfound respect for Alex and all elite athletes for their mental and physical strength. #GTNCoachesCorner A couple of questions about training for short and middle-distance triathlons: - Do elite athletes work with designated nutritionists and psychologists alongside coaches to stay mentally strong? - Should workout duration be prioritized over hitting target zones/paces during a challenging session?
Well done guys, these paces are incredible. My “hard” session on the pool is 10 x 50 m, if I tried to do 24 x 100 m my arms would fall off halfway through 😂 . It’s funny when James is watching Mark swimming complaining how hard it is to be a coach 😂 . Also was that Belinda filming in the pool?
For perspective, in the Mixed Relay (assuming fatigue from the Individual event) Alex's split in the 1.8k run was 4:34. That's 2:32min/km or 4:05min/mile. Insane.
The only issue I see is Alex’s training is based on his endurance not others. Therefore anyone can do these to their own metrics because they will be slower.
Watching this, thinking that it was a brutal run, a brutal ride and then the swim. I thought the swim was rather tame. But I agree with the earlier point; there is no perfect swim ride or run to make you faster. Just consistent efforts over weeks and months.
Look at James' Zwift screen: I'm pretty sure he cheated and skipped the 50 minutes warm up :) And then dares to push Mark into his 400 swim cool down...
Heart rates vary considerably from person to person, and say nothing about your fitness. For heart rate to be meaningful, you need to put it in the context as a percentage of YOUR personal Maximum Heart Rate.
Do you think you could complete any of this Olympic champion's workouts?
Mark doing an Alex Yee run session wearing Hayden Wilde sunglasses is crack up
Thanks for your hard work, fellas! Super interesting to see Alex Yee's training sessions. Mark's comments starting at 5:23 were spot on: there is no "magic bullet" workout. It's about accumulated training (yesterday, earlier today, tomorrow, etc.). Great piece from GTN!
Props to swimming camera person following Mark back and forth! THAT seemed brutal.
Been training my whole life for this very moment😂😤
There's not enough talk about the cameramen and camerawomen completing an Olympic champion's training while carrying a camera 😅
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This was fun to watch, those paces are very humbling indeed. It's already fun as amateur triathletes to sympathize with these guys a bit but seeing those paces it's like a whole other sport. Thank you for making this!
What an amazing race that was. And yeah you guys are pretty tough. I reckon you’d make it through that.
Edit: after actually watching the video, that was brutal. Props to you for even trying it on
Nice one guys! I’m a GB age group athlete who also completes those bike workouts. I can confirm those threshold sections at the end of the workout are brutal after the fun hard intervals. 🥵
Thats Crazy is an Understatement... The Olympic racing distance is brutal. You have to be fast and at a high intensity.
55 minutes of lactate threshold effort after multiple all out efforts? Beyond brutal.
Thanks for the video showing the intense and consistent training elite athletes endure to reach their goals! I have newfound respect for Alex and all elite athletes for their mental and physical strength. #GTNCoachesCorner
A couple of questions about training for short and middle-distance triathlons:
- Do elite athletes work with designated nutritionists and psychologists alongside coaches to stay mentally strong?
- Should workout duration be prioritized over hitting target zones/paces during a challenging session?
Great videography and content. Well done!
Alex isn’t talking and holding a camera! Well done
Well done guys, these paces are incredible. My “hard” session on the pool is 10 x 50 m, if I tried to do 24 x 100 m my arms would fall off halfway through 😂 . It’s funny when James is watching Mark swimming complaining how hard it is to be a coach 😂 . Also was that Belinda filming in the pool?
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I would think that the week before an Olympic event intensity is reduced, so that fresh. Look at workouts a couple weeks prior.
We need Heather back so we've got the 3 covered!
For perspective, in the Mixed Relay (assuming fatigue from the Individual event) Alex's split in the 1.8k run was 4:34. That's 2:32min/km or 4:05min/mile. Insane.
I watch him beat the new new Zealander, it was incredible!
Great Video. If Mark cuts his Mullet he’ll be a lot faster and aero on the run.
Mark and James seem disappointed by their results, but I would be thrilled if I could come anywhere close to their performances.
The only issue I see is Alex’s training is based on his endurance not others. Therefore anyone can do these to their own metrics because they will be slower.
Of course, that is the idea of every training session
Lol
Watching this, thinking that it was a brutal run, a brutal ride and then the swim. I thought the swim was rather tame. But I agree with the earlier point; there is no perfect swim ride or run to make you faster. Just consistent efforts over weeks and months.
How is a 4.4km swim tame? With over half of that at threshold. What workouts do you do in the pool?
@@swimgood3873 Depends on the day, lots of work at CSS. Sessions about 5km 3x a week. Example session below.
Speed Focus Session
2x (350 fs : 50 back stroke)
200 kick/pull with KB
200 (50 Singapore driil: 25m fs: 25 fists)
6x 50 (25 fly:25 fs)- 50
3x 200 ( Desc 1 to 3 being RP) - 2:50
15 x 100 - (@ CSS - 1:12/1:23/1:34)
5x 1:35/1:50/2
5x 1:30/1:45/1:55
5x 1:25/1:40/1:50
400 Aerobic pace - swim or pull(KB)
5x 100 (@ CSS pace) - 1:25/1:30/1:50
200 BA/Fs
2x 100 Max EFFORTS - 1:45 /2/2 - Optional extra
200 freestyle
Ouch 55min threshold on bike. I think i would enter a zwift race for that. No-way i could do it any other way 😂
What was Alex’s power for that main set on the bike? Interesting how much threshold work he was doing
What is the turbo trainer set up with TV? what app etc?
having ur whoop on ur bicep, interesting
It’s a Hr monitor from Coros
Look at James' Zwift screen: I'm pretty sure he cheated and skipped the 50 minutes warm up :) And then dares to push Mark into his 400 swim cool down...
Zone 4 power doesn't equal zone 4 hr all the way. ;)
Were these prescribed by HumanDie?
What swim goggles are those? They look nifty.
Magic5 ✌️
anyone know what white shoes those are
Looks like the On Cloudmonster
Would I survive Alex Yee's workout? I would barely survive the warmups! 😅
Get to see dose anyone me when people critcis pro,s for not doing well when we only see the finished version not all the hard work to get to the top
65kg?! I doubt it. He’s tiny!
Oh I just looked it up apparently he’s 49.9kg. Wohhhh
He said himself he was 58 on the supertri podcast a few years ago
@@trumpetgirl525 oh right ok. 🤷🏻♀️
You must have a ton of American viewers so why not add imperial pacing conversion as well? 3:07 km is a 5min mile..
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No, I couldn’t survive it.
Wait out Elves & Pixies at the age of 44 I could hold 174 -176 bpm on various disciplines for an hour.
Was this good or shit?
Heart rates vary considerably from person to person, and say nothing about your fitness.
For heart rate to be meaningful, you need to put it in the context as a percentage of YOUR personal Maximum Heart Rate.
Ignore the HRs on screen, they were a screengrab based on the zones for our HR