302: [VIDEO] Olav Aleksander Bu. Tri Norway Sports Scientist & Elite Coach: The Science of Triathlon

[VIDEO]

n episode 302 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Olav Aleksander Bu. Triathlon Norway Sports Scientist & Elite Coach sharing around ‘The Science of Triathlon’ in this Expert Edition.

Olav Aleksander Bu, has been working extremely close with Kristian Blummenfelt over the last 5 years post the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and despite his hectic schedule, made time to share the many learnings he had from his career to date around Triathlon Science.

There is so much information in this episode, it’s little wonder that Norway are leading the world of Triathlon across all distances from sprint events through to standard distance events, 70.3’s and now into the Ironman domain. You’ll be astonished at just how fast Olav Aleksander Bu believes Kristian Blummenfelt can go and you’ll have your mind expanded around what is possible when it comes to the science and application of that science into training, development and performance of athletes.

Quotes
“The more calories you can burn the more training you can do.”
“Your 1-hour power will always be lower than your 30 minutes’ power, your 30-minute power will always be lower than your 15-minute power and so on.”
“Energy availability and having a program to burn a lot of calories is important.”
“Aesthetics has nothing to do with performance.”
“Try to make the best out of bad situations.” – Best Advice
“Get out and run for 10 minutes every day.” – Physical Challenge
“You can’t separate Psychology from Physiology.”

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