I Trained Like An Olympian For A Week! | Pro Triathlete Training Plan

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Ever wondered how hard Olympic triathletes train? What better way to find out than getting stuck in and giving a typical training week a go! Team USA’s Summer Rappaport is in the middle of her final prep ahead of the Olympic Games and she’s kindly agreed to share the details of her training with us!
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@vishalb08 3 жыл бұрын

I almost forgot that Heather is an Olympic medallist. What a rare achievement. Would be really excited if Heather did a video taking us throught the entire experience of an athelete at the Olympic Games.

@lexington476 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder where she keeps the Olympic medal? Is it a big display in her living room or in her sock drawer 🙂.

@jamiefuhrman403 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Would love a video walking us through her training and experience.

@HeroesFanXL Жыл бұрын

Doesn't that make all her training sessions "Training like an Olympian" by definition? 🤣

@rato_gordo 3 жыл бұрын

I have a suggestion. What If you guys make a video about triathlon levels of training for age groupers. Like, begginer, intermediate and advanced. The parameters could be volume (distance & time) and intensity. Obviously something in general lines. I was thinking about this topic some days ago.

@lukeorrin9809 3 жыл бұрын

I want to train like a pro… Day 1: I cant be bothered 😂

@98GuitarTECH 3 жыл бұрын

“I know I am not an Olympian…” well actually

@bradynieman552 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Heather and GTN! I really look forward to your videos and I couldn’t tell you how much you’ve helped me. I completed my first triathlon last weekend and the information I got from your videos and website has helped immensely! Thank you!

@Itsmebuddy98 3 жыл бұрын

Well done Heather!! Can't believe you fit this in with work and training for an ultra, that is so impressive. Just goes to show how much time and effort goes into these events, I couldn't fathom that kind of distance for a swim just for a training effort! Thanks for sharing this with us :)

@keithdoran89 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight into the training Olympic athletes go through. Being an Olympic athlete is so much work and sacrifice and I don’t think I could keep up that pace of training, Heather. Thanks for doing all that training to show us what it takes!

@dermotmurphy7790 3 жыл бұрын

Fair play Heather, that can’t have been easy. It’s so difficult to keep the same discipline over a number of weeks training. Thanks for the vid👍

@joshsweats7070 3 жыл бұрын

Tri-athletes with a big swim background have this astonishing swim capacity that carries over into their triathlon career. That volume is crazy! Well done Heather (the Olympian) with a valiant attempt!

@lindelystables 2 жыл бұрын

You're an absolute beast Heather, so inspirational watching this!

@SBoots29 3 жыл бұрын

To me you knocked it right out of the park. I got winded just reading the training plan. Bravo for go through that week. I love your videos and look forward to them. I'm just a senior and love training for triathlons but purely for the fun and the group participation at the races. Cheers.

@winklertribe5268 3 жыл бұрын

Heather, be kinder to yourself! You are amazing to do this!! I loved this episode!

@jadecoley 3 жыл бұрын

As a triatlon newbie, I really appreciate the effort that you have put into this video.. thank you so much Heather.

@westerling8436 11 ай бұрын

Simp

@nikhoward 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant one Heather, I felt for you when you were having to work as well as the training. Hope PSN went easy on you as you were making some brilliant and inspiring content.

@zoebackhouse4554 Жыл бұрын

A fabulous effort and another great video from Heather!

@aerobrain2001 3 жыл бұрын

That looked brutal!! Great effort Heather!

@emrback8563 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing it. And for sharing emotions. Really gasped to see what incredible amount of swimming sessions mrs. Rappaport had in her schedule. And it surprised me at the end that for Heather looked like mora as a torture than a pleasure, at least what I perceived from the post training considerations.

@WimukthiBandara 3 жыл бұрын

Modest as ever! Brilliant stuff as usual.

@sigmatau8231 3 жыл бұрын

...I honestly cant get enough of these , I wonder if I'm addicted

@notmyrealname6272 3 жыл бұрын

You are truly blessed with your surroundings. Beautiful. Well done btw. That’s a lot!

@MrGreigo 3 жыл бұрын

Well done Heather. This just shows the reality behind being a full-time pro triathlete vs a regular person balancing a full-time job and heavy endurance training plus life. The later would make an interesting video almost every viewer could apprechieate.

@MrsMillers 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@alisontriathlonlover 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations 🎉 💪

@notmyrealname6272 3 жыл бұрын

Ooooo I love that visor!

@PinkBunnySlipers 3 жыл бұрын

nicely done!

@michymoo839 3 жыл бұрын

Woooow. I can't even wrap my brain around a 5000 meter swim. I'd fall asleep standing up after that alone.

@jeromeibanez2891 3 жыл бұрын

If you've done at least a 2KM swim you'd know it's very doable.

@peachxblue Жыл бұрын

Wow, congrats heather!! Those workouts made me tired just hearing them!! And I always thought I’d love to be a pro athlete bc they get to be outside swim bike running all day - but wow, it’s a TON of work!

@lexington476 3 жыл бұрын

Heather, where do you keep the Olympic medal? You have a big display in your living room, or is it in your sock drawer 🙂?

@danielalgarra735 3 жыл бұрын

The best "excuses for your coach" video in the history!!!! Keep the laziness Thanks guys

@lexington476 3 жыл бұрын

Heather totally needed a domestique that week 🙂.

@tobykenneally3169 2 жыл бұрын

greeat work

@jamiefuhrman403 3 жыл бұрын

How in the world is a 5.2km swim coupled with a 90 minute bike a recovery day?? Heather you're spot on! Any chance you could post the training plan? What an awesome video and psyched for more to come from the Olympics this week. I'm particularly curious how the athletes recover and subsequently resume their training post event. Would be a great follow up video. Also have a few questions: 1) Are most of the swim workouts done in the pool or open water? If the latter, how do you incorporate paddles and pull buoy? 2) How do you fuel during such a long swim? 3) Are the bike workouts done outdoors or on a trainer? 4) What are the paces/heart rate zones for easy runs? Thanks so much!

@PhiyackYuh 3 жыл бұрын

A 5km swim for these athletes can be done within an hour or so. Exercising for 2-3 hours is pretty normal for them.

@bryanbryan2968 3 жыл бұрын

I used to do those distances just for my main training … dang.

@aethylwulfeiii6502 Жыл бұрын

Triathletes must be mandated to do their cycling workouts on the road or at the very least an empty parking lot to also practice skills. That’s the law.

@trbeyond 3 жыл бұрын

What was total volume and the breakdown for each sport?

@kmonnier 3 жыл бұрын

Brutal

@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling 3 жыл бұрын

that rhubarb drink looks interesting. never seen them before

@sea-lotus 3 жыл бұрын

Hey guys! Awesome video, I took notes! But what do I do if I don't have access to a swimming pool / swim area? Once again, thank you!

@perro0076 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. I'm the same as you. Specially now in COVID times. I'm afraid it is elastic bands, weights and the like, maybe a ZEN8. If you're really committed and want to reach the olympics or win races or at least a top 10 finish in your local races, I'm afraid its one of those Vasa Ergometer. Having said that. I suggest you look at the times that winners do in races. For example, if you can do 20km cycle in 30-35 minutes and run 5km in 20 (1km in 4 minutes or 15km/hour), then by all means, commit to a swimming ergometer, as you are justifying the expense. Perhaps if you belong to a Tri club, pool your resources together to buy one. But unless you can do the times in the cycle and run. Don't bother. I've done tri races and now I'm training to compete. Taking part is for beginners!! :-) :-) I can't tell how suuuuuper, hugely important recovery is. After each training session do either cycle or running for 10 or so minutes at 50% easy effort, near the bottom of your heart rate. Training (specially interval) creates a monster amount of toxins in your system and they need to be flushed out. I don't suggest you should too, but I take 3 little arnica tablets before going to sleep each night. 30C. Get them from Boots in the UK.

@jonathanweatherill1029 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to train like a pro for a week but no way could i do it while having to go to work every day. What was the total volume for the week?

@aethylwulfeiii6502 Жыл бұрын

If you lived literally right next to an Olympic pool and a 400 meter running track and a warm clean lake with also great safe roads, the. It would be doable. Especially if you had weird hours were you actually work every day of the week but work shorter hours each day. Screw triathlons.

@Robin-ie3ns 3 жыл бұрын

Ridiculous schedule really, 5.2km swim on a rest day. Watching the race yesterday it was inspiring picturing the training each athlete had done just to be there.

@philip6382 2 жыл бұрын

This can't be the uk, thought it would rain there every day😂

@356z 3 жыл бұрын

I wish i came home to plates waiting for me on the table lol

@Djuntas 2 жыл бұрын

Just crazy. Cant even understand they have the energy levels for this. But thats what makes say cycling so crazy when you think about it. training what 2-5 hours a day for a week haha.

@aethylwulfeiii6502 Жыл бұрын

Getting to ride 5 hours a day a week sounds like the dream. If only I didn’t have a day job.

@barryfield9300 3 жыл бұрын

You're smart Heather on your first day of training. Going long when you're not rested and fueled just increases cortisol, not strength or endurance.

@magnemmar4869 3 жыл бұрын

The biggest surprise for me is the amount of time she spends in the pool. I was expecting 2 - 3 5k+ swims, but she's doing 5 of them.

@JJ85J 2 жыл бұрын

This is base/ build or peak phase?….or transition?😅

@benjaminzachwieja8133 3 жыл бұрын

To the video editors of GCN (oops edit. GTN ;). Give Heather a pat on the back for making your life easy. Between the workouts and the bugs in the mouth and eyes, the number of f-bombs I would have dropped making this video would be a uncountable. Nice spot.

@bevernekydr.4478 3 жыл бұрын

Considering that the swim part isn’t that big part of triathlon, it sure seems like they swim a lot. I watched Lionel Sanders video about his training plan and he was swimming an enormous amount

@kenavr 3 жыл бұрын

Though I believe Lionel focused on swimming because it was by far his worst discipline and it got harder and harder to make up his deficit on the bike and run.

@Mike0 3 жыл бұрын

Lionel is focusing on improving his swim, hence swimming more than he usually would

@TravellingJunts 3 жыл бұрын

where is spivey

@kevinabate6056 2 жыл бұрын

Walmsley went 2:10 in the trials and Kipchoge won gold with 2:08.

@andreslinares6429 3 жыл бұрын

Well she's actually an Olympian 😂 and a silver medallist at that

@mbkincaid1 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a TON of swimming. Is there really any benefit to 3k+ swim when training for 1.5k?

@Wargwarn 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah... You usually double the distance of the race you are doing in training for any sport.

@iRonlMoNKleY 3 жыл бұрын

Doing more than necessary gives you the confidence and engines necessary to rock the event. Swimming lanes doesn't usually equate to the uncontrolled factors on race day: you might find yourself swimming way farther due to currents, lines taken, sighting, surrounding athletes, etc...

@neon-3467 3 жыл бұрын

Swimming is one of the few sport that require extra time. In her case it's mostly likely because she doesn't want to risk getting injured running

@aethylwulfeiii6502 Жыл бұрын

If you suck at swimming a ton.

@zac1672 3 жыл бұрын

Unlucky olympics for Summer. Just needs to improve that cycle with experience

@kanskesenare2246 3 жыл бұрын

@aethylwulfeiii6502 Жыл бұрын

She should have done it by training time not by mileage.

@EricAbbottTri 3 жыл бұрын

GTN: we want you to do a video about training full time Also GTN: but still do your regular full time job. 🤦‍♂️ Seems like if you are going to make a video about training like an Olympian for a week you should actually do the workouts they are doing. Try again.

@neon-3467 3 жыл бұрын

That is the stupidest training plan. I cannot believe that is what her coach is telling her to do. If so, she needs fine a new coach. Why are you swimming 5.2k three days a week when you are competing in triathlon? Cut half of that swim and hop on the bike. Or go to the gym and work on core and stability. Why would you run for recovery, when you can swim or bike for recovery? Lastly, what is with that funky volume and frequency distribution? I'm not saying I'm sport scientist or a coach, but anyone that has listened to few triathlon podcast knows that the plan is stupid. It's just so sad to see all that potential left at the table.

@respek2933 3 жыл бұрын

for real way to much swimming

@yinyangbikepackingadventur4606 3 жыл бұрын

Because coaches know what they are doing. This is a pros peaking week for the Olympics, what was Heather expecting, something easy to fit into her full time job… You said it yourself, your not a sports scientist or coach..

@neon-3467 3 жыл бұрын

@@yinyangbikepackingadventur4606 did you read my comment. I didn't say reduce volume. I just focus more on the bike and add some strength training. Do yourself a favor and learn how to read

@yinyangbikepackingadventur4606 3 жыл бұрын

@@neon-3467 I did not mention reduced volume, your not her coach nor do you know what phase of training she’s in.I suggest you learn some manners too.

@SoundSpeeding 3 жыл бұрын

You're forgetting this is ITU Olympic / Short Course racing. Who cares about your cycling ability??? You just need to be moderately "good enough". But for swimming you want to be great enough to be in the front pack out of the water! (and running... got to be super elite!)

@GNGR75 3 жыл бұрын

This video made me angry. You didn’t actually train like a triathlete for Tokyo as you are training for an ultra. You didn’t even do the first day, or the second!

@filipmoberg 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Jimmyliii 3 жыл бұрын

You go out and do it then, lets see how many days you get through

@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling 3 жыл бұрын

angry? did you beat your chest with your fists and tear off your shirt like the incredible hulk? 🤣🤣

@flynnifyable 3 жыл бұрын

I think that's part of the value. If someone as fit and trained as Heather can admit that something was too difficult and then explain exactly where the pain points are, I think it helps the rest of us put our training and pain in perspective. I found this really encouraging and instructive at the same time. Go make the video you want to see.

@iRonlMoNKleY 3 жыл бұрын

Which is more amazing as this goes to show just how unique these athletes are. They hurt physically and mentally just like you, I and Heather!!! They are masters of enduring, relentless achievement and time management. She did the first day and second to the best of her ability.