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- I just got back from a killer brick session.
I was holding 4.5 watts per kilo on the bike at 80 RPM,
and I was really trying to focus
on keeping my CDA down when I was in the aero bars.
And then I jumped off the bike
and I was holding 180 SPM and 150 BPM.
What?
What am I talking about?
Well here is our triathlon jargon buster.
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Right, let's start with a simple one, SBR.
And it's just an acronym for swim, bike, and run.
Now, you probably won't say this in a sentence,
but you might text it.
For instance, if your mate asked you
if you want to go for a coffee and you can't make it,
so you say, "Hey man, got a full day of SBR training."
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Next up, we have the brick session.
And the origin of its name is a little bit cloudy.
It could be an acronym or it could be because
it's what your legs feel like when you run off the bike.
What we can tell you is there is two disciplines,
a back-to-back and quick succession.
And it's a perfect training session.
You can go from swim to bike or bike to run.
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Okay, the race distances.
And the sprint distance is a 750-meter swim,
20K bike, and a 5K run.
And then an Olympic distance is a 1500-meter swim,
a 40K bike, and then a 10K run.
And then middle distance, or 70.3,
is 1.9K swim, 90-kilometer bike,
and then a 21.1-kilometer run.
And then for the full, or the Ironman,
it's 3.8K swim, 180K bike, and a 42.2-kilometer run.
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RPM stands for revolutions per minute,
meaning the number of rotations your legs make
per minute whilst on the bike.
And then SPM stands for steps per minute,
meaning the number of steps your leg makes
per minute whilst running.
And both of those terms, RPM and SPM,
come under the umbrella term of cadence.
So if someone was to ask you
to increase your cadence whilst running,
you just increase the number of steps per minute,
or SPM, on the run.
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Negative split, it means you go faster
in the second half of an effort or race.
For instance, you maybe set a 200-meter rep
in the swimming pool,
simply means that you go faster
in the second hundred compared to the first.
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DPS, it's another acronym.
It stands for distance per stroke.
And, obviously, we're talking about swimming here.
So if someone was to ask you to increase your DPS,
they basically mean they want you
to increase the length of your stroke.
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If someone was to write FC on your training programme,
it means front crawl.
BK, it means back stroke.
BRST, breast stroke.
And FLY, fly means butterfly.
And one last one.
If someone's to write pull,
basically it means to just use your arms,
so you're pulling yourself along.
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Fartlek is a type of training, and it's specific to running,
actually stands for speed play in Swedish.
So you mix fast-paced running with slow-paced running
during a continuous run.
An example would be to do it 30 seconds fast
followed by 30 second easy.
And then just keep repeating that
for maybe 10 minutes during your run,
but you keep it all continuous.
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The flying mount is a way of transitioning to the bike
from the swim, simply by hopping onto the saddle.
And if done correctly, it's probably the fastest transition,
as well as looking pretty cool.
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You may hear people talk about DOMS.
And DOMS stands for delayed onset muscle soreness.
If you've been out on the bike, you've done a hard workout,
or you've been in the gym, for instance, you may get DOMS.
And this soreness is basically due to
a breakdown of the muscle fibres.
It will feel really bad for about 24 hours,
but after a few days it will start to reduce.
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DNS and DNF, neither are great.
DNS stands for did not start
and DNF stands for did not finish.
You don't want either of these beside your name
before or after a race.
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You may hear people talking about periodization.
And this basically means you're
breaking a training into phases or blocks.
So for instance, you might do a full-week block of training
where you build the training up
and then you take a week recovery.
And if you're doing it properly,
it will all build up to a big goal or a big race.
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RPE stands for rate of perceived exertion.
And it's a great way of gauging your intensity,
simply on how you feel.
And it's normally on a scale from one to 10 or one to 20.
And it saves you from using electronic devices
such as heart rate or power metres.
Okay, hopefully you're a bit more clued up
on the triathlon jargon.
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hopefully we'll bring that to you soon.
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