Scientific Triathlon Coaches: The "Best Practices" We Stand By That the Research Does Not Support

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Mikael and Jack Hutchens each bring up four things they do in their coaching practice that the research does not support, or does not support in the form they use it. What the evidence says, what they do instead, and the reasoning they would defend it with. 💡 Today's shownotes (including links and related resources) can be found at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts711/ HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS: - Tapering: Mikael prescribes 7 to 10 day tapers where the literature converges on two to three weeks, with a smaller volume cut than the meta-analyses land on. Why he thinks the study populations do not transfer. - Torque training: Jack keeps low cadence work in every program despite a review finding no strong evidence it improves performance. His specificity case, and Mikael's rationale fro