Paulo Sousa, PhD, is an elite triathlon coach from Portugal now residing in California and operating The Triathlon Squad, a high-performance environment for elite triathletes. Among other accomplishments, he coached two of the three male athletes in the Rio Olympics 2016, and was given the USAT Coach of the Year award for 2016. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The origin story of The Triathlon Squad and why it came to be -How Paulo and his athletes in the squad operate on a day-to-day basis -Balancing athletes' individual training with benefiting from the group environment -What it takes to be a professional triathlete - physically and mentally LISTENER QUESTIONS: If you have questions that you want me to answer on the show or off the show (in an email), send me your question via email or Twitter (contact information below). NOTES: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com Send feedback, questions or just wanna chat? CONTACT me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.
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