@mr burg yikes dude relax, god forbid someone wanted to compliment Nick on his commitment and dedication to training. At the end of the day, yes anyone is capable of doing not everyone does, because not everyone has the same motivation and mindset to push themselves.
@mr burg being able to exercise vs being extremely disciplined in every aspect fo your training to be the best you can be are two different things. It takes a lot of discipline and will power to do what Nick has done for as long as he has. I'm not making him out to be a God but yes anyone can exercise but anyone can't do what iron man people and Nick Bare can do.
Guys did you see what Chris Nikic did?You must to see that, he has a down syndrom but that didn`t stop him to finish a full ironman in florida last night, what a man.
@@abuctf it’s a measurement of power one can hold for an hour. in this case an hour on the bike. on a stationary, my ftp is no more than 175w. the fact pro’s do 300+ ftp at such a low body weight is an incredibly efficient use of the legs
I had the honor of lending Coach Natasha my spare goggles at the gym pool once (pre covid of course). I'm glad you got a local coach since Austin is such a triathlete friendly city. I've been following her on insta longer than I've been watching your videos so it's cool to see y'all link up.
Whelp, I’ve got two weeks of training left before my first marathon. Nick your videos, training courses, and products have definitely helped get me from 250 lbs 6 months ago to 190 lbs, and marathon ready today! Keep up the hard work and embrace that suck!
Dam I lost the same exact amount and I don’t think I’m no where near ready for a marathon! Good luck to you 👏🏻 most I can run is 4 miles 36 minutes 6 miles an hour
@@jakeflores8601 yeah, I've been running two a day's for the last 5 months (1 hour in the gym in the morning, 1-1/2 to 2 hours of running in the evening) to get where I am at. the Marathon is on the 21st of this month, I'm pretty nervous, but we will see how it goes.
I'm on minute 18 and I can't get enough of these series, I LOVE these 25 min videos. Perfect amount of Video time with the right ingredients. PLEASE Keep em coming NICK!
Have been doing short distance tris for about 10years: want to step up to Ironman distance, so, watching your base training is inspiring me to perform my own base data/ ftp testing... makes me nervous to hurt but embrace the suck is what it’s all about!
I think 4 w/kg in time for Ironman Texas is very optimistic, unless he loses a lot of weight. He is not completely untrained, and has done structured bike training before. Maybe 3.6-3.8 is achievable in such short time frame.
I agree...but always good to have a stretch goal. We don't know if Nick has latent potential as a cyclist or not. He leaned up quite well for his last ironman (you could see it in the pictures) as well.
ahaha yea I was saying the exact same thing, 4.4w/kg is pro cyclist and he's going to be training 3 disciplines coming from Cat C, that's a pretty unrealistic goal. It also isn't linear growth (unless maybe your hitting the steroids hard), I went from Cat C to B pretty easily because it was semi-serious to serious but my growth in Cat B has been slow.
He's been hitting the steroids for well over a couple years now, if the starts adding some stuff like cardarine he could increase very drastically over the next few months.
@@trepidati0n533 yea its pretty common that people just assume if your fit you take steroids on the internet. It wouldn't be a stretch that hes natural hes been training for years and he is definitely ripped but years of training will do that for you, no one should try to diminish his work like that without proof. Apart from his well kept physique hes not particularly exceptional a ~12hr ironman is not fast so I don't understand peoples tendency to jump on the obviously hes on steroids bandwagon
Cassidy ... Get on to it, it will change the way you hydrate. I had it done before my first full Ironman and found that I required double the amount of sodium from what I was consuming during my half ironman races. It definitely changed the way I thought about hydration.
There are two tests you want to do. A sweat test (the rate you sweat) and a salt test (how much sodium you lose when you sweat) and then work with both of those. I had this same test done back in March but my results were onsite which was really cool. I found I was a very salty sweater, so I consume a lot more BASE salt during training and racing.
Those mistakes, bike fit, running form, easy miles, are all things that have been mentioned on insta and on here by knowledgeable subscribers and have been kinda ignored. At least they’re finally going to be sorted and there will be a huge leap in progress.
I've commented on your run discipline for the last year. However, you are a dedicated mo-fo and you'll get it squared away. It's fun watching your progression.
There were people in the comments section that said his slow runs were way too fast, that his "slow days" were equal to top tier marathoners "slow days". They got blown up by people and put on blast..... but low and behold.... they were right. Well done.
its because some people use the old 180 - your age to calculate their Z2 pace and hr and its reeeeeeaally conservative, the correct way is to use your functional threshold pace/hr as your mesure for Z2 the difference for me is about 20% faster Z2
Bro! I’m from Utah and I’m doing the same marathon and Ironman as you. I just signed up for them a couple weeks ago and then stumbled upon your channel. Small world. Best of luck to you at both.
Train slower, race faster. Tough concept to get your head around but crucial! My first experience with it was when I ran my first half marathon. Was training low z2 at 5:30/km. Did that for 6 weeks, no speed work and ran 1:25 easy under MAF HR. Witchcraft!
@@CreeepsMind true, just for his pool swims tho (flip turns help you keep up intensity rather than getting a small break at the wall and would still help his training).
Give your body a fighting chance to cool itself! Sweat works via evaporative cooling; if you're dripping, it ain't working. A good fan or two, like Lasko Performance series, will rock your indoor training world.
The "ramp test" is specific to a platform by TrainerRoad. They invented it as an alternative way to estimate FTP that "hurts less". The traditional way is to go all out for 20m and then take 95% of that.
That’s hilarious. I’ve been doing ramp style tests since the 1980s. I’m sure the Trainer Road team appreciates the compliments (shout out to coach chad!) but no they did not invent the ramp test.
Hey Nick, loving this series. I have Followed you since you were in Korea. I completed my full distance tri in 2018 and followed Jo Friel and the science, finished strong. Keep at it, I look forward to following this outstanding series to its conclusion 🏋️🙏
The other week I decided to try out a triathlon. Only just started training a couple weeks ago with a handful of runs, swims and rides in now but never thought of doing baseline tests. Great idea! Just tested 1km swim and ramp test on zwift. I got 17:55 swim and 280ftp. Stoked to find out I somehow beet your ftp (super suprising and encouraging). What did you get for the 1km swim?
Great video, this helps me alot personally! I train the same way you did, try to go faster each run. I'm now learning that running discipline will help me get a better result for my first IM. Keep it up!
Had the same problem with just going all out running fast all the time... it took me awhile to understand the difference it makes to just go for an easy zone 2 type of run
Exactly. That incredible amount of dripping sweat is the precise picture of evaporative cooling not working. With no effective headwind, his body is working overtime to cool itself, hence potentially sweating at an unrealisticly elevated rate. So he needs a good fan. Lasko Performance changed the indoor training game for me. It's like a 25mph headwind.
@@kineticarl this is exactly what I thought. No wonder he is in the 99th percentile, look at the conditions he did the test in. 3 litres per hour seems extremely excessive. I would retest either outside or with an industrial fan and look at the difference.
This man could’ve done one more and stayed longer in the military but he did one better and got out after he did his time and pursued to find other goals to add on to his career.
Have you considered that you will be at higher elevation in Utah for your marathon compared to your past marathons? Do you think that will effect your time?
You should talk to your coach about a "Talk test" for your VT1 if you can't get into a lab. The Maffetone equation is good on average but can be horrible off for an individual. The talk test though has been scientifically validated against measured data and is pretty accurate.
She guessed 260-270 on the FTP and you got 271. You literally did “go one more”
271 Awsome!!!!! Go One More!!!
Its literally permanently attached to his skin did you expect any less from him? To not go one more by any means
Why only go one more?
@@paulop3730 break that barrier that you think you cant break workout or life stuff
Nick is such a disciplined person. He always follows his training plans and doesn't skip training. I love that about him.
I don’t know, you can’t deny how disciplined he is. Yes “everybody” can do it but you can say that about anything. He just complimented him, relax.
@mr burg yikes dude relax, god forbid someone wanted to compliment Nick on his commitment and dedication to training. At the end of the day, yes anyone is capable of doing not everyone does, because not everyone has the same motivation and mindset to push themselves.
Agreed
@mr burg Hey, that’s what I do too! Respect to anyone else who does the same.
@mr burg being able to exercise vs being extremely disciplined in every aspect fo your training to be the best you can be are two different things. It takes a lot of discipline and will power to do what Nick has done for as long as he has. I'm not making him out to be a God but yes anyone can exercise but anyone can't do what iron man people and Nick Bare can do.
Guys did you see what Chris Nikic did?You must to see that, he has a down syndrom but that didn`t stop him to finish a full ironman in florida last night, what a man.
just saw that! awesome!
He was there spectating it so im assuming he did
Yeah that's crazy
Nick was posting about it on his instagram
Followed him all day so I could watch him finish the race live.. Amazing accomplishment!
Feel like I’m watching a tv show with a new episode every week. The production of this series has gone through the roof.
Nice work! Really puts into perspective the 380-420 watt ftp 140lb pros are putting out.
I miss your videos.
What's an ftps?
@@abuctf it’s a measurement of power one can hold for an hour. in this case an hour on the bike. on a stationary, my ftp is no more than 175w. the fact pro’s do 300+ ftp at such a low body weight is an incredibly efficient use of the legs
@@topherlions714 oh thx mate , how do you measure ftp?
Holy cow! Great work
I had the honor of lending Coach Natasha my spare goggles at the gym pool once (pre covid of course). I'm glad you got a local coach since Austin is such a triathlete friendly city. I've been following her on insta longer than I've been watching your videos so it's cool to see y'all link up.
what's her insta?
@@Rijo27 @natashavdm81
Whelp, I’ve got two weeks of training left before my first marathon. Nick your videos, training courses, and products have definitely helped get me from 250 lbs 6 months ago to 190 lbs, and marathon ready today! Keep up the hard work and embrace that suck!
Dam I lost the same exact amount and I don’t think I’m no where near ready for a marathon! Good luck to you 👏🏻 most I can run is 4 miles 36 minutes 6 miles an hour
Good luck with the marathon and stay gettin after it
@@jakeflores8601 yeah, I've been running two a day's for the last 5 months (1 hour in the gym in the morning, 1-1/2 to 2 hours of running in the evening) to get where I am at. the Marathon is on the 21st of this month, I'm pretty nervous, but we will see how it goes.
@@anticlimacus7451 how did it go?
4:29 Shes like a mad scientist watching her invention become magnificent 🤣 😂 💀
Omg lmao
Im deaaaaaaaaad
Really respect Nick’s approach, evidence based and methodical.
Would be interesting to see you do a vo2max test with all that muscle mass.
I would be curious to see that data as well
Probably 55
@@peteplayz-norskgaming5723 nah defo in the 60s surely
@@peteplayz-norskgaming5723 mine is 55 and I’m not as fit as him.
60 & plus for sure (my guess is 64)
Killing it! Loving the season
One of the best series on RUclips
I'm on minute 18 and I can't get enough of these series, I LOVE these 25 min videos. Perfect amount of Video time with the right ingredients. PLEASE Keep em coming NICK!
The quality and story is amazing! Like a real fitness series! I don’t even do triathlon/ iron mans. But simple awesome
I always hate on running before watching Nick. I now run 10 km as a morning training
Me as well! I'm now running 10 & 11 miles at my max!
The coach is good, man. Finally someone tells him, how to train properly.This fast running was insane anyway.
Glad you did an FTP test, I train power zone training on the peloton almost exclusively! That type of training always feels so good.
Best thing I learned from Nick is to do things the right way
I love seeing your interactions with your coach and how Ironman training works and is broken down!
I love the analytics taken to design the program. Thank you for sharing the process.
You are a big inspiration! Keep on going!💪
4:50 'there it is' reminded me of when our son got born ... keep it up Nick 🚀🏆💪
FTP - file transport protocol. TCP Port 20/21
FTP is functional threshold power
SSH port 22
Have been doing short distance tris for about 10years: want to step up to Ironman distance, so, watching your base training is inspiring me to perform my own base data/ ftp testing... makes me nervous to hurt but embrace the suck is what it’s all about!
Greatly appreciate your honesty and transparency throughout the training process, especially with your realization about disciplined running!
Your intros are insanely good and just get me more excited for what’s gonna happen during the video!!
This is the motivation I needed to get my day on the right track again. 💪🏼
Thanks Nick. ... Perfect timing. Just what I needed before i jump on the bike for a FTP test.
I wish Steve Cook would see the things he commits to through like Nick does.
Love the message of running slow. It’s so easy to just smash every workout with a high lactate burn but sometimes going slow results in going faster!
It’s good to see Dave England doing so well since jackass stopped.
I’m cackling I can’t unsee it now 😂
Editing team are amazing
Indeed
Your drive and level of discipline is incredible. So many people can learn from this, including myself. Huge respect nick, keep it up 🔥
Idk about anyone else but Nick I appreciate your extreme discipline and pure determination!
Don’t stop making these episodes, they are great!
I think 4 w/kg in time for Ironman Texas is very optimistic, unless he loses a lot of weight. He is not completely untrained, and has done structured bike training before. Maybe 3.6-3.8 is achievable in such short time frame.
I agree...but always good to have a stretch goal. We don't know if Nick has latent potential as a cyclist or not. He leaned up quite well for his last ironman (you could see it in the pictures) as well.
ahaha yea I was saying the exact same thing, 4.4w/kg is pro cyclist and he's going to be training 3 disciplines coming from Cat C, that's a pretty unrealistic goal. It also isn't linear growth (unless maybe your hitting the steroids hard), I went from Cat C to B pretty easily because it was semi-serious to serious but my growth in Cat B has been slow.
He's been hitting the steroids for well over a couple years now, if the starts adding some stuff like cardarine he could increase very drastically over the next few months.
@@danielmorton4306 unless you can backup him taking steroids...that is libel.
@@trepidati0n533 yea its pretty common that people just assume if your fit you take steroids on the internet. It wouldn't be a stretch that hes natural hes been training for years and he is definitely ripped but years of training will do that for you, no one should try to diminish his work like that without proof. Apart from his well kept physique hes not particularly exceptional a ~12hr ironman is not fast so I don't understand peoples tendency to jump on the obviously hes on steroids bandwagon
Still in the Army as a Chief and in ready to step it up you’re an inspiration.
Dang I need to do the sweat test ASAP!! Heavy sweater and that info would be HUGE
Cassidy ... Get on to it, it will change the way you hydrate. I had it done before my first full Ironman and found that I required double the amount of sodium from what I was consuming during my half ironman races. It definitely changed the way I thought about hydration.
There are two tests you want to do. A sweat test (the rate you sweat) and a salt test (how much sodium you lose when you sweat) and then work with both of those. I had this same test done back in March but my results were onsite which was really cool. I found I was a very salty sweater, so I consume a lot more BASE salt during training and racing.
@@kimberleegardner3580 It is possible to know from what "lab" you get your results and/or your kit?
this is my new favorite series
Great production quality on these prep videos. I hope we still get the full day of eating/ more miscellaneous type videos though.
This was so cool! Not just the testing but to watch you perform like that! Animalllll
Nick this is the best series EVER
Absolutely loving the videos Nick, looking forward to following the Season 2 journey!
Those mistakes, bike fit, running form, easy miles, are all things that have been mentioned on insta and on here by knowledgeable subscribers and have been kinda ignored. At least they’re finally going to be sorted and there will be a huge leap in progress.
Love this series so far, keep it up Nick!
Nick you give me motivation I’m 290 lbs an just ran 5 miles can’t wait to drop to 200 is my goal POWER 💥
You’ve got this! 🔥
I've commented on your run discipline for the last year. However, you are a dedicated mo-fo and you'll get it squared away. It's fun watching your progression.
Big shout out to whoever that coach is (I am sure she is well known btw im just not a follower of the sport) she seems SO GOOD!
Love this kind of Nick Bare videos
It’s awesome to see your training and preparation for this!
2 episodes in and im loving series 2 already!
Respect bro... that grind is unreal
There were people in the comments section that said his slow runs were way too fast, that his "slow days" were equal to top tier marathoners "slow days". They got blown up by people and put on blast..... but low and behold.... they were right. Well done.
its because some people use the old 180 - your age to calculate their Z2 pace and hr and its reeeeeeaally conservative, the correct way is to use your functional threshold pace/hr as your mesure for Z2 the difference for me is about 20% faster Z2
Bro! I’m from Utah and I’m doing the same marathon and Ironman as you. I just signed up for them a couple weeks ago and then stumbled upon your channel. Small world. Best of luck to you at both.
Always great to see your updates !
Great info and now we watch you develop even more as a professional athlete. Keep these videos coming!!
Boom, excellent starting point, very excited to see how you go over the next few months!
Love the videos! Keep up these episodes!
Nick I love when you post videos. It helps motivate me. I jump on my bike trainer to watch your videos. Keep up the great work. You are a ironman
Fascinating, love the science and data added to your training, anxious to see the outcome.. Train hard!
I really needed this. Thank you so much for explaining the testing! I feel like now I know what to do!
Hey Nick my first FTP test was around yours at 268. 6 months later I was doing 302 no problem. You can get 300.
Train slower, race faster. Tough concept to get your head around but crucial! My first experience with it was when I ran my first half marathon. Was training low z2 at 5:30/km. Did that for 6 weeks, no speed work and ran 1:25 easy under MAF HR. Witchcraft!
So much great information!!! I just got a wahoo trainer and power meter this weekend! Thank you to you and your coach for doing this!!!!
Nick would drop so much time if he learned how to do a flip turn. Keep it up!
Well you don't turn durring an ironman...
@@CreeepsMind true, just for his pool swims tho (flip turns help you keep up intensity rather than getting a small break at the wall and would still help his training).
@NickBare Can you cover how you are integrating lifting & strength work into the phases of your Ironman Training in a future video?
Great work on picking an awesome coach!!!
Give your body a fighting chance to cool itself! Sweat works via evaporative cooling; if you're dripping, it ain't working. A good fan or two, like Lasko Performance series, will rock your indoor training world.
This is such a great vid, v excited about this series
The "ramp test" is specific to a platform by TrainerRoad. They invented it as an alternative way to estimate FTP that "hurts less". The traditional way is to go all out for 20m and then take 95% of that.
That’s hilarious. I’ve been doing ramp style tests since the 1980s. I’m sure the Trainer Road team appreciates the compliments (shout out to coach chad!) but no they did not invent the ramp test.
Hey Nick can you talk in your next video about how you deal with injuries in your training
Hey Nick, loving this series. I have Followed you since you were in Korea. I completed my full distance tri in 2018 and followed Jo Friel and the science, finished strong. Keep at it, I look forward to following this outstanding series to its conclusion 🏋️🙏
The other week I decided to try out a triathlon. Only just started training a couple weeks ago with a handful of runs, swims and rides in now but never thought of doing baseline tests. Great idea! Just tested 1km swim and ramp test on zwift. I got 17:55 swim and 280ftp. Stoked to find out I somehow beet your ftp (super suprising and encouraging). What did you get for the 1km swim?
Great video, this helps me alot personally! I train the same way you did, try to go faster each run. I'm now learning that running discipline will help me get a better result for my first IM. Keep it up!
LOOVE this serie!!!!!
Yeah! The fire rises! Regards from Rio, BR.
Keep up the great work, your such an inspiration!! Stay blessed
Pain is weakness leaving the body. GO ONE MORE 💯
Awesome Video 😁👌🏼 love it! Excited to follow the journey mate!
Dang ur pretty fit, you should start a gym and maybe a supplement company
Great work Nick! Keep it going.
Love IronMan prep vids!!!
I'll be racing at IMTX, hope to see you there. Your videos are inspiring and this IM training journey is going to be great to follow
keep up the grind man!
You inspire me beyond belief.
Nice long deep breaths when your running. Nick
Had the same problem with just going all out running fast all the time... it took me awhile to understand the difference it makes to just go for an easy zone 2 type of run
This is great! Keep them coming!
pretty fascinating stuff, very technical
Wellcome to the 3w/kg club! 271 is pretty impresive! My first FTP test i remeber at around 200w 😂 same goal here to hit 4-4,2w/kg next year..
IRONMAM Season 2 lets go!!!!
If you put half as much work into yourself as Nick does, you will be successful in life.
That pool looks awesome
Was there a fan on him for the sweat test? It won’t be accurate if he is just inside... he could then over drink and bog down
Exactly. That incredible amount of dripping sweat is the precise picture of evaporative cooling not working. With no effective headwind, his body is working overtime to cool itself, hence potentially sweating at an unrealisticly elevated rate. So he needs a good fan. Lasko Performance changed the indoor training game for me. It's like a 25mph headwind.
@@kineticarl this is exactly what I thought. No wonder he is in the 99th percentile, look at the conditions he did the test in. 3 litres per hour seems extremely excessive. I would retest either outside or with an industrial fan and look at the difference.
@@kineticarl oh wow i didn't know thats, thats good to know
Where did you get the sweat test??? I’m in the marines and I cramp on my hikes around 10 mile mark I really need this test!!
This man could’ve done one more and stayed longer in the military but he did one better and got out after he did his time and pursued to find other goals to add on to his career.
Have you considered that you will be at higher elevation in Utah for your marathon compared to your past marathons? Do you think that will effect your time?
You should talk to your coach about a "Talk test" for your VT1 if you can't get into a lab. The Maffetone equation is good on average but can be horrible off for an individual. The talk test though has been scientifically validated against measured data and is pretty accurate.
Once you identify the treadmill pace w HR, how far do you run for the test? The distance of the race? Reducing speed to maintain the HR?
Best of the best right here