THE SHORT ANSWER
Josh Amberger, professional ironman triathlete, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Amberger lands on the triathlon bike leg. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS JOSH AMBERGER?
Josh Amberger is one of the strongest swimmers in professional triathlon — a multi-time Ironman 70.3 winner whose swim background (10–12 sessions a week from age 11) gave him a stroke he no longer needs to think about. For age-group triathletes who didn't swim as kids and are now wondering how to close the gap, his perspective is unusually direct: technique-first, mobility-led maintenance, and a long view on offseason recovery rather than chasing back-to-back peaks.
AMBERGER ON THE TRIATHLON BIKE LEG
Amberger’s key positions on the triathlon bike leg.
- Triathlon aero has shifted fastest in the last 5 years — integrated fairings and custom extensions have pushed 180km bike legs to near 4-hour paces, formerly half-Ironman bike speed.
IN AMBERGER’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Josh Amberger’s appearances on the podcast.
“Swimming is so technical that you can't afford to develop any bad habits. So it is really interesting whereas you know I'm not changing my stroke at all it's it's set like I just have to make sure I've got a little bit of Mobility through triceps laats um pecs to make sure I'm not sort of chopping my stroke.”
“Overthinking I think is yeah the biggest limiting factor um to teaching an adult to swim. There's literally so many like hand entry and um you know breathing there's a lot of timing aspects to swimming that that is difficult and so teaching an adult to just think about one thing and one thing only is very difficult they want to like throw four or five things in at one time and try and do too much.”
“We did 3K the first session 4K the second session and you know our sessions in season are only getting like to sort of 5K in volume so already after taking more than a month out of the pool I can jump in and swim for an hour quite easy.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Josh Amberger covers the triathlon bike leg and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Josh Amberger say about the triathlon bike leg?
Josh Amberger, professional ironman triathlete, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Amberger lands on the triathlon bike leg. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Amberger's main point on the triathlon bike leg?
Triathlon aero has shifted fastest in the last 5 years — integrated fairings and custom extensions have pushed 180km bike legs to near 4-hour paces, formerly half-Ironman bike speed.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Josh Amberger on the triathlon bike leg?
Amberger discusses the triathlon bike leg in this episode: "Triathlete? Improve Your Swim In Your 30s and 40s | Josh Amberger".
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