Olav Aleksander Bu is the sports scientist who turned a small Norwegian triathlon programme into the most replicated coaching template in modern endurance sport. The 'Norwegian Method' — high lactate-threshold volume, daily lactate testing, double-threshold sessions — produced Blummenfelt's Olympic gold, Iden's Ironman world titles, and a generation of imitators across cycling and running. His 2024 move to head coach of Uno-X Mobility makes him one of the few coaches who has run the same testing-driven, individualised approach across both World Tour cycling and elite triathlon.
The major positions Bu is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Olav Bu on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
Roadman blog articles that reference Olav Bu’s work.
HRV for Cyclists: Using Heart Rate Variability to Guide Training
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Triathlon Bike Pacing: The FTP Percentages That Actually Work
Most triathletes go out too hard on the bike and pay for it on the run. Here are the FTP percentages that actually work for Sprint, Olympic,…
Triathlon Cycling Training Plan: How to Build a Stronger Bike Leg
Most triathletes bolt a cycling block onto a run-heavy week and call it a bike plan. Here's how a cycling specialist structures a triathlon …
“What you really are buying into or what you really have to have a buy into is the process the process and methods that is required to get there what does it require in terms of commitment to the everyday training the process everything around there to facilitate that in the best possible way.”
“You might have the best Pros or you might maybe have the best technology you might have the best methods or ability to or you have the best data or instruments or whatever but if you don't leverage that data in a way that resonates with the athletes it's much harder.”
“They don't make sacrifices per se because they don't perceive it as a sacrifice but if you start to make big changes to something then you might end up coming into that situation where you're starting to feel that you're sacrificing maybe ways or things that motivates you when you're working and then that's where you can still become good by just by discipline and pushing somebody all the time but I don't think you will become the best that way.”
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