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⌚ WAS MY WATCH VO2 MAX ACTUALLY CORRECT? 🚴‍♂️💨

Fat Man to Ironman Update!

My Garmin reckons my VO2 Max is 39… but how accurate is that number really? 🤔

Rather than guessing, I headed into the lab with the legends at @peakformtesting to put myself through a proper VO2 Max bike test.

With the watts increasing by 15 at each stage, things got uncomfortable pretty quickly! 🥵

The result? 37.8 VO2 Max!

Turns out the watch wasn't too far off after all!

A massive thanks to the team at @peakformtesting for supporting my Fat Man to Ironman journey and helping me understand what's actually happening under the bonnet.

It's not just about getting fitter — it's about understanding where you're starting from, training smarter and measuring real progress.

Plenty of work ahead, but now we've got a baseline to beat! 💪

Follow the journey — Couch to Ironman, one test at a time!

#FatManToIronman #PeakformTesting #VO2Max #Garmin #TriathlonTraining #IronmanJourney #TrainSmarter #RoadToIronman

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5 days out 📈

This weekend, I give it every last bit of me. No regrets when I cross that line it’s all or nothing 🙌🏻

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Been a great couple weeks (apart from nacho last slide)

sweets, steaks, celebrations, training yano the score

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🔥 FAT MAN TO IRONMAN UPDATE – ARE YOU EATING ENOUGH? 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️

😴 Feeling tired, hungry and rundown? You could be UNDER-FUELLED!

As my Fat Man to Ironman journey gets more serious, I've been feeling constantly tired, hungry and struggling with recovery.

I thought eating less was the answer to losing weight, but what if I wasn't eating enough to support my training? 🤔

💪 In partnership with @peakformtesting we completed an RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate) test to find out exactly how many calories my body burns just keeping me alive!

📊 The results were an eye-opener!

🔥 My body needs around 2,000 calories a day just to function at rest, BEFORE adding any training!

🚴‍♂️ With training, my daily energy requirements can increase significantly.

💡 The lesson? Losing weight and training for an Ironman isn't just about eating less. It's about fuelling your body correctly so you can train, recover and improve!

A massive thanks to the team at Peakform Performance Testing for helping me understand the science behind my journey.

👇 Have you ever wondered if you're eating enough to support your training?

#FatManToIronman #Peakform #RMRTest #RestingMetabolicRate #SportsNutrition #IronmanTraining #TriathlonTraining #FuelYourBody #EnduranceTraining #BicycleShippingAustralia

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Your VO2 max is your endurance engine, but running more won’t raise the ceiling if your fuelling is what’s capping it.

Up to 35% of female and 11% of male endurance athletes are low in iron! The mineral that carries oxygen around your body.

Add carbs and total intake to the list too.

Find what’s capping you. Then feed it.

#VO2Max #EnduranceNutrition #IronDeficiency #SportsDietitian #RunningNutrition
You don’t break through your ceiling by doing more of the same. You find what’s holding you back, and you feed it.

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Vo2 testing day.

First ever test done was good to see where my running fitness is at & how far I could push the body.

Keen to see how much I can move the needle over these next few months

Vo2 max: 62.7
Results summary at the 🔚

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fun to do some testing this morning!

start the big building block for Singapore, Melbourne and Hong Kong tomorrow 🚀

was great to test the size of the engine and how much we can actually use of it (vo2 max vs anaerobic threshold)

most interesting part for me was seeing how my body burns fat vs carbohydrates at different heart rate zones, will definitely help when I plan fuelling around easy vs intensity sessions⚡️

magic number - 62.5 🔒

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You can have comfort, or you can have growth, but you can’t have both.

One must die for the other to live.

Vo2 Max Test now live on YouTube.

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A whole lotta steps in the right direction 🧭

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In the lab 😤

First person to guess my exact VO2 Max wins a 12 month @whoop subscription

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Serious gains incoming…

First VO2 Max test to give me some solid data to carry into my next training block! Great insights, lots to work on and it’s got me excited for what’s to come 🔥

Apparently I’ve “got a bit of dog in me” so let’s see how much more we can bring out on the next one!

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Emotional morning when this finally came through.

My chip didn’t register properly on Sunday, so after a lot of back and forth with the organisers and them checking all the timing data from the course, my official result was finally confirmed.

3:13:59

There were a lot of tears shed on Sunday and there were definitely a few more this morning when I finally saw this.

I ran my first marathon in November 2024 in 3:42. My goal for 2025 was to run a sub-3:30 marathon. So to be sitting here less than two years later, after marathon number 6, with a 3:13:59 beside my name is honestly a bit mad.

Especially considering I only started this training block in mid-June.

A massive amount of the credit has to go to Sean and @peakformtesting. Sean believed I could run this long before I did. Every time I questioned whether the paces were too ambitious or told him I wasn’t sure I could actually do it, he just kept reassuring me that the training showed I could.

Turns out he was right 😂

The post-marathon blues are definitely real. You spend months thinking about one day, training for it, talking about it, and then suddenly it’s just… over. WTF do I do now?

But this one was about so much more than a time too. We also managed to raise over $4,500 for @petsofthehomelessaustralia, which makes the whole thing even more special.

So today I mostly just feel so fecking proud of this one. Lots to be proud of from this race.

3:42 → sub-3:30 → 3:13:59.

And now I can’t help but think…

If this is what we did in one block, what can we do next?

Muhahhaha 👀👀👀

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