What, no cardio? The journey from elite triathlete to bodybuilder * Alice Hector

Imagine you're an elite triathlete, getting on the podium at Ironman 70.3 events, and then COVID comes along. You have no races to do and you feel a bit lost.

What would you do? Some elites did more gravel riding, others chased Strava KOM titles or Fastest Known Times (FKT), and others took part in the indoor race series organised by Zwift or Ironman.

Today's guest, Alice Hector, took a completely different path. She turned from the extreme endurance training of triathlon to the highly anaerobic training found in bodybuilding. She’s turned out to be just as talented, winning a major female physique competition. As a triathlete she raced at 59kg (1.78m or 5’10”), now she competes at 69kg. (You can see that transformation HERE in this Instagram post).

Alice was also joined on the podcast by her bodybuilding coach Mark Palfery who described a lot of the technical information about bodybuilding and particularly nutrition.

 

The transformation is amazing and we talk about all of this in our conversation as well as:

• What really caused her to make such a dramatic change in sports
• What, no cardio?!
• Training for less than 1hr per day
• The joy of gaining 10k
• Fat-shaming in triathlon to internally motivated weight loss for bodybuilding
• Preparing for a competition - avoid inflammation and just eat plain

To follow Alice you can find her on these social media channels:

@alicehector82, 

@markpalfery 

@studio1_fitness 

 

Please visit the website to find out more about the Studio 1 Gym owned by Mark, and where Alice trains.

 

An Instagram story with videos of Alice's victory at the Miami pro-competition.

 

If you're interested in getting into the weeds on this subject, Mark recommends the following books:

Women's Strength Training Anatomy - Frederic Delaver

The Strength Training Anatomy Workout Volume 1- Frederic Delaver

The Strength Training Anatomy Workout - Volume 2 - Frederic Delaver

The Precontest Bible by Larry Pepe 

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