Still nowhere near the chemistry or personality of GCN though. I can understand it takes time, but I've basically given up on watching GTN as a result. I notice they've got a new guy in though who is a much more natural presenter.

I just wish he would edit his vids himself. Look at Casey Neistat for example-he is a one man band who pumped out daily blogs for over a year of a very high quality all whilst also having a hell of a lot going on building a side business which he ended up selling for millions.

Love Tarens work, love his content and think he is quite funny but getting the teenage girl to do his edits just strikes me as lazy unfortunately. He shouldn’t complain about running on a shoe string and at the same time be paying someone to do something he could do himself

I thought he closed POST to concentrate solely on Triathlon Taren?

I thought he closed POST to concentrate solely on Triathlon Taren?

Pretty sure I've seen you on the comment boards (as long as the name is the same on Youtube)... Think some of the phrasing you use makes it hard to tell if you're trolling or not. Do think you've had a good amount of valid pts but yeah I can see where he isn't sure

The thing is it’s all free content. It’s just a bloke giving it a crack, doing his best. As a result we get to see him gradually hone his skills in public, warts and all.

Personally for someone with no experience, training or quals he is doing great.

And now we have a kickstarter...https://www.kickstarter.com/...ct&term=trainiac

I don't understand this stuff...If you want investment, where's the equity?

I really like him

Entertaining and some good advice

Don’t agree with 100% but enjoy the videos

Has quite a few big name guests.

No need to put in the hard work any more to be fast, you just need to follow / purchase as Taren does....

"How to guarantee you bike fast in a triathlon: get the most recognizable bike in tri..... the @ventumracingslap a super wild @bicyclemakeover decal on the bike and the huge @altocycling disc wheel canvas, wear the loudest tri shoes possible from @rideshimano get a matching kit from @scodyaus then get a badass position care of @matsteinmetzand some @51speedshop parts."

Holy shit balls...now he's straight up spreading falsehoods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaUQZPkytcQ

Half of them are expensive and not necessarily good. Look at the Cerveló P5X or even the ventum( two big expensive pieces of junk).

The P5x is the fastest bike there is. Not to mention it’s one of the most adjustable bikes on the market. I’ll give you fast, but calling it a piece of junk and not good, you’ve gotta be kidding me...

The P5x is the fastest bike there is. Not to mention it’s one of the most adjustable bikes on the market. I’ll give you fast, but calling it a piece of junk and not good, you’ve gotta be kidding me...

Again, I don’t hate, love is what we need anywhere ( slowtwich for sure need some )

I just want to create awareness, because I got scammed in my life and it is not nice – and I`m not saying Taren got scammed or his viewers got scammed – just crashing some facts ->

A crowd funding of any nature is created to have a web training platform for newbies with apparently no fitness professional involved – that is borderline irresponsible. Hope he has something as any kind of certification.

Not saying training peaks have to be the only one in the market, but at least you get experienced professionals sending you proper training.

200 individuals sign up, don’t know how much, but let’s call it $100 each, it is interesting sum of money!

I used to follow him (unfollow yesterday) and from that point on he made some trips that would be very expensive

Plus the garage and patio that is not of my business and according to him he got a line of credit for that ( I really want to know his bank )

How I know all of that? Because in my mind I was thinking -> This guy must be a Financial genius. I have a 2 income household ( both with above average income for the Midwest ) no kids and we do travel but always get cheap flights, hotels and I do all my races locally so I don’t have to get air tickets and pay to ship my bike.

There is some youtube channels that are about traveling ( Sailing la Vagabond is one example ) and they have Patrons that basically pay that couple to travel the world sailing! Cool, if you like the content, you have money to spare….why not….your money.

They only thing that bothers me is creating a platform and offering a service without proper training for that purposely , collecting upfront money from people that dont really know the sport yet and reporting everything is ok ( never really showing any kind of layout, preview, screenshot ) and after 4 months reported we got scammed. I watched again…a lot of the chat got edited. Maybe he was not the one scammed.

The PMO part of it I`m not even talking about. I would get fired if I had a project, trusted people are doing ok without any kind of report, timeline or KPIs and after 4 months there is NOTHING to show my Boss - don't full yourself....those 200 people are now investors on that platform....therefore your Boss!

So that is my take on the whole thing. Don’t want to be a hater but I was really disappointed about that video. Traveling the world ( FIRST CLASS ) and telling people you are cashing on your saving is just odd to me!

I used to be a fan, used to watch when I could to help him.....no more!

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Dude has no business coaching swimming... should be farming this out...


Found 1 masters meet he swam at in 2014. He swam a 6:08 400m Free and 24:00 1500m Free but is listed as DQd for both swims...

Did he cheat and wear "Floaty" pants / illegal swimwear or was wearing a watch ?

I understand the venting about advice or opinions, but sometimes these threads get way to obsessive and negative.

Lol so Taren went 'there' again and gave everyone some nutritional advice-face palm..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ctGOQocuZtw



Some of the comments were brutal but this has to be my fav- he is spot on IMHO

"I love you Taren. But, for a second of real talk. You are not a keto athlete. You are not fat adapted. In your adult life, you have NEVER experienced ketosis. You think MCT Oil doesn't break a fast because it is "clear". Jesus man....any calories break a fast. You buy into the marketing tactics of the failing mushroom industry. Dude. "overtaxing the gut" dude...wtf? You're just listening to talking heads on the internet and spouting this shit out as if it was facts. The facts are: you are a decent age group 70.3 athlete. You are not exceptional. You train more than enough, but your diet shows your lack of commitment to your own performance. So please, STOP trying to get people to eat like you. You need to lose 6-8% body fat while maintaining your muscle mass if you ever want to break out. Otherwise, please, just focus on being a news reporter, because your health, diet, performance,and fitness is not helping your cause."

I noticed that. His critique is fine, so far as it goes, but he misses a lot of the details that actually matter.

The other thing is that I’m not really sure of the point of analyzing pros strokes in that manner. It’s one thing to use video of the pros to demonstrate some concept that you are talking about, and it’s quite another to deconstruct someone’s stroke, which may or may not have anything to do with their success (or lack of) in the water.

Since the training platform disaster I unsubscribed and at this point youtube won`t give me any of his vlogs as suggestions anymore.

So clicked the link and watched....the first 3 min at least

Giving nutritional advice without any training/degree base on what you learnt on the internet is dangerous - especially when your views are mainly newbies that are probably coming in the sport to lose any kind of weight.

Swim technique critique....even tho you were never a competitive swimmer is ok...everybody is entitle to an opinion I guess. Bad bike fit....I paid for mine and I keep modifying it every single season ( just like Lionel Sanders lol )

But nutrition is something important not only to triathletes but to every single person. Even nutritionists ask you a sh*t ton of questions and ask for blood work before recommending you something.

Hope people when watching it understand that everybody is different and what works for Taren, or me doesn't necessarily works for you!

Si is the better personality, but Emma is the best for knowledge.

Still wondering why he was DQd in a 400 and 1500 in his one and only masters meet

Still wondering why he was DQd in a 400 and 1500 in his one and only masters meet

Have you watched his video were he is breaking down Lionel's swim....Is he really the person to be doing this???? Is this what people trust on utube?

Yeah, I saw that.

I'm prefacing this by saying that overall, I like Taren's channel, even if I don't care about all of the content he generates. I'll pick and choose what I want to watch (anything that has to do with "here's the morning shake you should drink" or the like I'll skip past, but a lot of his content I do like. I enjoyed his stuff from 70.3 worlds, for example.

That said, he is really not the guy to be giving swim analysis. He knows some, but unfortunately he knows enough to be dangerous. He doesn't know what he doesn't know.

And that in a nutshell is coaching in this sport.

As for the content he definitely doesn't aim to please everyone in every single video. But he goes with Casey Niestats model of producing something every single day. Not easy task to do 365 days a year, so he will definitely "fetch" some topics much to many of our dismay.

I go back and forth on him a lot. But with a sport that isn't really growing and doesn't really have any exposure, having triathlete that produces video content every single day is an opportunity to get more involved, grow the sport, etc.

I think it comes up to the viewer to use discretion on what to take and pass on. Unfortunately, Taren does not do a great job (IMO) of positioning himself as who he is. He should be blunt that he is NOT a coach or has experience coaching athletes 1-1 face-to-face.

....but I think what would be ideal for him is to position himself as Mr AG Triathlete.

I'm well aware that I'm sitting on the sidelines in the peanut gallery here, but I think what would be ideal for him is to position himself as Mr AG Triathlete. Instead of trying to do all of these fancy things, with all the fancy gear, instead do something that highlights the challenges that we all face just trying to fit in a day of training. Between kids, family, social and work commitments it gets very tough for a lot of us.I haven't trained in nearly 2 weeks because of illness and activities. Now it's well into the eating... err... Holiday season, and I have no idea how i'm going to avoid that second and third plate of turkey with stuffing and gravy. He could have something really fun with all of that.

....but I think what would be ideal for him is to position himself as Mr AG Triathlete.

I agree, but let's be honest, there's more money in his Trainiac Platform, and his training camps.

But yea, I usually like the videos where he talks about HIM, how he approaches his training and his daily life. I do not care for his nutrition advice, nor do I care for him trying to break down Pro athlete's swim stroke. And now he's partnering with Lucy Charles, Cam Wurf, and other pros to bring even more coaching advice.

IMO, if he really wants to pursue this coaching thing, he should go out and start getting some real coaching certifications, instead of the Ironman U crap he decided to get.

I'm not mad about him getting free stuff. That's what being an influencer is about. I'm just really annoyed that he spews bullshit out of his mouth every day: here take this spirulina...here this clear MCT oil (which has 130 KCals) won't take you out of a fast...don't take any whey protein because it will spike your blood sugar (dude just finished a two hour ride, take the whey idiot). My issue is I started following him when I was a beginner, he put out good information and hustled. Most people have problems with him because he stopped the work grind that the rest of us struggle with. Hey, if NTK is good with him not working (he said he had to chop their savings or someish, whined about how he made a mistake and Mel may loose her job). What he needed to do was to get his Social Media business to the point where it was autonomous and not shut it down. Don't sob to me about Mel to draw in support due to your flub up, make it straight with her so she has a runway to find a new gig.

So is he making a new platform to challenge Training Peaks?

Not according to his video on the new Trainiac platform, Taren says that it isn't intended to challenge trainingpeaks. What it actually does, I have no idea, but it's not supposed to replace TP.

didn't have TV or internet ...watched a lot of youtube videos..

didn't have TV or internet ...watched a lot of youtube videos..