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Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Find out why thousands of beginner, intermediate, and advanced athletes are improving their training and racing with accessible, functional and genuine conversation about triathlon. Two coaches, who aren't afraid to laugh at themselves, look for smart and enjoyable solutions in a sport that's often dumb and painful. Mike Tarrolly and Robbie Bruce explore the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual side of training and racing everything from Ironman to a Sprint. on Monday and Thursday.
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Now displaying: August, 2018
Aug 30, 2018

One of our favorite authors is Charles Bukowski and his famous saying is, "Don't Try." We think what he means is, "Don't try to be someone you're not" and while it obviously applies to life, it hits hard for a lot of athletes in triathlon. Perfecting any craft is a slow burn and at the core is being realistic with yourself and your goals. It can also make the experience much more rewarding and fun. 

  • What’s Your Web Browser History 30 Days Leading To A Race?
  • It’s Not What You Do, It’s the motivation behind what you do.
  • The Keys to Longevity
  • Obsession with Race Pace
  • Dropping Pennies In Your Fitness Piggy Bank
  • Accepting Outcome
  • Understanding EFFORT 
  • Don’t Chase One-Offs 
  • Being Honest With Your Goals
  • Weight Loss and Athletic Gains Come Slowly
  • Self-awarness of things that aren’t working
  • How to be Content With Your Effort
  • Robbie The Realist 
  • Setting and Letting Go of Time Goals
  • When to Unload Your Training
  • Losing Momentum In the “Hype” Race
  • The High Roller Analogy
  • How Do You Look at Your Potential?
  • Coach Robbie’s First Mix-Tape 

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

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For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

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Aug 27, 2018

• The RACE WEIGHT Obsession and Myths
• How Much Does Weight Really Matter?
• The complexity of fueling
• Lionel Sanders Weight Loss At Mont Tremblant 
• Don’t Starve Yourself
• Body Image and How We See Ourselves
• Hydration During Ironman Training
• Running Nutrition is WAY Different Than Triathlon
• Timing Your Meals Around Workouts
• Nutrition for A Big Block Weekend
• When You Cut, It Sounds Like A Bad Idea
• So and So Looks too Skinny to Win Kona
• Does Calorie Deprivation Actually Add Weight?
• The Worst Way To Start Your Day
• A Good Rule for Eating 
• Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired?
• The Importance of Hydration in Ironman Training

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

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Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com 

Aug 23, 2018

• Overthinking Missed or Bad Workouts
• Recipe For Emotional and Physical Disaster
• The Most Exhausting Part of Triathlon
• Finding Confidence TODAY
• Putting the Athlete’s Health, Well-being and Spirit first
• Same race, different plans
• You’re Always In Progress
• Relaxing To Be Faster
• The Learning Curve
• The Pro and Con of “Simulation”
• How To Run The First 3 Miles of the IM Marathon
• Don’t Attach Yourself To Every Feeling In a Race
• The Seasonal Change Before Your Race

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

Facebook: CrushingIron
YouTube: Crushing Iron
Twitter: CrushingIron
Instagram: C26_Triathlon

www.crushingiron.com  

Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com 

Aug 20, 2018

• I feel pretty good but . . .
• Pro Triathletes Pay
• Mont Tremblant Discussion
• Fast Age Groupers
• How To Predict Your Spot by trend
• Ironman Training Fatigue
• Grumpy, Tired, Discouraged?
• The Morse Code Cry for Help
• Managing Fatigue
• Preventing Cascading Fails
• The Fatigue Training Continuum
• Hard Is Relative
• Why “Train Hard/Race Easy” is BS
• How To Limit Your Sufferfests

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

Facebook: CrushingIron
YouTube: Crushing Iron
Twitter: CrushingIron
Instagram: C26_Triathlon

www.crushingiron.com  

Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com 

Aug 16, 2018

• Each race is a stepping stone
• There IS such a thing as failure
• When it's Time To Panic (Hint: Never)
• The last couple months - How to handle it based on your fitness
• Monitoring crunch time as a coach
• You’re asking your body to do something it’s never done before
• Building on Hope vs. Consistency
• Big Swimming Secret of The Day
• Wetsuits vs. Swim Skins
• Making Excuses vs. Finding Reasons To Do It
• The negative voices rant
• How To Leave Workouts With A Positive Feeling
• Be Aware of Where Your Energy Is Going
• Don’t Live In Problems That Don’t Exist

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

Facebook: CrushingIron
YouTube: Crushing Iron
Twitter: CrushingIron
Instagram: C26_Triathlon

www.crushingiron.com  

Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com 

Aug 13, 2018

On the heels of our last 2018 Crushing Iron Triathlon Camp, we look at what we learned and how everyone helped Re-Ground the reason we do triathlon. We talk about awareness and how understanding the mind is the key to reducing distraction in our lives. There's also good stuff on how to execute YOUR RACE amongst the distractions and a good section on staying calm in open water.

Re-Framing Isolation In Triathlon
Practicing Awareness
How To Beat In-Race Distractions
Training Alone
Finding and Keeping Energy
Reenforcing Positive Habits
The Law of Practice…
Remembering How Many Good People There Are
It’s Not Always About The Numbers
Let’s Remember Why We Like To Ride Our Bike
Take It Out of Self
Why Do We Panic in the Open Water?
Testing the 10/17 - Zone 2 Run With Outsiders
The Adrenaline and Endorphin Lies
Executing Your Race Amongst Course Distraction

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe to Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

Facebook: CrushingIron
YouTube: Crushing Iron
Twitter: CrushingIron
Instagram: C26_Triathlon

www.crushingiron.com  

Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com
Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com 

 

Aug 9, 2018

The Temptation to Make Drastic Changes
The worst ways to beat low energy
The 3 symptoms of "I’m About To Screw Everything Up"
Overthinking Things as You Lead Into Your Race
Look for Specific, Provable Data
How To Get True Indicators Of What You Can Do
Are you the type of person who trusts the critics?
Too Much Information from people you don’t align with
The Netflix Training Analogy
The More You Change, the Longer it will take you to figure out what works
Don’t Interrupt the Process of Paying Attention
Is this me panicking or is it justified?
Go To Bed and Wake Up Tomorrow

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe to Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

Facebook: CrushingIron
YouTube: Crushing Iron
Twitter: CrushingIron
Instagram: C26_Triathlon

www.crushingiron.com  

Aug 6, 2018

Recovery is a major part of triathlon training, but a "Day Off" isn't always the right method. Today we get into why days off can derail you, along with looking at the next 24 - 48 hours in a different way, including "creating" days off without using one, and using two days to build one solid workout.

  • Why Monday’s Are the Worst Day To Take Off
  • 24 Hours Doesn’t Have To Be The Same Day
  • Beating Negative Thoughts
  • "Checking Out" is not The Best Recovery
  • Training while you travel
  • How Days Off Can Derail You
  • Same Day Recovery
  • Staying In The Groove after Vacation
  • Coach Hints At What’s Next For Him This Season
  • One Mile At A Time
  • Final Ohio 70.3 Recap

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe to Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

Facebook: CrushingIron
YouTube: Crushing Iron
Twitter: CrushingIron
Instagram: C26_Triathlon

www.crushingiron.com  

Aug 2, 2018

The last 2-3 months of training for an Ironman can bring a lot of doubt and confusion. You're tired, burned out, and the road seems like it may never end. But it will . . . and the key is understanding how to handle your build, see the light in your Taper, and be ready to leave it on the course for ONE DAY. Today we look at understanding the reasoning behind the build phase and how to best approach your taper and race. 

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TOPICS FOR TODAY:

How To Stop Overanalyzing
Burned out late in training?
Late Season Training Guilt
Family and Friends Week in Training
Ironman Build Phase is like Summer School
Closing In On Your A-Race
Why People Overdue Big Builds
What a Taper Should Feel Like
The Importance of Keeping Tension in Your Muscles
Long Term Calluses in the Body
Being Ready To Dig Your Biggest Hole on Race Day
Why and When You Need to Push Faster and Harder in Training
Racing vs. Running the Marathon?

Looking for a fun weekend of training and meeting awesome people? Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here

Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video

Please subscribe to Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes.

For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com

Facebook: CrushingIron
YouTube: Crushing Iron
Twitter: CrushingIron
Instagram: C26_Triathlon

www.crushingiron.com  

 

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