Coach Robbie and Mike get into athlete mode and discuss some of the biggest things they learned in 2019.

Where they found inspiration, what mistakes they made on the course, and some of the smartest things they did while racing and training. Listening to your life situation and being okay with that. Making your strength an advantage on the course. What makes you tick? How do you focus on that and use it to your benefit. Lots of good thought to help you prepare for your best 2020.

Topics: 

• Racing Mindset
• What are you gonna do when you get punched in the mouth?
• What is your strength and how do you use it to advantage?
• When comfortable becomes a weakness
• Make your strength your advantage
• Do not ignore the race in its entire form. Swim, Bike, Run
• It’s okay to listen to life and take a break
• Accepting your life where it is
• How to address things you need to improve on
• Control the course, don’t let it control you
• What makes you tick?
• Boring a winning solution?
• That Christmas Eve Feeling
• Whatever it takes to get you out the door
• When it’s choppy be ready for a faster stroke
• Walk/Run can rejuvenate your love for running
• Strip things to their simplest form

Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

Also a big thanks to Tom Stewart and Ross Kaffenberger for their technical support as we went through the process of launching the new site!

Also Somer Scandridge, Sam Browning, Jenny Machlin, and Scott Donald for their input. And of course, Stuart Rogers for his incredibly DETAILED reports regarding layout and copy. Love you guys!

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

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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Most of us think of quality sessions as our “long run” or tough intervals on the trainer. We’re here to tell you that way of thinking is a myth. Just because something is harder doesn’t make it more important. Today we look at the concept of quality training and what that means for a short run, a recovery swim or an easy spin on the trainer. Become more in tune with each workout by adjusting the mindset of your training.

• Putting workouts on a pedestal
• Workouts you remember are ones you didn’t see coming
• What are you gonna learn today?
• Listening to yourself on workouts
• What Mike learned his mom’s puzzle building
• Running to YOUR best form
• Every session can and should be quality
• What makes us quit

Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

Also a big thanks to Tom Stewart and Ross Kaffenberger for their technical support as we went through the process of launching the new site!

Also Somer Scandridge, Sam Browning, Jenny Machlin, and Scott Donald for their input. And of course, Stuart Rogers for his incredibly DETAILED reports regarding layout and copy. Love you guys!

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

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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Whether we're just getting started or a veteran to the sport, we have to look at what's right for OUR journey at this time. Today we outline a strategy for your 2020 season and how to keep it simple and stay on track for what's best for YOU. The steps start around the 20 minute mark, but we talk about running and some other stuff before. Enjoy and have a great holiday!

• A 3 year old’s Christmas
• C26 Top 10 Podcasts
• More women run than men now, why?
• Technology advancements, do they matter?
• Simplifying your journey - Starts at 20:00
• 1. Define YOUR Journey - why are you doing this?
• • healthier, less anxiety, injury free, faster?
• 2. Commit to it
• • when you stick to something, you don’t regret it
• 3. Plot To Your Course
• • Define plots along the way to understand how things are going
  • Don’t force feed “being ready”
• 4. Gather your materials
• • What do you need to be successful to execute the course you’ve plotted
• 5.  Start your journey 1:00 -
• • Just get started

This podcast talks about the process and how to stop talking yourself out of success and progress. We talk about the proper way to build your endurance in a lasting way. Also, early season races and what you should be working on now. And we introduce the new website, its purpose and why it represents a new chapter in many ways. We also introduce a new coaching program that’s targeted to self-coached athletes. A custom plan that’s laid out for your season based on your current fitness, experience and goals.

• New website C26triathlon.com
• NEW COACHING PLAN - 57:00 mark
• We’re basically in 2020
• End of year training
• Setting up for early season races
• Getting out of a hole
• Where ARE you vs. Aren’t?
• How can you “catch up?”
• Don’t beat yourself up
• What can you reasonably do?
• Training is like riding a bike
• When your run fitness means zero
• Learning from each race
• Where are you trending? 
• Today was a good day . . .
• Russian strong men
• Mastering a distance
• Appropriate stimulus
• Just do the best you can
• Happiness comes in the journey

Big Shout out to podcast listener and Wordpress designer Bobby Hughes for helping get the new c26triathlon.com off the ground. If you like what you see and may need a website, check out Bobby’s work at https://hughesdesign.co/

Also a big thanks to Tom Stewart and Ross Kaffenberger for their technical support as we went through the process of launching the new site!

Also Somer Scandridge, Sam Browning, Jenny Machlin, and Scott Donald for their input. And of course, Stuart Rogers for his incredibly DETAILED reports regarding layout and copy. Love you guys!

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

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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How do we get stronger and faster? Hit more PRs? The simple truth is repetition and adaptation. Mastering one thing is hard enough, but triathlon is 3 sports. The time, the energy, and the focus can seem daunting until we clean up the weeds in our lives and create the right amount of space to handle the load. Today is about how we get stronger by getting clear on who we are, creating habits, and mastering ourselves.

Topics:

• Master yourself first
• Why did we come to triathlon?
• Life changes
• Internal tug-of-war
• Mastery is repetition
• Find out who we are, know ourselves, apply our nature
• Negative Self-talk
• Minimizing imperfections
• Re-inventing the wheel
• Taking away pressure of focusing on yourself
• Endurance sports and depression
• Cutting corners, deviations, panic
• Don’t be an idiot, be consistent

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What if you looked at your Christmas wish list as a way to help you be a better triathlete? Today, we break down 7 essential and affordable items that might not be the flashiest things but will definitely help you feel and perform better next year. Be a better swimmer, cyclist, runner, and racer with the Crushing Iron Essentials. Thanks for listening!

Topics: 

• Sound investments for Triathletes
• Set Yourself Up for Success
• The Seven
• 1. A Race Fueling Plan
• • The most underrated item for racing
  • Figure out your exact formula to fuel race day
  • Don’t wing it
  • Most of us under-fuel by massive amounts
  • Fueling to lose weight vs. performance
  • You’ll need time to train your gut
• 2. The biggest pull buoy you’ve ever seen
• • The pull buoy is meant to assist you to swim more
  • Especially for weak upper body athletes
• 3. A really good bike fit
• • Find a reputable fitter
  • Crank length and contact point
  • Shims in shoes, right pedals
  • Hip angle
• 4. Outdoor run gear
• • Training inside wears at you
  • Get used to being relaxed in cold
• 5. The 3 A’s - Accountability/Affirmation/Allies
• • Someone, or something
  • A positive supporter
• 6. Power Meter over Smart Trainer
• • Buy function over entertainment
  • Keep it simple, work hard
• 7. Bet on Yourself
• • Buying things is an extension of not believing yourself

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

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Are you truly honest with yourself about your race goals or are you basing targets on the Triathlon False Positives? Today, we look at energy exertion and how triathletes trick themselves into thinking training days equal race performance. We look at smart race planning for bike with real average and normalized watts. How running with music and cycling to movies can affect your race energy, and how Power Meters should be used to make you a better runner. 

• Cycling paces and power on different courses
• How football negative split applies to triathlon
• Why do we take the swim for granted
• Quit blaming the run
• Rest, stress, and execution
• Average vs. Normalized Power
• Lower power, faster race?
• Patience and trust
• When to empty the tank
• The weight of expectations
• A gigantic mistake triathletes make
• How to be REAL with your FTP
• Using a power meter to be a better runner
• 3 False Positives in Triathlon
• • 100’s in swim to the race
  • Basing percentage of watts on best training day of year
  • Basing the race run on your best long training run
• Don’t expect training PRs on Race Day
• If you think you’re going the right speed, it’s probably too fast
• Running with music
• Riding with movies
• Guessing at a number we hope to be on race day
• Mental fatigue from paying attention
• Emotional Race Simulation

Sometimes things we hate wind up being our strongest loves. Today we look at recognizing true strengths, dealing with global stress, and finding consistent energy. We also look at our baggage stories and how they grow roots that talk us out of exploring things we are meant to do. Do you have pre-conceived beliefs about "why" you can't do something? Believe in yourself, but don't always believe yourself. 

Topics:

• Often times the things we hate become the strongest loves
• Drill sergeant coaching
• Do you have athletic baggage?
• Coach Robbie goes fishing
• The path of least resistance
• Believe in yourself but don’t always believe yourself
• What a coach’s job really is
• Frustrated, overtrained, disgruntled
• Global stresses - work, job, family, training
• No one trains well when they’re stressed
• Recognizing your strength
• Getting more value out of your workouts
• How are past infests our thoughts
• Why we carry someone else’s baggage
• Bad experiences are from bad preparation
• Commitment and Motivation are Feelings not Action
• Zach Bitter and fueling ultra training
• Investing vs. Extracting in training
• Invest in yourself long term 

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

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Are you battling a nagging injury or annoying pain? Having trouble finding the time? Struggling with the off-season routine? This is the podcast for you. Today, we look at how to frame your thought for manageable wins. Beat negative energy and remove internal conflict to unleash a process that helps you feel alive and energized -- and lets you to train, so you can train, like you need to train. 

Topics:

• Struggling to get back in
• Train so you can train like you need to train
• Finding a diet and plan you can work FOR
• Do we think we’re over elastic?
• The obsession with more
• Be your own hero
• Creating habits is #1
• Magnifying guilt and shame
• Removing Internal conflict
• Are you obsessed with a nagging problem?
• Moving your thought energy
• Why do you exercise?
• How do you “frame” things?
• Sucking the life out of the fun
• The “fan relationship” with Training
• Distraught over the tiniest things
• Micro Adaptation
• Feeling Alive and Energized

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

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Ready to plan your 2020 Triathlon Season in a concrete, proven way for success? Today, we lay out a systems that keeps you honest and focused while going after your hopes and dreams. We look at important variables when you're picking races, the best people to help you make honest choices, and how your ego gets in the way of success.

• Triathlon Thanksgiving Dinner Conversation
• Look at yourself as an Athlete
• Improving as all around athletes
• How to plan your calendar
• Step 1: Evaluate Yourself
• • We look at last year as a fluke
  • Have u proven consistency
  • Evaluate strengths and weaknesses
  • Expectations and goals from patterns not hopes and dreams
• Step 2: Sketch out your triathlon business plan
• • Are you trying to prove yourself wrong?
  • The bigger commitment the larger the hole
  • What are we trying to overcompensate for
• Step 3: Get Feedback from people you trust
• • Spouse and close friends first
  • Objective advisor
  • Don’t try to do too many products (races)
• Step 4: Create the plan
• • Don’t swing at the racing piñata
  • Make a plan in a way you believe in
  • Plan like you’re making a recipe
• Step 5: Commit to Working Your Plan
• • Write it down, stick with it
• Step 6: Go execute your plan
• Go back and re-evaluate
• Don’t panic and over-correct
• Question your questionable thinking

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

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A lot of talk this time of year about being grateful, but do we remember what it really means? Today, some of the harsh judgements we make on ourselves and how easy it is to be unappreciative of what we have and how things are going. The guys share a couple of important stories to remind us that sometimes our truest fortune is being able to do what we're already doing.

Topics:

• Beating that sluggish feeling
• Being busy to be busy
• Taking care of yourself
• How do we feel fresh
• Handling Thanksgiving week
• This workout was appropriately challenging
• Applause for working too hard?
• Self-coaching can be walking a maze blindfolded
• Are you afraid of saying “I don’t know?”
• Starting from zero
• What does grateful mean?
• Echo Chambers
• Measuring has become our communication

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

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Are you burning too many brain calories on doubt and confusion? Today, we look at athletes can be their own energy vampires. We look at the concept of planting "training seeds" instead of digging deep mental and emotional holes that serve no purpose. Each day we have a limited amount of energy and many times we overspend on the athlete and pilfer from the human.

Topics:

• Do this for you
• Stop trying to dig holes and start planting seeds
• Take care of the human before the athlete
• Are you burning too many brain calories?
• Good stress is stress
• Balancing a limited amount of energy
• Mental and emotional holes
• Throwing ourselves at the mercy of the world
• Giving into the path of least resistance
• Micro gains within workouts
• Accepting your wins
• "I didn’t think I could do that”
• Energy Vampires
• Parenting Yourself like your kids
• Did you have fun and try hard?
• Memphis 70.3 - October 2020

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How do we get better at cycling while retaining a strong run? Today we look at how your FTP can be misleading and taking you down the wrong road. We also look at key training sessions that make the difference in long distance racing. Better testing, cycling's body punches, and how every session is connected. 

Topics:

• Challenges of Northern Weather
• Godfather of polarized training
• Cross country skiing
• Keeping cycling simple
• The 80/20 principle in cycling?
• Managing time
• 3 kinds of cyclist categories
• Sweet Spot training
• Is the 95% FTP rule accurate?
• What happens when your FTP is wrongly high
• The hard pill for cyclists to swallow
• Are you gambling with your fitness?
• Swift and Trainer Road
• FTP Inside vs. Outside
• Testing to get better at testing
• Testing + Body of Work Equals . . . .
• How do you know if you had a good or bad day?
• Every training session is a “test”
• The most underutilized bike session
• Building Deep Cycling Strength
• Preparing for the body punches
• The most efficient use of limited time
• Extended intervals or shortened with raised intensity?
• Monitor the 22 hours of the day
• Every session is connected

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

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How do we get better at cycling while retaining a strong run? Today we look at how your FTP can be misleading and taking you down the wrong road. We also look at key training sessions that make the difference in long distance racing. Better testing, cycling's body punches, and how every session is connected. 

Topics:

• Challenges of Northern Weather
• Godfather of polarized training
• Cross country skiing
• Keeping cycling simple
• The 80/20 principle in cycling?
• Managing time
• 3 kinds of cyclist categories
• Sweet Spot training
• Is the 95% FTP rule accurate?
• What happens when your FTP is wrongly high
• The hard pill for cyclists to swallow
• Are you gambling with your fitness?
• Swift and Trainer Road
• FTP Inside vs. Outside
• Testing to get better at testing
• Testing + Body of Work Equals . . . .
• How do you know if you had a good or bad day?
• Every training session is a “test”
• The most underutilized bike session
• Building Deep Cycling Strength
• Preparing for the body punches
• The most efficient use of limited time
• Extended intervals or shortened with raised intensity?
• Monitor the 22 hours of the day
• Every session is connected

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

If you'd like to support the Crushing Iron Podcast, hit up our Pledge Page and help us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance!

You can also support us at our new store at CrushingIron.com. We have some NEW classic logo t-shirts and the Official Crushing Iron Spectator shirt for sale. Support the cast and get some new gear for it!

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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Many of us primarily identify as “triathletes” but does that take away from who we really are as a person? And does it make training harder? Today we look at designing your own lifestyle instead of forcing too many things and being scattered. We also look at approaching our lives with balance and fueling the real you, all while remaining someone who plays triathlon, does it to the best of your capabilities, and finds a well-rounded satisfaction in all the above.

Topics:

• Finding a good balance post-race
• Training should be taking care of yourself
• Would you take 5 weeks off?
• Stress is stress/energy is energy
• Your relationships with training
• Robbie’s break from racing
• Half or Full?
• Identifying as a triathlete
• Is it okay to be okay?
• Are you creating busywork?
• Pressure, Over-extending
• Friends support the direction you want to go
• Saving Spousal Credits

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

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It’s one thing to believe “anything is possible” but another to think “everything” is possible. Today, we talk about the best ways to use your offseason both mentally and physically. How to stay on track if you miss a workout or have a hiccup in your new diet. This is a great time of year to build for down the road, and do it without guilt or a self defeating mentality. It takes a lot of energy in the beginning to build a new habit, but eventually the new you will be on auto pilot. You just have to get there . . . and it’s a process.

Topics:

• Running gets all the blame as last discipline
• How do you increase runs and keeps swim & bike balanced
• The brain body relationship
• When creative workouts are entertainment
• New habits and outcome expectations
• Practice Creating a Habit
• Why are we so afraid of missing a day?
• “Oh, I’ll just start again on Monday”
• When we hit roadblocks
• Living life on an island
• Letting friends or a coach be objective
• Alleviating the most stress and nerves
• Effort is the biggest piece of your puzzle
• Worst in high school to the podium
• New Run Camp Tradition

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Do you live in black and white thinking and a world of highs and lows? There’s a time and a place for “hard” and a time and place for being at peace with the best you have to give. Today, we talk about moving into the Gray Zone more often as an athlete and a person. We look at self-sabotage, insecurities and talk about the secret to getting better. The Gray Zone is not a soft, lackluster place, it’s the place where the real work is done and where improvement truly happens

Topics:

• USAT Quote about Crushing Iron
• Re-connecting with friends
• Building confidence
• Black and white thinking
• Self Sabotage
• Speed work and adaptation
• Are you always more, more, more?
• Doubling down when you’re tired
• Dealing with insecurities
• Should you be doing less?
• Working with the person first
• Parallels with training and life
• The secret to getting better
• Taking the blindfold off
• Running without your watch
• I’m not going out like that
• Only You Understand Your Pain

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Are you willing to do what it takes to climb a mountain or do you prefer a shortcut? People everywhere are doing amazing things and it’s so easy to see but most times we have no idea what they did to get there. Sometimes we have to step back and attack the very thing we failed at because it’s hard and that’s where the growth happens.

Chasing shiny new objects rarely amounts to anything of substance.

Topics:

• Aging in triathlon
• Are you really getting slower?
• Are you accepting your age?
• Fasting and breath work
• Vitality in life
• Counteracting an extreme low
• Fearing boredom
• The simplicity of this podcast
• Do you have the patience to be durable?
• Phones, dopamine, and pagers
• Going back to a failure
• Start over Training Peaks
• Seeking pleasure instead of nurture
• Change for the sake of change

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

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So many of us want to find a quick fix to getting faster, but running is hard. And it’s where most people get injured. So, what’s the best way to get stronger and faster? Today, we break it all down in a clear, long-term plan for you to be a better triathlon runner next season. If you want to get straight to it, hit the 11:00 mark.

Topics:

• Connecting with athletes
• World Series chat
• What it takes to be MVP
• Running for Triathletes 11:00 mark
• Why Hacks Don’t Work
• Athletic Attention Deficit Disorder
• Running Durability
• Phase 1 of Running (12 weeks minimum)
• Running Slower To Get Faster
• Minutes vs. Miles
• 10% Increase Ceiling
• Adaptation vs. Healing
• How long is long run?
• When to add hills
• Phase 2 of Running
• Tempo, Stamina runs
• Hill Training Mistakes
• Is Steeper Better?
• Training Stress Scores
• Should You Go Past Phase 2?
• Phase 3 of Running
• Beware of Phase 3
• Running by Feel
• Brick Workouts
• Simplicity is rarely simple

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"The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there." –Vince Lombardi

Sometimes triathlon can eat you alive, but when we’re down, we can only control one thing . . . our reaction. Today, we talk about emotions and how they can drag us down in training, and ultimately races. We can’t control the weather, the pool lanes, or outside factors in life, so how do we lean in instead of walking away? Today’s success is one positive decision away, if we can stay out of our feels.

Topics:

• The C26 Texas Road trip
• Ironman 70.3 Waco Recap
• Be prepared for the unprepared
• Cold and windy in Texas in August
• Tougher swim than they thought
• Surprisingly hilly run
• You can’t control the weather
• You can choose your attitude
• Do you put yourself into adversity?
• The comfort of comfort
• Are you all up in your feelings?
• Are DNF’s a bad thing?
• Being calm within chaos
• Tough Love
• Perfect conditions
• How do you get through the tough stuff
• Reacting and responding to bad situations
• Are you rigid and stuck in your ways?
• Not understanding the moment

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Robbie takes a tour of the Houston Astros stadium before the World Series and they guys use a few baseball analogies with triathlon. Then the conversation goes into refreshing off-season training along with removing layers of season long fatigue. They also talk about discipline and how that means different things to different people. Workout guilt, non-presence, and how to be flexible. 

Topics:

• Robbie’s World Series Tour
• Family members spectating races
• One little mistake
• This is time to be flexible
• You can’t win the race in the swim
• How to refresh off-season training
• Run Focus
• 3 disciplines but one sport
• Thinking of the future but wanting a break
• Dark, Cold, Moody
• Decision making for shortened workouts
• Correcting overtraining
• Removing layers of fatigue
• Volume compared to life
• Workout guilt and non-presence
• Finding appropriate training load
• Don’t Coach yourself with a sledgehammer
• Leave your runs more energized
• Swim like water polo, bike like mountain biker, run like a soccer player (trails)
• What is discipline to you?
• This is the time of year to Re-Build

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

Struggling with your Swim? Join our new SWIM SQUAD 12 Month Program and build confidence in the water. You'll get 4 workouts a week, 4 customized video swim analysis, weekly swim tip videos and discounts on our Swim Camps. For more information go to this link. 

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Do you train and live with grace? Sometimes it can feel like a lot of pressure to define our "why" but often it change by the day. Today we look at how we're trying to approach life, training, and this podcast in ways that allow ourselves to take away the pressure. There's a lot of power in doing what feels right and takes away undo burden. How triathletes can find a lot of benefit in the power in the act of simply "doing." 

Topics:

• Mike’s dismay about Wisconsin football
• You don’t have to know your Why
• A new why every day
• Removing Expectations
• Why am I doing this?
• Stillness Is The Key - Ryan Holiday
• Not All Who Wander Are Lost
• Giving yourself Grace
• Predicting your Unpredictability
• When we enjoy “doing”
• Enjoy Doing
• We’re Late To Our Own Party
• Exercise is supposed to give you energy, not take it away
• What is your identity?
• You need to do what you want to do
• The weirdest thing about living for addicts
• The problem with goals
• A consistency challenge from Coach

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

Struggling with your Swim? Join our new SWIM SQUAD 12 Month Program and build confidence in the water. You'll get 4 workouts a week, 4 customized video swim analysis, weekly swim tip videos and discounts on our Swim Camps. For more information go to this link. 

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Today we talk about what it truly means to "want to get better" in triathlon. We look at how Age Groupers can benefit by taking the same training approach as the pros. We take a deep look at running for triathlon, including what speed really means and why less is often more in race season. Are you over-complicating training to distract yourself from the mission you truly want to accomplish?

Topics:

• Kona broadcast
• Fascinating Race
• Age Groupers Like to Complicate Things
• No Running for Kona?
• Fine Line Between Sick and Fit
• Travel and work loads
• Cam Wurf
• Fitness is Fitness
• Lucy Charles’s engine vs. durability
• Running Durability
• Biking Translates to Run
• 1% overtrained is worse than undertrained
• Can you really get “sprint” faster?
• Biking for Your Run
• Build Your Run Foundation Now
• The body gets better on its own time
• There are no short cuts
• Triathlon as a way of life
• Overcoming overtraining
• One trick/One pace ponies
• Finding desire without a race on calendar

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

Struggling with your Swim? Join our new SWIM SQUAD 12 Month Program and build confidence in the water. You'll get 4 workouts a week, 4 customized video swim analysis, weekly swim tip videos and discounts on our Swim Camps. For more information go to this link. 

Support the Crushing Iron podcast on Patreon, where the community pledge is only $3.26 per month. There are other options, but every little bit helps us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance.

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Once again, C26 Triathlon was on the ground for the entire day at Ironman Louisville. Today, we recap the sites and sounds of another truly moving experience. We're always reminded of how grateful we should be to be able to do this sport and Sunday we saw loads of incredible moments. We also talk about the cancelled swim, the volunteers, the modified start, and feedback from the new run course. 

Topics:

• What stuck out to us
• Run course turns/out and backs
• Cancelled Swim thoughts
• The cold weather start
• “Please don’t let my dad die tomorrow”
• Wrapping Your Mind Around Ironman
• Awesome Volunteers
• Hugs and Embraces 32:00
• Emotional Finishes/Roller Coasters
• It’s Their Own Battle
• A great reminder of who we are as humans
• Getting to the Start Line Emotionally Fresh

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

Struggling with your Swim? Join our new SWIM SQUAD 12 Month Program and build confidence in the water. You'll get 4 workouts a week, 4 customized video swim analysis, weekly swim tip videos and discounts on our Swim Camps. For more information go to this link. 

Support the Crushing Iron podcast on Patreon, where the community pledge is only $3.26 per month. There are other options, but every little bit helps us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance.

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What does it take to stay at the top of your game? Today, we look at what professional triathletes do to race at the highest level and translate that to age grouper training. Simulating race environments, forgiving yourself, and reducing stress through the process. We also give KONA predictions for the men and women. 

Topics:

• Ironman Louisville
• KONA
• 80’s 90’s rock bands boy bands
• Milli Vanilli at the pool
• Olympics - One Day Pressure
• So Many Things Can Go Wrong
• Training All-In for One Race
• Simulating Race Day
• Trimming fat and reducing noise
• The three P’s of Stress
• How Pros take the bad stress out before a race
• Personal Life and Racing
• Forgiving in the moment
• Evander Holyfield
• When we dig too big of a hole
• You don’t get points for 27:00
• “Should I make it up next week?”
• Recovery Within Workouts
• “Emotional Recovery”
• Understanding rest days
• KONA predictions

Registration is NOW OPEN for 2020 C26 Camps. Find out more on our Camps Page. 

Struggling with your Swim? Join our new SWIM SQUAD 12 Month Program and build confidence in the water. You'll get 4 workouts a week, 4 customized video swim analysis, weekly swim tip videos and discounts on our Swim Camps. For more information go to this link. 

Support the Crushing Iron podcast on Patreon, where the community pledge is only $3.26 per month. There are other options, but every little bit helps us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance.

You can also support us at our new store at CrushingIron.com. We have some NEW classic logo t-shirts and the Official Crushing Iron Spectator shirt for sale. Support the cast and get some new gear for it!