What’s your burnout rate? Do bad race choices make it worse? Today is all about picking the right races for you. Not only course wise, but the time of year so they don’t tangle with stressful life events. Don’t let revenge on a race course or someone else’s goals impact your decisions. Stay fresh, connected and happy with your triathlon lifestyle. 

Topics: 

• Planning Phase for next year?
• The most dangerous decision phase of training
• An Objective and healthy approach
• Should You Race or Not?
• Random Races and A-Race Jeopardy 
• The comfort of repeating races
• How to pick the right race for you?
• What the hell are you doing in transition?
• What’s the best time of year?
• Rushing your recovery
• Are you in a mistake loop?
• What getting faster really means

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We all have those little moments in training that give us thought that we may have the greatest race of our lives. Then, just as quick we think we may DNF. It's a constant battle and the true win comes down to understanding and appreciating execution. It's not about pace on a random Tuesday, it's about building fatigue, recovering, then nailing restraint so that you can execute a race to the best of who you are. 

Topics:

• Wisconsin spectator awesomeness 
• Trying but not trying
• Fatigue Masks Fitness 
• Getting back to fresh
• The Mind Game of the Taper
• The Energy burn of the recover
• Phantom Pain
• Eating more than we need in Taper
• Packing early for racing
• Making Sure You Have Nutrition
• Be careful of massages
• Visualizing thoughts and feelings of race day
• Execution and restraint 
• Resilience and toughing-it-out
• From Awesome to Terrible
• From DNF to PR
• Taking what the course gives you
• Powering over hills 
• Mashing vs. Maneuvering 
• Upcoming Live Podcast in Madison

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Off-season is not really a thing if you want to get better. That doesn't mean you have to thrash and burn all year, but what can you do to get better today. How do you come to terms with "boring" workouts and figure out ways to make them part of an exciting result. Today we talk a lot about patience and restraint, both in training and racing. Plus give a lot of good thoughts think and attack your big race. 

Topics:

• Coach is back from Florida 
• Increasing Good habits v. Bad Habits
• Mont Tremblant stories
• Is there really an off-season?
• Don’t skip too many classes
• Practicing Restraint and Patience
• How Slowing Down Makes You Faster
• When You Feel It’s Right, It’s Probably too fast
• How to bank energy in a race
• The relevancy of the bike
• Know Your body and the Point of the race
• Restraint and Execution
• Putting Purpose Into Your Training
• It’s crazy what happens when you use common sense
• Zoom out on your training
• The Coffee shop Combo
• How to take BORING out of training
• Remember how you got here
• Pre-Race texts with athletes 

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Taper is the ultimate test of patience and while you're not training as much, most athletes waste a tremendous amount of mental and emotional energy. As the race closes in, it's time to focus on confidence and visualizing what might go wrong and how you are going to get through it. Thinking through solutions not problems. The athlete who makes the fewest mistakes is the one who wins their race.

Topics: 

• Exciting time of the year
• Pressures build 
• When Coaches Worry
• Coming to terms with our training
• Patience and calm
• How do we not press on?
• Looking at collective workouts
• Bridging workouts outside of Mon-Sun
• Not letting off the gas too early
• Just don’t think about it :) 
• Making fewer mistakes in taper
• Idle Taper Minds
• Thriving in drama and chaos
• Quiet Confidence from building a body of work
• Being totally dependent on yourself
• The patience of taper
• Don’t squeeze for just a little bit more
• Mental and Emotional Energy Wasted the last two weeks
• Get your mind ready for Race Decisions

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The biggest workouts in the hottest part of summer and a race that's close but never seems like it will be here. Sometimes the toughest part of training is staying fresh and sharp as your race approaches. Today we look at ways to take the last month or so before a race and turn them into our biggest mental asset. 

Topics: 

• Camp recap
• Different people, backgrounds, abilities
• A melting pot sport
• Identity through triathlon isn’t about a metric
• What is triathlon doing for your life?
• Awakening a whole new personal world
• “I’m gonna get better no matter what”
• Exposing yourself to different environments
• Personal Myth Busting
• The toughest part of building the swim
• Feed on the energy frenzy 
• Controlling your effort
• Breakthrough Performance vs. Lessons
• Sometimes the best reaction is to not
• What If You Don’t Have It Today?
• The Best Asset You Can Attain Is Knowledge
• Negative Split Mentality 
• Stop Making Decisions Before You Start
• High Fatigue and Warm Ups
• Respect how your body feels and go with that today
• Bonking isn’t running out of energy
• Why You Need to Practice Pacing
• Dealing with GI out of the swim
• Combatting Your Fatigue
• How to be relentless
• Racing Is Like A Long Work Day of Decisions
• Stress Compounds and Affects Training

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What's it take to go from beginner, to intermediate to an advanced triathlete? How do you define that and/or your personal journey? The process is the purpose and we all define that differently. Which lens are you looking through when you judge your progress and how will you write your own success?

Topics:

• From beginner, to intermediate to advanced
• The process to the purpose
• Lose weight, take life back
• Slow is relative
• When ignorance is bliss
• Which lens are you looking through?
• Defining Triathlon Success
• How do you judge yourself?
• The Old You, the New You, The Old you?
• The “Great Reminders”
• The Process is the Moment

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Triathlon is a long, complicated process that doesn't always give us clear answers. Today we look for ways to take positives away from "bad" workouts, how to use hope as your "why," and maybe even how to keep this training thing simple (or simpler). We're all a work in progress and paying attention to your life and stress matter in training. 

Topics:

• What’s your level of hope?
• Hope is Interchangeable with Your Why
• Can you step back and look at the big picture?
• Can you stick with 5-6 weeks of demanding workouts?
• Looking at the "final block” before your big race
• Is what you’ve done enough?
• Are you “MORE-ING” your way to tired and overtrained?
• If You Don’t Have Bad Days, something’s probably wrong
• Writing about your workouts
• Neglecting the little things that could make training less painful
• When It’s Not Your Fitness, It’s Your Life
• Comparison is the worst thing you can do
• Is your primary goal delusional?
• I want to feel good today 
• It’s all about effort 
• It’s always a work in progress 
• Slowing Down The Least 
• How we use fear and need for excitement
• Doing More Is a Lazy Answer 
• Getting to the top of your age group
• Minutes Matter 

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Do you practice thinking about decisions you'll face on race day or lost in a world of Swift and Neftlix? If we go through the motions in training, race day stresses become a lot more challenging. What are you doing to prepare for thousands of decisions you'll have to make on race day? Also, distraction by IronTracker, bike handling, and changing how you feel during a race. 

Topics:

• Are We Jaded About Ironman?
• Ironman Tracker Addiction
• Opportunities we miss by obsessive tracking
• People want more and more 
• Is Our Bike Handling Getting Worse?
• The Problem with Pain Caves
• Distracted Training 
• Putting the head down and working
• Preparing for the Unpredictable 
• You are Responsible for Your Own Experience
• Fighting through
• Learning How To Make Great Decisions
• Can You Change How You Feel In Races?
• The Best Athletes Make The Best Decisions
• Take Calculated Risks
• Practicing Race Day 
• Don’t Let Your Beliefs Limit You

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The swim set the tone. We could see it in their eyes as they got out of the water. Then conditions seemed to get worse. Tough winds on the bike and a hot sunny day made for a tough reality at Ohio 70.3. 

Triathlon is an endless puzzle and just when you think you mastered it, there will be another big lesson. Do the best you can and have fun.

Topics:

• Ohio Tough Conditions
• Be grateful 
• Good people
• Condolences for bike death
• The Wind 
• Respect the course
• Warm water, slow times
• The PR illusion 
• Us vs. the Elements
• Hot run, no clouds
• When You Should Start Swim
• The conditions aren’t the same for everyone
• When a swim dictates a race
• Nothing better than a great start
• Do the best you can and have fun

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Should you put more weight on your great workouts or bad? Probably neither because it's a process and everything is a building block. As the pressure builds it's more important to stay level when evaluating yourself. Take a look at where you've come from and figure out how a bunch of "good" workouts are the best way to great. 

Topics:

• The Spectrum of Athletes 
• Beginner, Improver, Kona Qualifier?
• Short Term Memory, Long Term Appreciation
• Good Days, Bad Days 
• After the Excitement Wears Off
• Is It All About What’s Next?
• Triathlon and Life Should Compliment
• Let Yourself Float 
• The Life Metaphor
• Do we always have to have an answer?
• Three sports is like spinning plates
• Expectations are future resentments
• Why it’s all about showing up
• Do you feel surprisingly good on Monday?
• Taking pressure off race goals
• Is “good” not enough?
• Shoot for Good over Great
• Can you restrain yourself in workouts?
• Strive for the Middle 
• Appreciate what you’re doing

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Are you piling on mileage just to make sure you're ready? Today we look at Peak Phase and why too much volume can be your worst enemy. Fatigue is a slippery slope and it's important to listen to your body first and understand the true demands of a race and how to train for them. Today, the fine line between volume and intensity. 

Topics: 

• Simulating Race Day FEEL
• Peak Phase and Volume vs. Intensity
• What kind of intensity can you hold?
• Mileage vs. Time
• Long Bikes That Crush Our Spirits
• 100 Mile Rides Overrated?
• Double Runs/Double Rides
• Accumulating in 24 Hours
• Simulating FEEL of an Ironman Marathon
• The first 30 mins are the worst
• Fatigue is Relative
• When Rest Makes You Feel Worse
• Why You Get Phantom Pain in Taper
• Listen to your body first 
• Swimming: Always take more time if you need it
• More is not a plan
• The decision and action have to come at the same time
• How mental fatigue affects your race
• Don’t let bad workout results define your race

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Do you look at the big picture of your triathlon journey? For many it becomes an endless cycle of similar results and a lot of struggle. Today, we look at things like, why feeling good could be a sign to reign it in and why your upcoming race may not be the thing to hang your hat on. How does today help your tomorrow? Getting unstuck and looking at your Taper in a totally different way. 

Topics: 

• Do You Truly Love The Sport?
• The 12 Month Training Cycle
• Periodization
• Are You Stuck?
• Is it time to scrap your year?
• Straddling the hurt and injured fence
• Regrouping and taking inventory of your situation
• Random exercise vs. Training 
• How Does Today Help Tomorrow?
• You have to be in shape to train
• The glamor and romanticism of addiction
• Pool Swimming vs. Open Water
• Why Speed Work is Risky 
• Losing Patience and when it costs you
• When Ego and Pride Clouds Judgement
• The common thread of great triathletes
• Why you shouldn’t add a short race b4 your big race
• The challenge of the Taper 
• The Final Lead in to your race
• Arrive on Time and Be Your Best 

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A mantra we like to remember for racing is, “Don’t believe how you feel at any minute, because it’s bound to change.” The same goes for training. How many times have we been on top of the world one day and talking about quitting the sport the next? Training is all about not getting too high or too low. Today we look at ways of staying positive on the emotional roller coaster of triathlon training. 

Topics: 

• The Truth about swim fitness
• Is the swim long or slow?
• Mind games of a realistic swim
• Amazon Side Business
• Double ride weekend
• Salvaging your rides
• Belief systems that hold you back
• From quitting to back in the game in 48 hours
• Uneven patches in training
• When self perception changes
• From bike accident to podium 
• Giving yourself more time 
• Putting on your run shoes can change you
• Don’t let outliers dictate your mood
• Wimbledon Resiliency 
• How personal life drives success

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"Watches are like the weatherman.” – Coach Robbie 

FTP Tests, Heart Race, Pace . . . do you look at them honestly, or lean toward the perfect answer? Today we talk about how to be smart (and realistic) when you look at data and maybe why you shouldn’t look at all. We’ve said it before, Long Course racing isn’t about who’s fastest, it’s about who slows down the least. Is this how you race?

Topics: 

• Adapting to the weather
• Knowing who you are
• The “heat of the moment”
• Warning Signs to be aware of in heat
• The impact of dew point 
• PR conditions by perceptions 
• When to "skip it”
• FTP Obsession
• Understanding your power
• The problems with standard FTP tests
• Power vs. Poor Pacing
• Vanity FTP
• Your Power Portfolio
• Gadgets are tools to inform not dictate
• Blindly believing your watch
• How would you drive with 3 gallons of gas?
• Who are you today?

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Are you drinking too much water? Training for the wrong course? Pushing hard at the wrong times? Today, it’s all about why races fall apart, both because in-race decisions and lack of race specific training. We look smart heat acclimation, sweat tests, replicating your race course, and how to nail nutrition. The difference between a decent race and a great one comes down to the little things. 

Topics:

• Mind tricks of big training blocks
• The Dead of Summer Heat
• Being blind to getting fit
• Optimal training conditions 
• Summer training is hard to compute
• The body as a machine
• Heat and Hydration
• Why You Should be taking notes
• Dialing in Nutrition in the Heat
• How athletes typically screw up races
• Sweat Tests 
• Why straight water is bad for your race
• Is the Run the problem or what you do before it?
• When nutrition mistakes are amplified
• Practicing Race Day 
• Replicating the Ironman bike 
• Detailing Demands of the course you’re racing
• Race specific training
• Heat Acclimation vs. Fitness 

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"Is it getting better, or do you feel the same?" - U2

Triathletes are notorious for experiencing burnout, but we’re here to tell you the training isn’t the reason. More often it’s something in your life that isn’t being addressed that can’t be solved by triathlon. We look at the Ironman (triathlon) high and search for ways to approach the sport so it’s not taking away what it should be giving you. The event doesn’t change you, it’s who you become along the way. 

Topics:

• Ironman Muncie podcast is #65 
• 2020 C26 Training Camps Link
• Getting back your mojo
• Ironman Burnout
• Does Ironman define you?
• The Ironman high . . . and low
• When we let races define us
• Why did you choose Triathlon?
• Searching for Change 
• Searching for Fulfillment
• You’re still left with you
• Treading water in your life
• Is triathlon your life raft?
• Sleep, eat, dream, post triathlon
• 28:00 - out… “i hate that it can’t fix me”
• Where is the sweet spot of contentment?
• Roller Coaster Life

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Sometimes life and this sport can be tough. Ultimately we're not in control, but what else can we do? Maybe an overload of kindness. 

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Do you get trapped in loops of negative self-talk? This can be a huge burden to carry when training. Today, we look at ways to manage your training so that you keep good energy and build a pattern of confidence. We get rid of "pass or fail" workouts and show how each training session (no matter how small) can be translated into mental preparation for a race. Finish strong, happy, and healthy.

 Topics:

• Cycles of Negativity 
• What makes a successful athlete?
• Running by feel
• Talking yourself into being stagnant 
• Appreciating how far you’ve come
• Coach athlete relationship on big picture
• Do you give up on yourself?
• How do you push yourself?
• Mental wins vs mental losses 
• Effort vs. Itinerary driven workouts
• Getting rid of pass or fail workouts
• Effort towards execution
• Beat yesterday? 
• Who slows down the least
• How to finish strong
• Mental exploration of pace and effort
• Be an expert of knowing your body
• Bonking vs. Terrible Execution
• The Person Who Makes the least amount of mistakes wins

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Triathlon is about getting better at the sport and in life. And along with getting better comes the fun. So who would guess swimming hard in open water then climbing hills in heat on the bike or run could be fun? Satisfaction and confidence ultimately lead to fun because you know you are capable. You SEE it . . . so you BELIEVE it. Today we get into ways triathletes can break cycles and get unstuck.

Topics:

• Power of getting out of you own reality 
• How to get unstuck
• Pushing to be better at life
• How do you change up a stale routine?
• The Journey of Self-Exploration
• Mental breakthroughs
• Mindless Cycling 
• Real World Fitness
• Perfect Pat vs. Weathered Willie 
• Predetermined decisions vs. reactions
• When your mind suffocates you
• Racing blind takes you out of your mind
• Re-write the story you’re telling yourself
• Do you believe what your coach sees?
• Challenging beliefs about yourself
• When bad workouts become affirmations

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!

Are you in triathlon for your next race or to keep getting better? We're on this "age is a number" kick and we believe your best potential is ahead of you. Will you be even better as you age? In 5 years? It's all about committing to the process and of course being patient. Is your two favorite parts of racing, signing up and finishing? Might be time to rethink your approach to the process. 

Topics:

• Where Do You Want to be in 5 years?
• Getting Rid of the Pressure
• Conversations with Friends
• Do you treat races as an expiration date?
• What do you value most?
• Mike on Father’s Day
• Where do you want your life to go?
• Where do you want to be as an athlete?
• Isolation tendencies
• Overtraining tendencies
• Well, you know . . . 
• Shortcuts don't cut it
• The optics vs. substance

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!

Fatigue is one of the most misunderstood concepts in triathlon. We usually want to carry fatigue, but we don't want to be tired. But how do you know the difference? Today, we look at training fatigue and how to embrace it without getting sick or tired. We also take a deep look into the concept of negative split and how it should play a role in training. 

Topics:

• Age is a Number
• Heat and dew points
• Gauging Muscular fatigue vs. Tired
• Training to stay tired
• A Great Sign of Fitness
• Signs of being over tired
• The Swim is a great barometer of tired
• You shouldn’t be totally exhausted! 
• Mile one should be your slowest
• Motivation takes ENERGY
• What "grumpy" says
• Food as an indicator of mindset 
• Short term feel goods
• Healthy, Sick, or Getting Better
• The Negative Split Mentality 
• Fatigue is the product of consistency
• Waking up with a stranger
• Taking time off INSIDE a workout
• The fewest mistakes usually wins
• The lonely sailboat analogy

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. 

We currently have ONE slot open for August camp. For more information on camps, click 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!

Tulsa wins next Ironman location. Boulder is canceled. Kona goes to Age Group Wave Start. We talk about it all, plus potential new 70.3 locations, the negative impact of Ironman Facebook groups, and the timing of Ironman announcements. We also get into how to pick the race that’s best for your emotions and how to show yourself grace in training. 

Topics:

• Ironman Tulsa Is Next
• More 70.3’s On The Way?
• Ironman Boulder Cancelled
• Should they announced Boulder differently?
• Kona Swim Start to Waves
• Is Kona’s Change about the bike?
• The Perfect Way To Start a Triathlon
• Ironman 70.3 Muncie
• Ironman 70.3 Ohio
• Ironman Wisconsin
• Are Race Facebook Groups Bad for the sport?
• When should they announce the Swim cancelations?
• How to pick your best race venue
• Picking a race
• Suck it up and make it work
• Showing yourself Grace

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. 

We currently have ONE slot open for August camp. For more information on camps, click 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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It's Always Safety First for Us! And we are very passionate about Swim Preparation. On a weekend with another IM Swim cancelation and another death in the swim, we talk about ways to make the sport safer. We focus preparation, warm ups, not taking the swim for granted, and competitive waves. Also, looking at Ironman Louisville's new Run Course. 

Topics:

• Help us spread the word with an iTunes Review! 
• Tri-Louisville Recap
• Mike’s Ironman Louisville Swim Re-enactment
• New Ironman Louisville Run Course
• IM 70.3 Eagleman Canceled Swim 
• Preparing for the Swim 
• Ironman Volunteers 
• IM 70.3 Wisconsin Swim
• Water Rescue Crews
• Your Responsibility in the Swim 
• The Race is ON when Swim Starts
• 41:00   - mike/robbie swim combo 
• Competitive Waves
• Ironman Duathlon Series

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. 

We currently have ONE slot open for August camp. For more information on camps, click 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!

Do you suffer from "Epic Challenge Syndrome?" What's the cut off line when pushing your body to get faster and stronger? And how do you gauge it? If there's one golden rule in triathlon (especially as we get older) it's "Respect Your Body." Taking things slowly almost always wins. Today we look at ways to produce longer and healthier careers in triathlon and the bedroom (well, kidding on the last part, but maybe not?). 

• Epic Challenge syndrome 
• Building speed and longevity
• Healthy conversations with your body
• Depression, Anxiety
• Volume and Moods
• Finding the Right Volume
• Load Volume in Taper 
• Are you Bought In?
• Training on the Defensive
• Confidence In Your Coach
• Eat when you’re ready instead of rushing
• Races aren’t ever the same
• How to measure fitness
• Outshooting your Fitness
• THIS is the hardest race you’ve done
• Can you sleep with your results?
• Effort and Pain 
• What you give should be enough

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. 

We currently have ONE slot open for August camp. For more information on camps, click 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!

This is triathlon as a reflection of your life. Are you self aware when it comes to your training? Understand the big picture and/or when to take a day off? Today, we talk about training plans and how they should unfold, understanding boundaries and how recognize when you're getting better.

Topics:

• When to take days off
• Self awareness 
• Emotional Investment required for Ironman
• Poor time management 
• Are you willing to give up things?
• Being proactive in beating burnout
• Triathlon as a Reflection of our Life
• Why your get in a stress cycle
• Are you afraid of losing fitness in a week?
• Triathlon as a metaphor for life
• Life and training constancy reflect each other
• Why “In the moment” really works
• How do you know when you really learned?
• Data: The most overrated part of triathlon
• Learning vs. Deep Understanding 
• Development takes time 
• Do it correctly or just complete it?
• Perfectionism is a Grandiose word for Procrastination 
• Confusion equals Uncomfortable
• Investing in your foundation
• Farming out your work 
• It only works if you work it 
• Building the icing but not the cake
• When your specific workouts mean nothing

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. 

We currently have ONE slot open for August camp. For more information on camps, click 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!