Swim, bike, run, repeat. Just like wake-up, shower, and get ready for work. Triathlon truly is a metaphor for life. . The daily grind can get into your head, but today we talk about ways to make the seemingly mundane enjoyable. 

• How the Daily Grind Relates To Training
• The 5th Discipline of Triathlon
• The simple things
• Shelving Expectations 
• The Danger of Mental Loops
• Hitching your wagon to a goal you don’t attain
• Taking ourselves too seriously 
• The only thing you have control of
• Taking ourselves too seriously or not loving ourselves as we are
• Bad photos on Instagram
• Inspiration from bad performance

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Triathlon is absolutely a sport that can change lives, but there always seems to be a mystery around how we can get more people to take that leap. Initiatives pop up all the time, but like most real changes it comes down to grass roots movements. We talk about what you can do to help make this sport more enjoyable and accessible to new people. We also talk about injury, sickness, how to approach workouts and races, along with offer different perspectives on living. 

• Getting More Women Involved
• Sharing Tire Pumps At The Race
• How We Can REALLY Make This Sport Better
• Your Number One Race Goal
• How To Deal With Being Sick
• Coming Back Strong From Injuries
• Aiming Low
• Accepting Who You Are
• State of the Sport Address
• What’s the perception of Triathlon?
• Why so many white dudes ins this sport?

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Wouldn't it be great if you lined up the morning of your next race with no fear or anxiety? To be relaxed, smiling, and already at peace with the outcome? We think so too and today we explore ways to find that mindset, not only for races, but for training, and every day of your life.

“Don’t judge. Simply realize that pain is part of life. If you grow, there is pain, and if you don’t grow, there is pain.” - Baron Baptiste

• Centering with Appreciation for What Is
• The Biggest Race of The Year is Your Next One
• Getting rid of excuses and “buts”
• A New Way to Look at Your "C" Race
• Relaxing with what is 
• Understanding The Process of Growth
• Being able to line up before your race and say, “Man it doesn’t get any better than this.”

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Welcome to the 135th Crushing Iron Podcast. Today we springboard off the Super Bowl into how you can outsmart your competition on the race course. 

We talk about everything from training to fast to getting your breath under control at the start of the swim, bike, and run. We also look at overall mindset for training and race day, starting with humility. 

• How Training Fast Can Hurt Your Race
• You are only entitled to the action, not the fruit
• Quick Super Bowl Recap 
• Preparing for the Unexpected 
• Understanding the importance of Zone 1 and Zone 2
• The Crushing Iron “Politics” Podcast?? 
• Working Your Aerobic system smarter and more efficiently
• Do they have a back up for Timberlake?
• Defense Wins Championships
• Balancing confidence and humility 
• Cautious optimism 
• Respecting the distance 
• How to deal with headwinds
• Let go of your time and mph addiction 
• Why giving more race effort can hurt you
• Racing smarter usually wins

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We recently read another article on about the New England Patriots and Bill Belicheck's philosophy that prompted this discussion. They practice with runs that are only directly related to plays in the game. For example, they may have the kick off team line up then sprint 70 yards. Then, they will have them jog back to the same line and do it one more time, just in case there is a penalty on the last play. 

We wondered how this philosophy could apply to triathlon, and of course, we believe it does.

• Coaching philosophies across platforms - Belichick returns 
• It’s Not Always Harder and Faster
• Consistent ease 
• The power of lower cadence
• Keys to not taking days for granted
• Race pace vs. Race Effort Training 
• Why Belichick wouldn’t be a fan of super long runs 
• Training to Hold Power 
• Vanity FTP and how it distorts your race results
• How cycling and running training work best together
• How much running do you have to give up to raise your FTP?
• Training for Hot Weather When It’s Cold
• Sauna Training
• Importance of Sodium

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We focus on making our lives easier every single day, but as triathletes, we take a conscious choice to make our lives harder. So, in that vein, things have to change. We have to accept that it isn’t “hard” but it’s a daily routine that we fall into. 

Triathlon is a pressure point. It's like you have this non-stop-dull pain, and triathlon comes along and helps you re-focus a lack of routine or your pain into a more productive way. But once you're in, that process continues as we keep facing new challenges. Now, how can you start shaving 5 seconds off a 100-yard swim? 

"All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and
not enough presence." ― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

 Today's Topics: 

• Answering a common coach question: “Do you think I can do . . . this?”
• The greatest ability you can have as an athlete
• The number one obstacle between you and your PRs. 
• How setting PR goals can hold you back
• The Positives of Choosing To Make Our Lives Harder
• How to tell if you’re in a prime zone for your race
• Managing Expectations Good and Bad
• C26 Athletes taking 10 seconds off their 100 pool time in January
• Letting go of the past and your ego.
• How to reduce dog hair shedding by 80% 
• What can possibly motivate us to try to shave 4 seconds off our 100 swim time?
• Get in the Habit of Thinking You Can Do it Today
• Nick Saban vs. Lane Kiffin
• When you should think about using hacks
• 1500+ days of consistent sobriety

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Imagine playing basketball in front of 70,000 people and millions on TV. Today's guest, Zak Showalter, did just that for the University of Wisconsin. His career took him to 2 different Final Fours and four Sweet 16's and now he's tackling Ironman.

He's graduated, stepped away from basketball, and turned his sights on Ironman Wisconsin. Our goal for this podcast was to see how many lessons learned from Zak's days at Wisconsin under Hall of Fame coach Bo Ryan translate into triathlon. As it turned out, a lot of them do.

We start with some of Zak’s endurance background and early training challenges. Then go into how what he learned on the basketball floor can be translated into Ironman training: 

• Were you ever into endurance sports before?
• What it's like hanging out with Packer's QB Aaron Rodgers 
• What it was like to work with Michael Jordan’s strength coach
• When he decided he wanted to do an Ironman 
• How he deals with Winter training in Wisconsin
• What's it like going from a high exposure team sport to an isolated training world?
• A coach’s message “Play hard, play smart, play together, and have fun.”

Race like you train - Zak tells us how what he learned from the daily grind of college basketball practice and how he thinks it can be applied to triathlon training and best set him up for the race.

Ups and Downs - How to stay level headed and on the same path when faced with setbacks of a big loss or the the high of a big win. 

Patience -  Wisconsin basketball is built on patience, both in execution and sytem. Zak gives us a perspective on how they looked at a long season or career and how the philosophies can apply to Ironman training.

Emotions- He takes us in the locker room before Wisconsin faced off with a 38-0 Kentucky team at the Final Four. How is it possible to stay calm when you’re running out in front of 70,000 people to play a game watched by millions? He gives us a very simple solution. 

Diet: How did you guys eat? Was there a big focus on nutrition or were you just kids? Has that changed as you train for Ironman? 

Here are a couple videos of Zak in his playing days:
- His salute to Aaron Rodgers after hitting a buzzer beater against Florida
- High School State Championship Opening Tip Dunk

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Zak on Twitter: @ZShowbball333

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Buckle up for another hour of triathlon training talk with the one and only Steve Delmonte of Delmo Sports. 

He puts on multiple races a season around New Jersey and receives high praise from athletes for a great experience. He doesn't hold back and gives a great perspective that can help many of us find our true "WHY."

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Some of today's topics:  

• Why He Thinks Pool Triathlons Can Grow The Sport
• Triathlon For Women Only
• Special Announcement from C26 Triathlon and Delmo Sports about Ironman 70.3 Atlantic City
• What Motivates Triathletes
• Technology in the Triathlon
• Pro Triathletes and Why It Doesn’t Move The Needle
• What it’s Like Picking Up New Events 
• How Lance Armstrong Would Have Changed Triathlon
• The Pitfalls of Attaching Triathlon to Your Identity
• Why Crushing Iron is His Favorite Triathlon Podcast
• Penalty Talk - What’s on the official’s mind— when officials should look the other way
• Logistics of Launching a New Race… road closures… certain dates
• Shutting down Intersections 
• What do athletes miss before, during and after races that Race Director’s wish they would pay attention too?
• Why are all the great open water swimming events on the East Coast on the same weekend??? Escape the Cape, Eagleman and the Great Chesapeake Bay 4.4 miler.
• As he adds events, does he worry about becoming stretched too thin and losing some of what makes his races/brand special
• Ironman AC 140.6 June 2019?
• Do you ever analyze areas of bigger opportunity outside of NJ?
• Why he doesn't offer discount codes for races 

Part one with Steve Delmonte
Part two with Steve Delmonte

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WTF is up with Ironman Age Group Dopers? I mean, we sorta get it on an addictive and narcissistic level, but are they really living that hard in their Glory Days? Well, we have news for you, you'll never be Sebastian Kienle. Today we explore how and why this happens, plus look at ego driven attitudes in triathlon and why they need to go. 

• PEDs in Ironman - 
• TUE - Therapeutic Use Exemption 
• The Competitive Advantage
• Vitamin Supplements… do they work?
• Do we really need a pill?
• Drafting Discussion 
• Triathlon Bullies
• Purposeful Cheating
• Some people need to get off their high horse 
• Can We Really Change?
• Win At All Cost Mentality
• Addiction to Narcissism
• The Willingness to Help Others Get Better
• We Play Triathlon 
• We We Aren’t Always Right
• The Power in Sharing Your Secrets
• You Don’t Build Community By Being A Dick

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What can we learn about the differences between training and race speed of triathlon? How can the seemingly simplest workouts make a difference at the end of your race? Today is all about training your way to race speed so that day doesn't fall apart. Nobody knows more than you, but are you paying attention to the right things?

• Preparation lessons from Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the Patriots
• Let’s Talk About That Final Play in the Vikings/Saints game
• Training Speed vs. Race Speed
• Being Ready To Be Ready
• Respecting each workout
• When You Should Eat Sugar
• Overlooking comes back to haunt you
• Never Trust How You Feel In Racing 
• Identifying with Pain
• The Difference Between Being Hurt and Injury
• Who Knows Better Than You?
• What Does Nailing A Workout Even Mean?
• More Silent Confessions
• New Segment- Quoting from Ironman Singles
• New Segment - Athlete Confessions

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This Crushing Iron Podcast is based on a post from our closed Facebook Group: 

“I have a question about being "race ready" for a 70.3. We sign up the previous when we are at "peak performance". The holiday season passes, and you find yourself in January with 4 months to go for your first 70.3, and you can't even imagine being close to "ready". You don't know if you're training too much, or not enough. Any thoughts or help much appreciated!”

It opened the floodgates and we dove into all things self-doubt regarding triathlon. Topics include:

• Keeping An Eye On The Big Picture 
• Reflecting on Where You’ve Come From
• Not Living In A Problem That Doesn’t Exist
• Recharging 
• Why Peak Fitness Year Round is Impossible
• Between Fresh and Fatigued
• Self-coaching benefits and challenges
• Beating Negative-Talk Loops
• Meditation Detox 
• Mike’s Silent Confessions
• Peaking too early
• Why You Should Write About Training
• The True Benefits of Coaching
• When You’re In Love, Go There
• How Do You know You’re going the Right Direction?
• How Experts Make Our Lives Easier
• Hard Is Never Easy And Why This Comment Doesn’t Fit The Podcast

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Are you training for long term success in triathlon? 

• Complaining Gets You Nowhere
• Testosterone and Estrogen Balance
• National Title Predictions
• Lifetime Fitness Bans News On TVs
• What is Stealing Your Joy 
• Temperament fluctuation through the year
• Structuring Your Lives In January for Success
• Commitment or Shattered Dreams?
• Premature Optimization 
• Triathlon as a Year Round Affair
• Why Scheduling Days Off Backfires
• Setting Up A Positive and Supportive Environment
• Chronic Training Injuries
• Training Should Give You Energy, Not Take it Away
• Ego vs. Lack of Confidence
• Accepting What The Day Gives You
• Why Ordinary is the Key To Extraordinary
• Long-term Committed and Patient Investment

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Triathlete's can't get enough swim talk and the Crushing Iron Podcast is listening. Here is Part 4 of our popular "How To Not Suck At Swimming" series. Swimming has so many moving parts and aside from the topics below the guys get into a general "How To Learn" and get in the right mindset mode when it comes to swimming.

• Are Swimming Tools like a Drag chute right for you?
• How many days in pool to see faster times?
• How to avoid bending at knees while kicking?
• Need to bilateral breathe?
• How to stop crossover arms? Drills?
• Importance of stroke cadence… what to measure and wis it important? why? confused about speeding up stroke
• The Truth about Total Immersion swimming?
• Strength work outside of the pool?
• What muscles should we target?
• When and why to use stretch cords?
• How to practice sighting in a pool
• Master’s Swimming Rant?

Note: How To Not Suck at Swimming Part 1 is episode #12. How to Not Suck at Swimming Part 2 is episode #20. Part 3 is #125.

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The Crushing Iron Podcast kicks off 2018 with a return to our popular "How To Not Suck at Swimming" podcasts with Volume #3. Today's cast is driven by listeners and Mike and Robbie give you solutions to a lot of swimming issues for triathletes. You'll find answers for these questions and more to get you off to a great start in the water. Please check out www.crushingiron.com for information on our Swim Camps and Swim Analysis Videos. 

• Beating Drag. What to do about Sinking Legs - 
• How do I beat periods of Breathlessness in a race? 
• Fixing incorrect kick timing after years of doing it wrong
• How much kicking is ideal to “save legs” vs. going faster
• Is your kick actually slowing you down?
• How to get into cold water? inch in, use ladder, jump in?
• Benefit to using other strokes? breast, back, butterfly?
• How to beat goggle fogging?
• Flip turns? Beneficial? 
• What’s the ticket to speed?

Note: How To Not Suck at Swimming Volume 1 is episode #12. How to Not Suck at Swimming Volume 2 is episode #20

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• How do your react to bad weather, race changes, or life complications?
• Tactics for pre-race and in-race calm
• Choppy Waters: Dealing with swim anxiety
• Is it what happens, or how it affects you?
• Being at peace with adverse race conditions
• Mother Nature isn't out to get you
• Built In Excuses
• Breaking The Creature of Habit
• How to be "Country Strong"
• The Perils of Obsessing Over "Best Case Scenario"
• Making Stress Less Stressful
• Mike and Robbie's Netflix Picks

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The Crushing Iron Podcast puts you in prime position for a great start on January 1, 2018. Good decisions happen from the right state of mind but often we make big decisions from a bad place. We wake up after staying out late, over eating, drinking, etc... and instead of doing "something" we decide to plan our week. Today we explore the process of doing that planning AFTER you actually do something productive. 

Also:

• Exploring the #1 Week of Limbo
• Why You Should Re-define Monday
• Binging On Netflix - Peaky Blinders
• Your State of Mind and Good Decisions
• Making today, today
• How Can You Make it Fun?
• Ordinary as a means of extraordinary
• The fight or flight of triathlon
• Preheating Your Training Oven 

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Today, the Crushing Iron Podcast tackles training/race etiquette and some of the funny things that happen in triathlon. What do you do when someone won’t offer to share a lane at the pool? How do you handle “on your left?” Would you stop if someone fell down in front of you during a race? Plus, is there anything worse than a GI issue after 6 months of training? The guys give some solutions. And how do you justify buying new equipment, or a bike? Some of today’s topics: 

• Does equipment make a difference?
• How and when do you justify purchases?
• When do buy a new bike?
• What makes your bike most aero?
• Upgrading your bike
• Trail running 
• Pre-Race meals
• Worst Pre-Workout meals
• Cramps
• GI issues
• Trail Running Etiquette
• How do we feel about “On Your Left”
• Why the next 30 days are about Patience 
• Swimming Pool Manners
• Crazy things that happen at the pool

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The Crushing Iron Podcast interviews professional triathlete, Andrew Starykowicz. 

Topics:

• When He Started Believing He Could Go Pro
• Pretenders—>Fringe Athletes—>Contenders 
• His Cycling Philosophy and Why He’s So Fast
• How He Discovered the Crushing Iron Podcast
• His Analysis of the Ironman Wisconsin Bike Course (Including Barlow)
• Does he prefer hats or visors
• His insight on aero helmets
• How he uses his Crushing Iron t-shirt
• He interviews us 
• The never-ending challenge of finding sponsorship 
• How the “little things” helped him win Ironman Louisville 2017
• The Importance of Race Experience
• Swimming in the Dark at IML
• First loop vs. Second loop at 27 mph on bike
• How He Wants You To Help Triathlon Grow
• His Number One Go-To For Recovery
• What He Thinks Is The Most Underrated Part of Triathlon Training

The Crushing Iron podcast is driven by the listeners and today they have spoken in a big way. Dozens of questions were asked and many are answered. 

Will Mike and Robbie go vegan again?
Will the Crushing Iron podcast keep being twice a week?
Fasted workouts. When, duration, time of year, benefits, frequency?
KETO/Butter coffee?
What is ideal race weight, what does it mean, and when should you hit it?
Will Rich Roll fall off the vegan train?
Do Recovery boots work? What about compression socks?
Should you run in different shoes to balance your foot strength?
Should you practice your flying dismount?
New hats and visors?
Many more . . .

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What are you doing when no one is watching? These are the moments that fill our lives and make them richest in the long run. It's easy to fall into the hack-trap but is there really a magic bullet for triathlon, or life? Today we dive into what's really going on when we search for simple and quick answers.

We all want to kick ass every day, but sometimes nature has a way of reminding us to back down a little. The question is, how much? Today we talk about the challenge of the holiday season and how you can stay in a groove with so many distractions and anxieties. And if you're looking for a great "alternative vacation" next year, we talk about our C26 Camps in detail toward the end of the podcast. Information can also be found atwww.crushingiron.com/camps Enjoy the episode and thanks for listening! 

Most of us have a dominant body side, and over time that can impact the efficiency of a triathlete. Not only does it create pain and injury, it takes more energy and will slow you down over the course of a race. Today we talk about ways to use the off season to renovate the body. 

Swimming Simplicity
How you create imbalance
Working on your weaknesses now
Why it’s so important to work harder on your strongest event
How to be consistently optimistic
Revisiting the basics
Teaching to learn
Restricted breathing practice in the swim
Pedal stroke efficiency
Return on training investment
The most gratifying things in life aren’t instant

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What's the first thing most of us do when we get a PR, either in a race or workout? We usually try force it to happen again the very next time, just to prove that we can do it. But this can be the beginning of a bad road. Today we talk about the importance of building your chassis and engine together. It's all about balance, timing, and knowing how to recognize what you really need. 

- Tennessee Fans Pile on Greg Schiano
- The Benefits of Yoga in Triathlon
- The Biggest Risk You Take When Building Speed
- How To Recognize If You Need More Speed or Strength Workouts
- Understanding the balance of hard and easy workouts
- Building Your Chassis To Handle Your Fast Engine
- The 3 Absolute Keys to Success In Triathlon
- How Triathletes Force Square Pegs In Round Holes
- Why Blunt Force is Never The Answer
- The Worst Thing To Do After A PR
- Swimming Slow to Get Fast

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