Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast For Endurance Athletes

Learn more about Kristen here!   Clear Path Counseling and Wellness: https://www.clearpathmadison.com/   Mental Edge Racing: https://www.mentaledgeracing.com/   Kristen Radtke is a Licensed Professional Counselor, High Performance Coach, and competitive triathlete dedicated to holistic, body-centered psychotherapy and high performance for sport, work, and life. Kristen owns and directs two practices in Madison, Wisconsin: Clear Path Counseling and Wellness and Mental Edge Racing. In both practices, she focuses on helping people optimize their mind-body connection to promote healing and personal change. As a therapist at Clear Path, Kristen specializes in treating trauma, attachment disturbance, mood disorders, and relationship dynamic issues. In her work with endurance sport athletes at Mental Edge Racing, Kristen trains individuals, groups, and teams in psychophysical techniques to optimize performance. In both her clinical practice and her athletic coaching, Kristen frequently employs meditation and mindfu

In this podcast, we talk about 3 of my athletes and the training they did that went into their podium performances!   steven.brandes@outlook.com (Scroll to the bottom to submit questions!) https://insidethebigring.org/podcast https://www.instagram.com/insidethebigring/    

The amazing Kristen Yax joins us and talks through alot of wonderful topics! 1) Zwift Tri Academy Team 2) Switching Coaches to Mirinda "Rinnny" Carfrae 3) Changes in Training 4) Winning IRONMAN California and 70.3 Oregon  5) How to continue when you've accomplished so much

In this episode we go through questions in a rapid fire! Thank you for sending in the questions, if you have more please send them to  steven.brandes@outlook.com (Scroll to the bottom to submit questions!) https://insidethebigring.org/podcast https://www.instagram.com/insidethebigring/    

Deep dive into coaching topics! 1) Coming off of a big running injury, what did we change to allow this athlete to run 2 personal bests in the 5k and training! 2) As we age, how should we adjust training to accompany this? In this topic, we had a hard conversation on how we train, turning one's idtenity around, and what are metrics we use to gauge progress. 3) Is Zwift Racing helpful for triathletes? If so, how do you structure it into the training program? If you have anymore questions, reach out www.madisonmultisport.com www.insidethebigring.org 

This was a fun conversation with legendary guest Coach Liz comes back on the podcast for the 3rd time to talk all things triathlon racing and coaching.  1)How do you develop someone to push harder 2) Thoughts on the IRONMAN and t100 series 3) Olympics 4) Will Gwen make the Olympic Team 5) What is needed to race well 6) What do athletes get wrong about coaching 7) What do coaches get wrong about coaching https://www.instagram.com/liz.waterstraat/?hl=en https://multisportmastery.com/ Great conversation Great topics

In this off season, Coach Steve talks through his big changes he's made to his training this off season and the improvements he's seen so far! www.insidethebigring.org

In this episode we talk on FTP training and how to direct your training after an FTP Test.  Understanding what is your FTP Why is developing FTP so important for Triathletes How long should you be able to hold it Is FTP a number or a range Different training models to train it How to use FTP to determine 70.3 power

What kind of workouts SHOULD/COULD you be doing in Janruary?  Bike: Vo2 Max Tabatas Run: Hill Sprints Swim: Specific Swim Drills Listen more and if you have any questions, check out www.insidethebigring.org

www.insidethebigring.org   We talk through off season testing for swim, bike, and run and what tests are best to do in each sport and how to progress it!  

This is a 3 part podcast where we tackle 3 topics 1) 3 day swim analysis 2) Fatloss process 3) identifying limiters, using vo2 max as a way to predict FTP growth

LETS GO! Here is the wind tunnel episode where we talk about the results of my wind tunnel testing and also talk about base training sessions you should think about doing! If you have any questions, let me know! www.insidethebigring.com

The interview finally happened! Nicole and I sat down for an interview and talked through her 2023 breakthough season. How it started and what all took place.  Hope you enjoy! www.insidethebigring.org

6 podiums 3 age group wins 2 2nd place finishes 1 4th! Learn the in and outs of how these athletes trained and developed for these performances! Looking for coaching? www.insidethebigring.org

Coach Steve got to race at IRONMAN Chatty and he breaks down the training he did, pacing, power, and nutrition strategy used.  If you're looking for coaching in 2024 and beyond, let me know here! www.insidethebigring.org/

Huge weekend at AG Nationals.  7 Podiums 3 Top 3 Overall 1 Pro Card Qualification 1 Overall Win www.insidethebigring.org

We get into Age Group Nationals, Door County, Swim Consultation, and some training talk! www.insidethebigring.org   Youtube IMWI Moment Video on Hill Training https://youtu.be/T5PQOQ3KYVI

A good question came from one our listeners about which direction of training and racing is best for 70.3 training made this episode possible!

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Athletes Michael Ross and Mark Lund come on the podcast and we talk on alot of topics, hope you enjoy! Jim Manton's Video https://youtu.be/ao_g_-8g7dY ------ Dr Alex Harrison Nutrition Video https://youtu.be/143-xAjbgzg --- www.insidethebigring.org