Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Are you comfortable being with yourself? What do you learn from your training? There are so many influencing factors these but no one knows what you really need other than yourself. Lasting change takes patience and finding energy on the path you truly want to take. Beating burnout and fatigue with right intention and looking forward to the little things.  TOPICS:  • Who Is Influencing You? • Training With Intention • Make Lasting Change • The Double Gray Blanket of Weather • The Instagram Weekend Plan • Isolation on Psyche - Motivation Up or Down? • Finding Out Who We Really Are • The Flashy Exercise Attention Grab • Body Combat, Body Pump, Grit Strength, Dance Blast • Lasting Change • What do you REALLY want to do • And WHY do you really want to do it • Setting Up Boundaries • Negative Splitting Your Season • The “it” Factor • Looking forward to the NEXT workout • Sports Talk Radio Want to be part of a great community of people that you can share triathlon stories with and hang out with at races? Have acce

It's not about the shape you were in or want to be in, it's about the shape you are in. There is a lot of power in realism and most importantly understanding that the best way to make gains is to appreciate recovery. Today look at ways to attack each training session from your current fitness while keeping the big picture in focus.  Topics: • Run blocks • Swim blocks • What it takes to reach the top • The “withdrawal pain” of training • Why this is such a sensitive time for triathletes • Why to periodize your workouts • The post race slug • The power of realism • Living in the past, hoping in the future • The importance of warm up and cool down • Don’t tell yourself who you are in Mile One • How To Understand Pacing • The Lesson from savasana in yoga Want to be part of a great community of people that you can share triathlon stories with and hang out with at races? Have access to ALL of our training plans (over $1,000 value). Get a consultation and a CUSTOM 12-week training plan to get you on the right track?

Are you positioned to have an Ironman breakthrough, or would focusing on shorter races next year be the best solution for 2020?  Looking at what it REALLY takes to get faster and stronger instead of staying basically the same. For a Thanksgiving podcast, the boys brought it today. And we want to make it clear we are VERY thankful for all of you! • The Micro-Workout • The Myths of Momentum • Setting Yourself Up for Success • Balancing at Different Times of the Year • Don't Go For Broke • Prepare Yourself to be Ready • Recovering From Base Training • Don't Let Your Body Reset to Zero • How & When to Address Weaknesses • Mixing Intervals Within Long Rides • Preparing For Explosiveness • Lactic Acid Build Up • Running The Ironman Marathon • Are You Getting Faster or Staying the Same? • Breaking Out of the Comfort Zone • All Out 50's in the Pool • The Mental Game of "Settling In" • Your Century Ride Doesn't Make You Ready to Race Want to be part of a great community of people that you can share triathlon stori

Do you respect the stress of holidays? The travel, eating, drinking, conversations with in-laws? Stress is stress and today we look at how it affects our mind and decisions not only during holidays, but in race planning. We also get into meditative states and how we use external bait to force adrenaline.  Today's Topics: • IMAZ & Cozumel • Training At The Holidays • 50+ C26 Athlete Ironman Finishes in 2018 • Mike’s Next Year Announcement • The Signing Up for An Ironman • The Pressure of a DNF • Running Frequency • Remembering How Workouts Affect You • Sleep, Travel, Alcohol, Nutrition • Things That Jack Your Heart rate • Traveling Effects On Workouts • How Added Stress Sneaks Up • The Most Underrated Aspect of Training • Forced Adrenaline • Smart Planning for your Race Calendar • Staying Present and Mindful • Meditation in Training is Practice • The Perils of "Watch Watching” Want to be part of a great community of people that you can share triathlon stories with and hang out with at races? Have access to

The Crushing Iron Podcast begins year three with a look at how we digest one year and stay focused on the next season. The last thing you want to do is force it and sucked into distraction. How is your relationship with training, yourself, life? Looking at emotional attachment and investment to training and racing.  • How Is The Relationship With Your Race • Year 3 of The Podcast Begins • Long Dark Cold Days • Distraction Is Everything These Days • What is Proven and What is Popular • You Can’t Outsmart Life • Training Break ups • Discomfort is your friend • The Big LOOMING Race of The Year • Emotional Attachments With A Day On The Calendar • Buying Races To Fill Voids • Your Training Quality of Life • Is Success A Stimulant? • He Swam Around Great Britain? Want to be part of a great community of people that you can share triathlon stories with and hang out with at races? Have access to ALL of our training plans (over $1,000 value). Get a consultation and a CUSTOM 12-week training plan to get you on the right

Two years ago we committed to recording a Crushing Iron Podcast twice a week, and we've kept our promise. Thank You for all of your support and helping us stay motivated and energized on a daily basis. It really is about the community and ongoing learning, along with making new friends while having fun in this sport.  Today's Topics Include: • 2-Year-Anniversary Cast – We Just Keep Showing Up • Weekend in Chattanooga • Thanksgiving vs. Christmas • The Best Part About Race Cities • Supporting the Podcast through Patreon • Leaving Your Comfort Zone • Two Different Training Brains (Tim and Todd) • Big Run Blocks • Running Daily — Daily Run Challenge • What’s Keeping You From Success? • Promoting and Encouraging Recovery • Sticking With A Training Roadmap • Creating New Ways to Win Workouts • Who’s in the driver’s seat? You or your coach? Want to be part of a great community of people that you can share triathlon stories with and hang out with at races? Have access to ALL of our training plans (over $1,000 value

Training for 3 sports is hard enough, but improving at 3 sports is an entirely different ballgame. Today, we look at the power of appreciating and focusing on small gains, especially at this time of the year when you're either over-fired up or not feeling it. We look at different ways to be motivated by changing your intention. We also look at how to keep an eye on the WHOLE STORY of your training.  • The Club Plan Explained in Detail (Go to 10 minute mark to skip) • The Key To Motivation • How the election will impact triathlon and your training. • How to Look At Your WHOLE SEASON In Context • Why We’re So Drawn To The Triathlon Quick Fix • Following Your Heart In the Off Season • The Trouble With Being Addicted To Change • Swiss Army Knife Analogy • Two Different Types of Athletes in Off-Season • Mental and Emotional Investment • Motivation to embrace the little things • Buying Your Way Out of a Funk • Do Something • Challenge of Diet Changes • Mid-Range Gains • Blunt Force Training • Practice Good Self Car

Picking races can be like going to Target for deodorant, you can wind up with a full shopping cart and wonder how it happened. Today looking at your changing "why's" and how to make sure you're investing in a Triathlon future you truly want.  • NEW C26 Club Membership Announcement! • Ironman Florida Talk • Race Apathy • What Do You Really WANT from this? • Are you racing for yourself? • Connecting with people at races • Ironman Timing Mat Placement • Are You Racing Too Much? • Re-callibrating Our Body • The Off Season Is Like Going to Target • Your Why Can Be Whatever You Want It To Be • Fear of Missing Out Want to be part of a great group of people that you can share triathlon stories with and hang out with at races? Check out the newly revised C26 Club Membership!  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 a

Formerly titled: Build Confidence and Longevity Are you a well-rounded triathlete? Building balance in your body to prevent injury or burn-out? Today we talk about how to get stronger and vary your lifestyle to find joy in triathlon instead of getting weaker and less interested over time. Being strong and doing things no one thought was possible. • Mike & Robbie’s Excellent Mt. Bike Adventure • Being A Well Rounded Athlete • Halloween for triathletes • Triathletes as Experience Junkies • Cross-training to open new avenues • Bike Handling • Full-Body Workout • Working Hard vs. Going Fast • Triathletes as bike handlers • The Importance of anticipation • Worried about Injuries on the trails? • Embrace the Terrain • Looking Like a Triathlete vs. Being One • Skinny doesn’t mean healthy • Body weight Obsession • Why it’s Okay to Carry a little weight in Winter • Injury Proofing Your Body • Freud, Yung, and Plato • You Become the Story You Tell Yourself • Is Your Injury Your Identity? Support the Crushing Iron p

Which athlete dominates your head? The one you were, the one you are, or the one you want to be? Today, how we let go of the past, understand where we are and maybe use disappointment to fuel the future. Also, training stronger vs. faster and how the little things add up in a race.  • Cancelled Swims - Can they actually be good for the sport? • Staying motivated over the winter months • Giving Yourself Improvement Credit • What’s your definition of fast and why?? • The mystery of the Ironman Marathon • Recalibrating our in-race thoughts • Mike’s Disappointment with Louisville • How The Little Things Add Up In A Race • How do we reconcile could-ofs and should-ofs? • Who We Used to Be, Who We Are, and Who We Want to be? • The Three Headed Athlete • What Does Getting Slower With Age Mean? • Are you a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Grad Student? • Run stronger, not faster Support the Crushing Iron podcast on Patreon, where the community pledge is only $3.26 per month. There are other options, but every litt

We all want to be faster runners, but are you willing to do what it takes? Do you run ENOUGH? Do you always train too fast? Today, we take a lot of variables out of the equation and get to the nuts and bolts of building run speed. This also applies to swimming and cycling.  • Running is Fairly Simple • How To Be A Faster Runner • How durability relates to speed • When You Need to Ditch The Group Ride or Run • The Breathe From Your Nose Challenge • Don’t Try To Be Someone You’re Not • Steven Seiler on endurance training • You Just Need To Commit To Going Easier • The Biggest Thing With Athletes and Testing • Functional Durability Training 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 cas

Now is the time to prepare for your best race in 2019. Today the Crushing Iron Podcast looks at ways to stay in the groove, keep your foundation, your greatest predictor for performance, treadmill vs. running outside, keeping swim fitness, building triathlon DNA.   • Clearing Your Off-Season Plate • The greatest predictor for performance • New bike, helmet, blood tests? • Struggle with motivation in the off-season? • What is the #1 thing that contributes to you missing workouts? • The importance of KEEPING swim fitness • Keep your off-season fitness above water • Treadmill vs. Running Outside • Building DNA that UNDERSTANDS Triathlon • Crushing Iron hoodies are not short term • An underrated off-season run strategy • How to do SPEED WORK that LASTS • Super Long vs. Multiple Shorter Runs? • Everything Builds on Top of Itself • Injury Proof Your Body 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

Loads of questions and discrepancy surround Ironman Louisville Cut-Off times. Today we discuss why and offer solutions. Plus, diving into recovery after an Ironman and why some races leave you more sore than others. Also, Ironman Florida moves race venue to Haines City.  • Why sometimes you’re sorer than others after races • Ironman Louisville Cut Off Discrepancies • Self preservation mode • Feeling Post races • What it FEELS like to do Ironman • What it means to have blind faith • You have the confidence to sign up • Walking into the unknown Journey of Ironman training • Ironman Florida Moves Discussion ------------------- 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

With twenty five C26 Athletes Racing, including co-host Mike, we had a ton going on at Ironman Louisville. Today we recap the experience, including the weather, the shortened swim, huge DNF rate, and the incredible feeling you get when you do something you've never done.  ------------------ 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 thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video   We still have a few slots left for next year's camp, but they're going fast. Check out our 2019 Camp Schedule here.  Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTun

The biggest weekend in Triathlon is upon us. Ironman World Championships in KONA on Saturday followed by Ironman Louisville on Sunday. C26 has around 25 coached athletes racing at Louisville and today we give one more look at how to tackle the race. Coach Robbie also gives us his KONA predictions.  • Connecting with People at Races • The Power of Support Groups • You Have To Believe You Can Do Something Special • KONA Picks • KONA Dynamics • When Is it Time For a Calculated Risk • Things Have to Go Your Way • How Upsets Happen • How To Start Each Discipline of Your Race • The C26 Fanny Pack • When You Shouldn’t Be Afraid To “Fail” 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 ge

Not gonna lie... We both got a little choked up talking about the emotions of an Ironman Finish Line. We also talk race strategy and how import ant it is to stick to YOUR plan. We also give a lot of good examples of how to do just that when your mind is making all its decisions on Race Day. • We To Explain the Emotion of the Ironman Finish Line • What are you worrying about? • Always Train In The Spirit of Joy • Take Care of You • Commit to YOUR race plan • It’s Like Sending Your Kids off To College • What Should You Do at Mile 80 of the Bike? • How Many Decisions Will You Make on the Course? • Controlling Your Run off The Bike • The Problem with "Banking Time” The Importance of Thanking Race Host Cities Say Thanks to locals Be Genuine Be Gracious Be Visible  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 Crus

A lot of us are about to race Ironman Louisville, and dare we say this podcast holds the secret to being happier with your performance? Really, though, there are no secrets, you just have to stay within yourself and race smart. Today we talk about the best ways to do that.  • The chaos of Ironman Facebook Groups • 10 Days to Ironman Louisville • The Only Thing You Control Is . . . • The Only Way You’ll Make Up Time, Is To Not Try and Make Up Time • How To Race Without Power or Hear Rate • Kona Contest • Taper Tantrums • Weather Wars  - not to be confused with Info Wars • Loneliness - Community in Triathlon • Re-Activating Your WHY • Enhancing Perspective in a Positive Way • Are you Happy With Your Path? • Playing Small Ball • What if you come out of the swim slower than you want? • The Mistake of Chasing Minutes 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 advan

We just spent the weekend spectating Chattanooga. We cover the unexpected heat, the cancelled swim, and how Ironman could help spectators. Plus, how to do the best with what you have that day or in training in general. • The Heat Snuck Up On Us • The Cancelled Swim • Was the Warm Up Missing? • Ironman Timing Mat Placement • Spectating Thoughts On Chattanooga • Multiple Places to Watch • The Lessons Learned From Ironman • So Many Different Ways To Train • Do the Best With What You Have Right Now • Do You Need The Gadgets to Get Into Triathlon? • Hardest part of swimming, cycling and running? 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 thinking

Please check out our new store at CrushingIron.com and get a sweet C26 t-shirt while supporting the podcast. The Magic and Mystery of the Taper It's late in the season and many of us on in or close to taper. Tapering has this sort of "we're done" image, but that's really the furthest thing from the truth. Done right, the taper can produce amazing results on race day. It's all about sharpening the sword, but not using it.  • It Takes Courage To Race • Your Goals and Dreams on Display • Race Anxiety and Phantom Pain • Ironman Louisville on its last leg? • Chocolate Milk • Ironman Chattanooga and Maryland Loom • Why aren’t Lava or SIM shorts legal? • What Do We Know? • What To Do About The Pressure • Relaxing on Race Morning • How To Get Positive During Taper • How do you trust that taper is building your body? • The Difference between being Fresh and Fit • The Magic and Mystery of The Taper • Sharpen the Sword, Just Don’t Use It Support the Crushing Iron podcast on Patreon, where the community pledge is only $3

Please check out our new store at CrushingIron.com and get a sweet C26 t-shirt while supporting the podcast. On the heels of Ironman 70.3 Atlantic City and Augusta we dive into perspective. So many things can go wrong in training, racing, and life, but there's always a way to shift perspective. How do you really believe you belong? You're a swimmer, you're a cyclist, you're a runner. Believe it. As Ryan Holiday says, "The Obstacle Is The Way."  • Beast Mode? • Is Your Mindset Straight Before A Race • Poolside Selfies • Getting A Great Perspective • Crying On The Run • Racing In The Heat - Never a Dull Moment • Believe You’re A Swimmer, Biker, and Runner • The Obstacle Is The Way - Ryan Holiday • Tiger Woods Analogy - He Keeps Showing Up • Changing Tires and Co2 • On Death Row Focused On Love • If You Didn’t PR, Did You Get Slower? • The Importance of the Taper • If Every Test Was The Same, It Wouldn’t Be A Test If you'd like to support the podcast, please check out our new store at CrushingIron.com. We have s