Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

How do we know the difference between discomfort and pain? Are you willing to allow yourself to fail trying to find out? Today, it's all about managing pain and understanding your threshold. How inflammation affects your threshold. Defining pain as effort and rewiring your self preservation system. What distance are you wired for? Sometimes you sit down with a friend to have an in-depth, meaningful conversation, and it's HARD. But your connection with that person will be so much deeper than it is with someone else. That's the same kind of conversation you can have with your body." --Coach Robbie  Topics: Managing pain What’s your pain threshold? Allowing yourself to fail When it’s a good idea to try and “blow up” “I think I could have pushed it a little more” What’s the best distance for you based on your life? Are you wired more for long or shorter races? Finding the appropriate level of uncomfortable  longer intervals and fast finishes  Finding a way during long training weeks Inflammation and pain . . . h