Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

We all have different body types, strengths, weaknesses, and mindsets, so how do we work with what we have and make the most of it? Today's focus is on how you can make the best decisions for the type of athlete you are and how that applies to different race courses. We also look at how to analyze race results. Work hard, be smart, love what you do. 

How often do you reflect on your health or ability to do triathlon? Do you really believe you can write a new chapter, or even get faster? Well, you can. Improvement, just like ill health takes time. This podcast is really about keeping focused on the big picture while appreciating the small gains. 

Do you crave training benchmarks? Make impulse decisions during workouts? Wish you could be more consistent? Today we look at recognizing when breakthroughs are about to happen and striking matches vs. burning them.

Our 250th Crushing Iron Podcast seems fitting as it's about staying motivated and energized by making sure you're handling your training load in the right way. If you've been around triathlon a while, you realize it's not easy to overtrain, but it's definitely easy to under-recover. 

Building genuine confidence is a daily process that can often come from little things you doing think about. It's difficult for most of us to look at where we came from and apply it to where we're going when we hit a bump in the road. Today, we explore different approaches to gain confidence in your health, training, and racing. 

Race season is here, is your mind in the right place? We take a step back from Emo and get into ways to rejuvenate the energy and make the transition into race season. Finding your competitor, leaning into your passion, breaking out of the "Perfection Jail." We also go on a little rant about Brick Obsession and why it's so overrated. 

Are you struggling with: fatigue, getting faster, health, motivation, your "why," happiness, loneliness, having fun with training, balancing life, stress at races? Then this is the podcast for you. The Crushing Iron Podcast is released every Monday and Thursday.

The pressure life, or WE put on ourselves… always keep pushing… moving… and the energy that takes to keep it going… signing up for ironman… new stuff… getting faster… making more money… on and on and on… computer updates… do it faster faster faster… It's hard to get past our ego, but the solution always seems to come back to sticking with the plan and outsmarting regret.

There's a LOT of stuff going on in and around your life and it's so easy to get off course. Today we talk about EXECUTING to your level of Excitement. Data detox and greener grass in your yard. Also, how do we know when "we've done our best?" And how do you get out of the "shallow" distractions to do some real work. 

We have enough stress with life stuff, so don't let training add to that mess. So, move workouts, but be smart and listen to your body. Nothing's in stone. Fit your training plan into your life. How often do you workout by feel? Do you truly understand recovery?

Do you expose yourself to situations that will make you better on race day? How do you handle race day energy? Today we talk about all kinds of ways to use training instead of letting training use you, including building muscle control in the brain that will better prepare you for races and life. 

Are you juggling too many things? Tempted by opportunity? Maybe it's time to say no and simplify. There's genuine power in finding a few things you love and committing, even if one of them isn't triathlon. We're not here to please sponsors, we're more concerned about finding truth and happiness in what you decide to do. 

Fresh off our first C26 Run Retreat we talk about running hills to get strong and how it pays big returns in triathlon. The biggest thing we heard this weekend was "I learned I was capable of way more than I thought. Do you battle negative self-talk in training? Struggle with how to find breakthroughs? Today's podcast is for you. 

We are big fans of writers and those who master the craft (and analogy for learning). We've often talked of Steven Pressfield's "War of Art" and "Do the Work." Today, we thought we'd look at Ernest Hemingway's approach to writing as craft and distill it into lessons for training. No, this is not BS. :) 

"As corny as it sounds, I just tried to have a good week of practice." – Julian Edelman, Super Bowl MVP Do you pay attention to the RIGHT details while training? Today is all about the little things that really make you better. Also, how to find gratification in the stuff that doesn't seem fun or stimulating. Turn your mind in a way that gives you pleasure from improving at your craft.