Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

How To Know What Your True Race Capablilty?” 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.

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. Now, he's graduated, hung up basketball, and turned his sights on Ironman Wisconsin. Our goal for this podcast was to see how many lessons learned from Hall of Fame coach Bo Ryan at the highest level of college athletics translates into triathlon. As it turned out, there were many.

Inside the Mind of a Race Director part 3. 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."

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 are not, and will never be Sebastian Kienle or Jan Frodeno or Daniela Ryf. Today we explore how and why this happens, plus look at ego driven attitudes in triathlon and why they need to go. 

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?

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-d

Complaining Gets You Nowhere, Testosterone and Estrogen Balance, Lifetime Fitness Bans News On TVs, Temperament fluctuation through the year, Success starts in January Commitment or Shattered Dreams?  Triathlon as a Year Round Affair Why Scheduling Days Off Backfires Setting Up A Positive and Supportive Environment Chronic Training Injuries Ego vs. Lack of Confidence Accepting What The Day Gives You Why Ordinary is the Key To Extraordinary Long-term Committed and Patient Investment

Is a Drag chute right for you? How many days should you swim? How to avoid bending at knees while kicking? Need to bilateral breathe? How to stop crossover arms? Importance of stroke cadence… what to measure and why is it important? The Truth about Total Immersion swimming Strength work outside of the pool? How to practice sighting in a pool Master’s Swimming Rant?

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. 

How incremental growth can change your attitude about stress and pain. How that applies to training, racing, and living.

Set your self up for a great January 1 start. 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. 

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?

Crushing Iron Podcast interviews Pro Triathlete, Andrew Starykowicz. We cover his win at Ironman Louisville, his cycling philosophy, and how he rode 25.4 mph at Wisconsin. He also talks about ways to improve the sport and the little things he does to be one of the fastest triathlon cyclists in the world.

Sometimes it's easy to forget that we have the power of shaping our days and lives. We get trapped in a pattern of writing the same story over and over. Today we talk about the importance of change, challenge, and growth and how it all plays a part in writing your own story.   

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.