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#778 Noise Cancellation for Successful Racing
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
06/21/24 • 63 min
Topics:
- Predicting your race
- Detached from expectations
- Taking a week away from podcast for Triathlon Camp
- New 70.3 coming close to Mike?
- Typa A Insecure?
- Olympic Trials
- Lack of objectivity
- Why do you think you should be faster?
- Is it more a wish, or want, or hope?
- Tri-calc
- Potential is different than reality
- Reverse engineering goals
- Having a goal you’re not working at
- Irrelevant feelings
- Unchained - Documentary
- Blind survey of Age Groupers vs. Pros
- Want to get faster? Do this ...
- Steady wins the race
- Getting better, or faster?
- Adding work we’ve done but not subtracting what we haven’t done
- Hard work and perseverance
- Practicing “getting through it”
- Sprint finishes in the tour
- When all we think about is the icing . . .
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
#786 – Next Big Fad Mentality, PLUS Listener Questions
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
08/02/24 • 57 min
We talk Olympics’ triathlon. We get into the heat. We get into adjusting for the heat. We talk Norwegian method as a strategy or burnout? Adrenaline as your only fuel. Swimming in a pool before a race if the swim is cancelled. Post race recovery food and methods. The goal is not the session. Downward spirals. And your NEED TO KNOWS about Louisville 70.3
Topics:
- Monogetti in the heat
- Elimination of toxins
- Coconuts
- What if your race was pushed back a day?
- Olympics’ Triathlon
- Norwegian method
- Red - Color for RPE
- Hard work, consistency, communication
- Longevity goal: Be in for the long run
- Adrenaline for fuel
- The ease of consumption
- Swim in a pool if IM Swim is cancelled?
- Post race recovery foods and methods
- Adjusting your zones times for heat
- How to keep enthusiasm after a race
- In the run lab
- When we see yellow in TP
- The goal is not the session
- We care about your race . . . and health
- Pom pon megaphone coach
- Downward spirals
- Need to knows about LOUISVILLE 70.3
- How to stay cool
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
#814 – Our Athletes Ask Us Questions
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
11/14/24 • 47 min
Today we open it up to some of our own athletes to ask questions. We get into races that may not live up to the hype, Travel, stress, and exhaustion, sleep, fueling for health, a quality of life perspective, and lowering cortisol levels. We also talk snow shoes, cross country skiing, and when is the appropriate time for Christmas decorations.
Topics -
- Gray blanket season
- What if your race doesn’t live up to the hype?
- The hype train
- Grass is greener
- Christmas trees before Thanksgiving?
- Travel, stress, and mental exhaustion
- Are you trying to get in too much?
- Going easy to get energy
- Serious sleep
- Fueling for health
- A quality of life perspective
- Lowering cortisol
- Doing things right
- When to step away from long course
- What’s your desired outcome?
- Mental and emotional bandwidth
- Show shoes and cross country skiing
- Turkey costumes and drag
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
#799 – Durability And Fatigue Resistance
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
09/19/24 • 70 min
Want to race better? Master the principles in this podcast.
Today, we look at what’s really important for long course triathlon. The ability to hold form and effort over a long period of time. You can make it rocket science if you want, but the principles are pretty easy. Don’t break down. But how do you get to that point? We talk about how to get there and nail the omnipresent philosophy of: It’s not how fast you go, but how little you slow down.
We look at how fatigue masks fitness, how it’s important to test with fatigue, holding form when you need it most and the the real concept behind being “strong” in triathlon.
Topics:
- 800th podcast all star cast??
- Re capping our favorite podcast guests
- Fueling and fat oxidation
- All this information and people are still as confused as ever
- Fitness, form, and fatigue resistance
- We all like to test fresh, but . . .
- Measuring and training your ability to resist fatigue
- Pros are one thing, but how does it apply to age groupers?
- Closing the gap between fresh and fatigue effort
- Fatigue that shows up in the swim
- Time trials when you’re tired in the pool
- Simplicity - negative split training
- Fatigue masks fitness
- RPE 8-9, the repeat an hour later
- Half marathons in the middle of IM training
- Being consistent with exact training while dealing with life
- Holding form through discomfort
- Your speed is irrelevant if you can’t use it at the end
- VO2 max too high??
- Worried about the wrong things in training
- Age Group obsession over their fresh performances
- Being economically efficient
- Get strong . . . at holding form
- Be physically and emotionally engaged for a long period of time.
- How is your body operating?
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
#807 – Winterize Your Training
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
10/22/24 • 54 min
There’s not much worse than starting each year from scratch with rusty joints and bones, so today we look at some strategies to get the most out of your “off-season” training. Many may seem non-traditional, but the biggest key is to enjoy what you’re doing and stay in the fitness ballpark. We get into flex months, the reality of too much intensity, spending time working on things that will matter the most next year and slowing down degradation of fitness. The long game is life, so be all in on your health.
Topics:
- T-100
- KONA broadcast
- NASCAR
- Winter hybernation
- "What ya runnin from, boy?"
- Exciting and consistent
- Staying in the ballpark
- Most important thing: enjoying what you’re doing
- 12 months of intensity . . .
- Falling in the triathlete’s cycle
- Flex month after your biggest race
- The focus is the hardest part
- Mental and emotional tolls
- Maintaining ballpark fitness
- Actions speak louder than words
- Weekend rebellion
- Slowing down degradation of fitness
- Stopping regression
- Priming the engine
- Do something simple first
- Your body craves activity
- The long game is life
- All in on health and longevity
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
#780 – Volume, Frequency, Recovery
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
07/09/24 • 55 min
Today we look how to get effective volume and why recovery should be an instrumental part of everything you do. We look at why it’s important to be aware of how and when you workout. We look at falling in love with the weather, good and bad. We talk about why summer can be the best time for base training. We look at making swim, bike and run EASIER. We talk about the Tour de France gravel stage and the importance of the day off. Spacing out your sessions and making sure you have enough fuel for your workouts.
Topics:
- Digging a hole to go nowhere
- Spacing volume
- The weather is what it is
- Year round structure and support
- The goal: always be fitter and faster
- Best time of year for base training?
- Using time and duration as EXPERIENCE
- How to embrace weather extremes
- The body is usually trying to warm up or cool down
- Using workouts to learn
- Spacing out sessions
- Sometimes sleeping better is the best training
- Triathletes as masochists
- It’s not fun to beat yourself down
- Food and Fuel and ability to do more
- Gravel stage of the Tour de France
- Hammered in training . . . hammered in life
- Too much intensity
- Building your ability to recover
- Paying attention to when and how you workout
- Take time to peel back the layers
- Avg. power and normalized
- Training can be energizing and/or draining
- You need breaks
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
#793 – Listener Q&A
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
08/27/24 • 62 min
The heat is back but the stress never left and it’s a good reminder. We talk open water swim and your pace and if it’s right and if training in the pool is better than OW. Are you wiped out or just fueling poorly. What happens when you face the Training Peaks Hell Week Council? Are metrics making us lazy? Maybe you just need to open up your legs. The most important variable when it comes to volume and or intensity. Re-testing your run, plus, will Chattanooga have a new bike course? If so, what do you do?
Topics:
- Heat and cortisol
- 2:45 swim pace in OW
- Chattanooga bike course change?
- Run course??
- Training Peaks Hell Week Council
- Wiped out or bad hydration/fueling?
- Carb intake two days ago
- Metrics make us lazy
- Power meter or smart trainer?
- How much is too much
- Opening up the legs
- Fast twitch vs slow twitch
- IM Kansas?
- Coaching or plans?
- Volume and intensity - absorbing is what matters
- When’s a good time to re-test your run
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
From Final Four To Ironman (Repost)
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
03/21/24 • 56 min
(With March Madness upon us and C26 Swim School in progress, we thought it was a good time to revisit an old podcast with Zak Showalter and how he started training for Ironman after playing in the Final Four). Sorry about the intro music. haha.
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 and now he's tackling Ironman.
He's graduated, stepped away from basketball, and turned his sights on Ironman Wisconsin. Our goal for this podcast was to see how many lessons learned from Zak's days at Wisconsin under Hall of Fame coach Bo Ryan translate into triathlon. As it turned out, a lot of them do.
We start with some of Zak’s endurance background and early training challenges. Then go into how what he learned on the basketball floor can be translated into Ironman training:
- Were you ever into endurance sports before?
- What it's like hanging out with Packer's QB Aaron Rodgers
- What it was like to work with Michael Jordan’s strength coach
- When he decided he wanted to do an Ironman
- How he deals with Winter training in Wisconsin
- What's it like going from a high exposure team sport to an isolated training world?
- A coach’s message “Play hard, play smart, play together, and have fun.”
Race like you train - Zak tells us how what he learned from the daily grind of college basketball practice and how he thinks it can be applied to triathlon training and best set him up for the race.
Ups and Downs - How to stay level headed and on the same path when faced with setbacks of a big loss or the the high of a big win.
Patience - Wisconsin basketball is built on patience, both in execution and sytem. Zak gives us a perspective on how they looked at a long season or career and how the philosophies can apply to Ironman training.
Emotions- He takes us in the locker room before Wisconsin faced off with a 38-0 Kentucky team at the Final Four. How is it possible to stay calm when you’re running out in front of 70,000 people to play a game watched by millions? He gives us a very simple solution.
Diet: How did you guys eat? Was there a big focus on nutrition or were you just kids? Has that changed as you train for Ironman?
Here are a couple videos of Zak in his playing days: - His salute to Aaron Rodgers after hitting a buzzer beater against Florida - High School State Championship Opening Tip Dunk
Zak on Instagram: zshowalter3 Zak on Twitter: @ZShowbball333
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#748 – Finding The Best Formula For YOU
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
02/14/24 • 62 min
We can chase dreams of others, but what works best for you? A lot of musicians say the most powerful note is the one not played, ghost notes. Today, we talk about how to get more out of your training by not leaking energy. We start with some Run Camp highlights and observations then turn into this idea of how we can practice “digging deep” or “finding the extra gear.” It’s all about balancing your energy in life and training. Sometimes we don’t nail it, but it’s important to be aware of those times when less might actually be more. We can take chunks of what other people do and use it for ourselves, but getting trapped in “being like them” instead of who we are can create endlessly unproductive loops. How much energy do we waste on worry and stress for no reason? How many time to we inflict self-punishment for something we feel guilty about? Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Topics:
- Plunging
- Beautiful and Brutal
- Soul Searching
- Emotional runs
- Appreciating your ability
- What can we control on our own?
- Wasting limited energy
- How many hours do we waste in worry?
- Should you be cutting back?
- One simple mission
- How do you breakdown the 100% of your energy bucket?
- Do what you’re supposed to do to be fueled for life
- Are you punishing yourself? Self-sabotage?
- Stop asking for more . . .
- Age Groupers make up 95%
- Don’t try to be a pro
- Two wrongs don’t make a right
- Pick what works for you and create your own recipe
- They always say, don’t meet your idols (or try to be them)
- Worry about your own life
- Wishing for a minor tornado?
- Maximizing potential
- Preparing yourself mentally to dig deeper than you ever have
- Learn to flip the switch when needed
- Hard work Harry
- Perfect Pat
Coaching Inquiries
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
#806 – What's Harder: A Marathon or An Ironman?
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
10/16/24 • 58 min
Today, we tackle a thought provoking question. What’s harder, an Ironman or a stand alone marathon? Within this question are a lot of interesting thoughts about becoming a stronger endurance athlete. We compare the body blow mentality of doing and Ironman vs. the more intense effort it takes to do a marathon. We ask if most people really “race” an Ironman or survive? We look at the pain and pounding of a marathon. Levels of soreness vs. overall fatigue. Are we talking about the training input it takes to do either? Are we talking about just getting it done or racing? Are they two completely different sports?
Topics:
- Early morning running
- Intervals, hill repeats, and Z1-Z2
- Are most people way overtrained?
- Chasing a pace
- How much more running do we do for a marathon?
- Are you racing or surviving?
- Optimal marathon vs. Ironman pace in the run
- When does your body reject the speed?
- People to pace off of
- Crowds
- When people are shocked by their marathon pace
- 1 mile sprint vs. a 5k
- Do you need to do a marathon while training for Ironman?
- Top marathoners vs. Top Ironman athletes
- Lot’s of food for thought
- The answer doesn’t really matter
Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]
Robbie Bruce - [email protected]
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The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Ironman, Nutrition, Training, Triathlon, Swimming, Podcast, Fitness, Podcasts and Coaching.
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The episode title '#776 – Are You Trying Too Hard?' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast is 57 minutes.
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The first episode of Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast was released on Nov 14, 2016.
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