Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Crushing Iron is an age grouper and his coach talking and learning about triathlon. Together they explore the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual side of training and racing everything from a Sprint to an Ironman. Great for beginners and intermediates triathletes. Released every Monday and Thursday.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 891
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
#857 - Priming Your Workouts
A lot of times we don’t “feel it” and the workout seems daunting. Today we look at why it’s important to use priming to get things going whether you’re racing, training, or tapering. We’ll explain so…
#856 – Listener Q&A - Run form and economy, staying motivated, open water swimming, ultra training
Some great questions today! We look at run form and economy and how to be a better runner for a longer distance. We talk about what do do when you lose your motivation to train and race. We get into …
#855 – Keep Your Race Emotions In Check
It’s easy to get your emotions twisted during tough blocks or on race week. Today we look at the little things that can frustrate us in triathlon and offer ways to get through them, or let them go, o…
#854 – Training To Hit Your Race Goals
Do you keep struggling to hit your race goals but can’t figure out why? Today, we give you some clear thoughts and solid strategies to improve your swim, bike, and run speed. Are you selling yourself…
#853 – Make Training Harder Than The Race
We call it "training" for a reason and we should be "practicing" in a way that sets us up for a better race. That can mean getting out into the heat and wind more often, or visualizing your race at c…
#852 – The WORK Is The Gift
There’s no doubt triathlon can be an isolated sport. Grinding for miles and miles with no one watching, or frankly caring. But you do. Or you should, because what you’re doing is something difficult,…
#815 – Fatigued or Shelled?
Today we look at the concept of owning where you’re at in training and smart ways to move the needle without blowing a gasket. We also talk about how to recognize the difference between fatigue and b…
#850 – Getting The Most Out Of Your Bike
Mike goes for a rare bike fit and we dive deep into the nuances of a comfort, position, aero power, and training strategy. We look at saddle height and position. Aero bars. Drop, reach, contact point…
#849 – IRONMAN World Championship Returns All Athletes To Kona
The Ironman World Championships are back to a one day event for men and women. What does this mean for the sport? What does it mean to you? That’s our discussion for today.
Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26…
#848 – Lessons From Hot and Windy Ironman Texas
On the ground report from Ironman Texas with a lot of lessons for anyone training for Ironman.
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#847 – Think Inside Out
Do you chase the process or the excitement of race as the cure? Today we look going inside yourself as the solution.
Topics:
- Lawn talk
- Door to door sales
- Early season power
- Don’t make a race feel to…
#846 – Fresh and Confident on Race Day
Pre-Race nerves. How do we get ahead of them in training? Today, we look into many things we've learned as athletes and coaches to prepare for the race ahead of time. We talk about tough condition tr…
#845 – Type A vs. Type B Athletes
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Today we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of personality traits :) Well, not really. The goal here was to look fo…
#844 – Be Ready For Anything on Race Day
Race conditions can be unforgiving and downright brutal (see Texas 70.3). Today, we look at how training can help us prepare for the unexpected on race day.
Topics:
- Texas 70.3
- Rough Race Conditions
- …
#843 – Intensity vs. Aerobic
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The argument for a weekend of RPE.
Topics:
- Taking it outside to the streets
- 25 yards vs. 50 meters
- Watt Ranges
- Intensit…
#842 – Pacing Your Season
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Triathlon is all about pacing and this goes for workouts, races, and your entire season. Today we look at how the phases…
#841 – Things We've Learned From 10 Years of Coaching/Casting
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Today we sort of cut through the clutter of complicated training and use examples of things we’ve learned to be most eff…
#840 – Crafting Your Training Week
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Are you good at recognizing the levels of fatigue? Today we look at different ways to stack your week to take advantage …
#839 – How To Not Suck At Swimming #15
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Today, we look at how you can be faster by being more efficient. We breakdown using your arms as levers and look at how …
#838 – Swim Like A Swimmer
Today is a little rant about swimming. We look at a few easy ways for you to improve your stroke, body position, and economy in the water. It it really as simple as being a better breather? What abou…