Kristian Manietta and Charlotte Paul cover all things training for endurance. More than just about racing. We show you that THE EVENT IS LIFE and that by having a long term development focus on health and being strong and fit allows you to seize opportunities that come on by. Fall in love with the process of getting the most from life and happiness is a pretty good by-product.
Welcome to the Fat Black, Episode #95 and today we are throwing the kitchen sink at you. We are talking everything from Kristian's new hill repeat session (it will make you über strong, being awesome…
Today we have the pleasure of speaking with non other then Doctor Phill Maffetone.
Phil is a respected doctor, coach and author and is all about health. Without true health your performance will suf…
Life is all about lessons - not mistakes - but lessons we can learn from to improve ourselves. For Kristian, 2014 was a big year for lessons. Today we lift the lid on what has really been happening w…
We get to chat with and get the insights of the super consistent performer and mum Gina Crawford. Check out her results and you'll see for yourself - Gina is the real deal.
Gina also is an violinis…
A couple of weekends back one of our TS athletes lost his wife tragically. It was completely out of the blue ... Here one day gone the next, leaving a big gapping hole and making us all question thin…
This week Pete and I decided to put in one of our TWS interviews for reasons I put in the intro.
Both Pete and I and so many athletes got a lot out of this interview we did with Grant Giles. A key u…
Today we are going to go deep into FEAR. Why? We simply because FEAR is what holds each every one of us back and stops us from doing the things that want to do. But to conquer FEAR - whatever it is -…
Today we got the low down on getting ugly with straight up nice guy and Ironman Melbourne Champion Jeff Symonds and you'll want to have your ears perked up for this interview as Jeff reveals a number…
There's no doubt about it. Our interview with Noakes opened a lot of questions, which is great because it keeps the conversation going.
Noakes was fantastic to speak too and while we shared 90+% of …
To say we are excited about this episode is an understatement! In fact Kristian stayed up past midnight to fit in with time schedules for this one!
Tim Noakes shouldn't need an introduction, he has p…
We love an adventure - especially one that pushes the comfort zone and forces us to learn more about ourselves. Ironman is a big part of that but there are more adventures too be found. Today we spea…
Whilst we don't get much of an off-season here in Australia - mainly because of the continually awesome weather - it is important to take a bit of downtime at certain points throughout the year to a…
Today's guest is none other then Professor Grant Schofield from Auckland University of Technology and is the director of the University's Human Potential Centre (HPC). We have wanted to bring Grant o…
In today's Fat Black podcast we get to speak with John McKenzie whom is the communications and marketing manager for Revbox. John has a big background in the cycling industry and I met him down in Me…
Ahhh Race Week.
It's a different kind of beast. High energy, edgy nerves, lots of Hype, stress and confusion. But it doesn't have to be. Race week is a time for calm, composure and organisation. It's…
Recently Pete and I got to speak with Gus and Jamie from the team at STRYD.
Who and what is STRYD? Well stride is a small company out of Boulder, CO that has been developing a cool little device tha…
Last night Pete and got to interview Donal Oniell from Cereal Killers movie fame. We loved both movies and CK2 'Run on Fat' makes it pretty damn clear what we have not only been talking about but liv…
It may be lucky that I slept on my thoughts before Pete and I recorded this podcasts. If I'm honest, I guess I was pretty ropable the night before and definitely toned it down for this podcast. Howev…
A few weeks back I got to speak at an event in Squamish, Canada with a couple other experts in their respective fields. One of them was Sylvia Rayner who was absolutely captivating in the way she spo…
Earlier this week we listened to a great podcast from the guys at Spartan who interview Scratch Lab inventor - Dr. Allen Lim.
For years Allen Lim worked with Tour de France teams and has learned a lo…