The Endurance Specific Podcast

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 at everything you do, and Ironman Cairns.

• Just why Kristian decided to ride over 200km of hill repeats (hint: not just for fun, although he did enjoy it!)
• Some insights into what he learned from the experience.
• How to develop an awesome mindset and why you need to.
• We also talk Ironman Cairns, how to deal with the cards on race day.
• How to be a more adaptable athlete.
• Special mention of an awesome cause that a good friend of ours is riding for.
• The Fat Black Podcast kit design update.

• Support Pedal Against Poverty here www.pedalagainstpoverty.com
• Design our Fat Black Podcast kit here www.trispecific.com/fatblackkit
• Everesting
• The Everesting Calculator
• Read Kristian full Everesting account and see the stunning pics

The TS Bring out your best webinar is coming next week. Fill in the quick survey so I can cover your greatest challenges. http://www.trispecific.com/survey – the webinar is free to join and you can register your spot now..

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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 suffer. Today we talk about that, his new website and exciting app and also we cover health and performance.

• The app, the why and what its going to do for athletes
• We discuss the basic thing of life to be a better athlete and have better health
• Asthma and Allergies ... You CAN get rid of these!
• The non thought about biochemical injuries
• Are you improving or just fooling yourself.
• And so much more

http://philmaffetone.com/

The App: http://philmaffetone.com/maf-app/

The MAF Method: http://philmaffetone.com/method/

The 2 Week Test: http://philmaffetone.com/2-week-test/

Episode 100 is looming ... We're running a Fat Black Kit competition. Design our limited edition kit to win. Or put your name down to own a high quality Fat Black Cycle Kit. http://www.trispecific.com/fatblackkit

The TS Bring out your best webinar is coming next week. Fill in the quick survey so I can cover your greatest challenges. http://www.trispecific.com/survey - the webinar is free to join and I'll be sending emails out tomorrow so ensure you are on the email list by signing up below.

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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 with Kristian over the last 12 months or so and really get into the gritty about what lessons he learned and how you can avoid similar experiences. Stress management is about learning to identify stressors in your life that you can control, and focusing on those to avoid the overwhelm of stressors that are simply beyond your control. It is about being adaptive and responsive, not reactive and we discuss some super important lessons on stress in this episode.

But before we do......Some exciting news! Our 100th episode is fast approaching, and we want to celebrate. But we want you guys - our awesome listeners - to be a part of it. So we are holding a design competition: design a "Fat Black Podcast" riding kit (bibs and jersey) with whatever clever, creative, purely awesome design you can think of, and the winner will receive that kit! We are launching the kit-production as a bit of 'kickstarter-ish' campaign, so we need a minimum if 20 kits confirmed before we can produce. If we don't hit our number, then everyone get's a full refund.

Got to http://www.trispecific.com/FatBlackKit

More on those awesome details very shortly.

• A sneak peak into our Round Table discussions with some smart thinkers in the nutrition space.
• Why you cannot ignore stress in your life.
• Stress and gene expression.
• The importance of understanding your TRUE health.
• How intuition plays a big role in health management.
• Gut health and depression.
• Learning the "dip"; when to push on and when to ease back.
• Some strategies to employ when you reach the critically low point.
• Learning to understand the warning signals.
• How to make things 'easy' again.

We are sharing these fairly private insights from Kristian with you, to help people understand just where things can go with health. He has lived it full circle now and the good news is that if you are pushing yourself to that limit, there IS a way to get yourself back.

Don't forget our awesome competition - not only could you be the design winner of an amazing kit, but you could be envy of the bunch ride! Keep an eye on our Facebook page, or simply sign up, get your Free Pillars to Success ebook www.trispecific.com/pillars and Kristian has been hitting it outta the park with daily informative and inspirational content!

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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 violinist for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and has a degree in psychology. High achiever? You betcha.

• The one thing you must take to take your life and performances to the next level
• How to become a consistent performer
• Dealing with the disappointments
• Gina's thoughts on equality in the sport of Ironman
• And more golden nuggets

http://ginacrawford.com/

https://twitter.com/Gina_Crawford

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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 things.

Pete wrote an article title "Stop Wasting Your Time" as we were rocked by the event. As I said, it made us question things and especially, are we truly living. Are we going through the motions or are we trying to be the best versions of ourselves. Are we where we really want to be in life? If not Why? Is there something we really want to do but keep coming up with excuses why we 'can't' (there is that worlds most insidious word we can say to ourselves).

So in todays episode of the Fat Black Podcast we wanted to discuss Get Busy Living.

Because Life is Short. Embrace it.

• Momento Mori.
• Are your goals YOUR Goals?
• Questions you need to be asking.
• Things you NEED to Do now.
• And so much more.

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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 understanding is the labels we attach to ourselves and how they ultimately hurt us.

Enjoy

• Labelling and why you need to break the labels
• Simple cues and calm state visualisation
• Dealing with anxiety
• Compassion for self and how it helps everything Improve
• Getting out the mind and connecting with the present

Grant Giles of Aeromax Coaching

Grant on Twitter

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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 - we have to understand it, and we have to acknowledge it. Then we can plan to overcome it. Now we see FEAR manifest itself in many ways with athletes; some very obvious, others not so much. But if you want to do well, you need to overcome those FEARS.

• What is FEAR?
• Why we manifest our FEARS?
• Why FEAR is important.
• How to stop feeding the FEAR and start overcoming.
• Understanding the psychology of FEAR.
• Dealing with the Chimp brain.
• Using FLOW STATE to understand FEAR.
• Learning to change your behaviours.
• Controlling your outcomes.
• Why just using positive thinking is not enough.
• Negative beliefs.

We talk a little bit about the concept of the Chimp Brain and the Human Brain, and if you are interested in learning more about this, check out this book. We will also be discussing this in an upcoming TS Life Webinar.

We also mention FLOW STATE - a very cool decoding of peak performance. We think every athlete should learn more bout this so check out the work that these guys do.

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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 of insights that can help all of us to greater heights.

• What does "Get Ugly" mean and where did it come from?
• Building a strong mental game.
• The art of race execution
• Overcoming his biggest adversity and how that has helped him perform going forward.
• The secret to Jeff's success.
• Planning for the "What If" scenarios.
• The importance of recovery.
• Making sacrifices.
• Some awesome advice for tips for AG athletes.
• And more

• http://www.getugly.ca/
• https://twitter.com/JeffreySymonds

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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 the beliefs there are some we don't hold especially when it comes to performance. As you know we are all about health but we are also heavily invested into performance and there are some very key areas where we are seeing performance drop when following a LCHF approach. So we decided to get our good friend Peter Defty on another Fat Black and discuss the points.

In Today's Episode We Cover:

• Sodium opinions and how lack of sodium causes the 'bonk' effect in fat adapted athletes
• The forgotten about electrolyte that is critical in fat adapted athletes.
• No calories.
• It's not a matter of IF.
• And more

• TriSpecific Upgrade Yourself Individualised Blueprint Offer (time sensitive)

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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 played a pivotal role in health and performance research for over 30 years. In case you don't know about Tim .... (crazy thought), he wrote the bible for runners and running coaches in 1986 called 'The Lore of Running" which included a whole chapter on the importance of carbohydrates for athletes and runners. His stance publicly changed when he ripped out that nutrition section of his famous book stating we had got it so wrong.

In Today's Episode We Cover:

• Why he ripped out pages of his infamous "Lore of Running" book.
• Why there is still pushback against the LCHF approach to eating.
• The Real Meal Revolution.
• Understanding Insulin resistance and Insulin sensitivity and why it's likely one of the most important things you can do as an athlete.
• Where to start on your LCHF approach.
• What you should be testing for.
• Real world evidence.
• Understanding the role of sodium in LCHF.
• Going to deep, too quickly into LCHF.
• The truth about those top end speed "loses".
• Why banting (LCHF) increases health and performance.
• LCHF for vegetarians and vegans.
• Tim answers some questions from our TS athletes.

• http://realmealrevolution.com/
• The Noakes Foundation
• https://twitter.com/ProfTimNoakes

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