The Greg Bennett Show

By Greg BennettSports Business Health & Fitness

The Greg Bennett Show episodes

September 28, 2020 Richard Murray - Multiple Olympian, Duathlon World Champion
Richard Murray is one of the great personalities of the sport of Triathlon.

He’s one of the most consistent men on the ITU World Series, rarely out of the top 5 for almost a decade. He’s had his big wins including the ITU World Series events in Edmonton, Hamburg, and Leeds, and the ITU Duathlon World Championships. He placed 4th at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. He’s won big money races including the Island House Invitational Triathlon and Super League Triathlon.

He’s never afraid to play it up for the cameras and give us a great show.

In this episode, Richard describes the joy of getting back into racing, his unconventional journey into the sport of Triathlon. His commitment to improving his swim and his goal to remain consistent. He discusses his YouTube channel and his 5km and 3km run videos that over 100k views.

Richard shares his up and down the year of 2016 where he broke his collarbone early in the year, got disqualified at the Hamburg World Series race, and then placed 4th at the Rio Olympics behind his countryman Henri Schoeman.

Richard's time with Coach Joel Filliol (Episode 22 of the Be with Champions podcast) gave him the consistency he needed. He decided to leave Joel and create his own team along with his wife Rachel Klamer (a professional Olympic Triathlete for Holland). Their team comprises of Dutch coaches Louis Delahaije & Jordi Meulenberg.

Richard discusses his training and how he focusses on low heart-rate run workouts combined with speed.

The Tokyo Olympics in 2021 will be hot, and for Richard, he believes his background in Sth Africa will be suited to the extreme conditions.

Ironman and longer distance racing do not interest Richard. He hopes to stay in the short course style of racing and in the future become a coach.
1 hr 39 min
September 21, 2020 Laura Bennett - Multiple Olympian and World Championships medalist, Triathlete
Laura Bennett is a champion athlete with 4 World Championship medals, 4 US National titles, two Olympic Games representations, and a multitude of wins, none bigger than the 2007 Hyvee World Cup and the enormous check that went with it.

She’s someone who cares deeply about helping others optimize their own lives and someone who understands managing human emotions better than anyone I’ve ever met.

Laura describes the importance of managing emotions, the highs and lows, and how emotions can affect our physiology.

Laura shares incredible stories that shaped her career, from sprint finishing against the great Michellie Jones in 2003 to winning the 2007 Hyvee World Cup.

So many great takeaways in this one!

1 hr 51 min
September 14, 2020 Vincent Luis - Two-Time Triathlon World Champion
Vincent Luis returns to Be with Champions after defending his Triathlon World Championship title in Hamburg, Germany, last week.
Vincent shares his mindset and what was fueling him going into the race and during the race. He describes the race in detail and his past few months of training during these uncertain times.
Vincent tells us why he didn't race the mixed relay world championships that the French team ended up winning and defending their title. He also shares why Jacob Birtwhilstle from Australia could have likely beaten him in this race, had Jacob been allowed to leave Australia to race.
Vincent discusses his preparation for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
1 hr 4 min
September 07, 2020 Dr. Mansoor Mohammed - A pioneer & authority in the fields of genomics & personalized medicine
In this episode of BE with Champions, Greg Bennett chats with, Dr. Mansoor Mohammed. Dr. Mansoor is a pioneer and a recognized authority in the fields of medical genomics and personalized medicine.

Together Greg and Dr. Mansoor discuss how Dr. Mansoor started in Functional genomics. Dr. Mansoor describes what the DNA and the genes represent and how he reads them from person to person.

Our genes can be expressed or optimized by our lifestyle choices.

Dr. Mansoor dissects Greg's recent DNA results. Greg is a mixed bag... as we all are of incredible genes in some areas and less than optimal in others.

Greg's ability to deal with oxidative stress - Greg's glutathione levels are in the top 2% of the world
Greg has a deficit of dopamine
Greg not a very androgenized individual
Greg scores very well with vascular health and has low chance of dementia and alzheimers
Greg neutralizes noradrenaline very quickly, much faster than the normal person
Greg is at extreme risk of sub optimal Vitamin D
1 hr 24 min
August 31, 2020 Siri Lindley - World Champion Triathlete, Multiple World Champion Coach
Siri Lindley is one of the few to reach the top of the world as an athlete by winning an ITU World Championships and two World Series titles and then be able to transition into a multiple World Champion coach.
5.20 Siri describes her recent battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and is now cancer-free.
17.30 How Siri found the sport of Triathlon
22.40 - Recognizing some mental and physical ability
30.22 - Doing everything possible to optimize her performance
43.00 - The breakthrough - Lausanne World Cup
51.00 - Edmonton World Championship - How winning world's changed her life
1.04.00 - Transitioning to coaching
1.08.00 - Mental Strategies
1.12.00 - Preparing Mirinda Carfrae for her first attempt at Ironman
1.14.40 - Being open and learning as a coach
1.23.45 - Mirinda Carfrae and Leanda Cave
1.31.30 - Siri and Bek's Foundations -
Believe Ranch and rescue
Horses in our hands
1.33.45 - Siri and Bek's Triathlon club - Team Sirius Tri Club

1 hr 37 min
August 24, 2020 Bryce Wylde - Natural Health Medicine expert, Clinician, Television host, Educator, Author, and Philanthropist
Bryce Wylde is a Natural medicine expert. He’s a clinician, television host, educator, author, and philanthropist.

His specialty is homeopathy, clinical nutrition, supplementation, and botanical medicine. His focus is routed within functional medicine.

He blends the latest in human biological and genomic screening, science, and technology, and uses new, traditional, and ancient remedies.
In this episode Greg and Bryce discuss -
What is "Alternative medicine"
Covid-19 and what is the real pandemic
The effects of isolation due to Covid-19
Nutrition
Nutrition for endurance sport and exercise
Supplements
Pre and Probiotics
Overtraining in sport and the effects on the gut
The importance of Glutathione
Why Glutathione
Mindfulness and mental strategies
Visualizing and the 24hr edit
What is "Grounding"? Breathing techniques
Sleep
Genetics and DNA
Environmental Toxins
Bryce's Philanthropy and extreme events
Bryce's latest book "Brainspanners"

1 hr 44 min
August 17, 2020 Hunter Kemper - 4x Olympian, 7x National Champion, World Cup Series Champion
Hunter Kemper is the most decorated U.S. Triathlete in history.
A four-time member of the US Olympic triathlon team, he is one of only two men in the world to compete in the first four Olympic triathlons (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012). A seven-time US Elite National Champion. He won the ITU World Cup series in 2005. He’s also won the big money events in the US including Minneapolis in 2006 and the Hyvee Triathlon in 2012.
Over the years, he’s been a national spokesperson for various youth triathlon events as well as several children’s Foundations. A father of five, he is passionate about promoting health and wellness to the country’s youth.
He’s one of the best men you could ever meet and he’s been a fierce competitor, peer and friend of mine for over 20 years.

1 hr 54 min
August 10, 2020 Tim Don - 4 x World Champion, 3 x Olympian, Ironman World Record holder, "Man with the Halo"
Tim Don has been a fierce competitor a peer, and a friend, for almost 20 years.

He has an unbelievable resume of performances which includes 4 world champion titles, 3 Olympic Games, and a world record in the Ironman of 7.40.23, but this is only one part of this man’s journey.

Three days prior to the 2017 Kona Ironman World Championships, where he was a heavy favorite he was struck by a car and broke a vertebra in his neck. His process in dealing with this incredible setback and his journey back to the top of the world is truly one of the most inspiring stories you will ever hear.

I’m delighted to have on the show one of my favorite people on the planet a great personality in the endurance sporting world.
1 hr 44 min
August 03, 2020 Dan Lorang - Multiple Ironman World Champion Coach, HighPerformance Head Coach at Bora-hansgrohe professional cycling team
Dan Lorang is one of the world’s greatest endurance coaches.

He is the first coach in history to coach a men’s and woman’s Ironman World Champion… and also, they both won on the same day on October 12th, 2019. Those athletes were non-other than Jan Frodeno who broke the course record on the way to win his 3rd Ironman World Championship and Anne Haug winning in the third-fastest time ever on the Big Island of Hawaii and improving upon her 3rd the previous year.

He is also the high-performance coach and the head of innovation for the Bora Hansgrohe professional cycling team.

Dan shares his incredible wealth of knowledge and experiences in the world of endurance sport. From Training, racing, and the mental strategies involved in preparing the world's greatest endurance athletes for the big stage.
1 hr 38 min
July 27, 2020 Dr. Tommy Wood - Health, Performance & Longevity in the Real World
Dr. Tommy Wood blows my mind with his academic prowess.

He received his bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo.

His passion is human health, performance, and longevity. He’s a Research faculty at the University of Washington (UW) in the Department of Pediatrics. His research focuses on ways to increase resilience and treat the injury of the developing brain.

He has enormous experience in coaching and being a competitor in rowing, CrossFit, powerlifting, and ultra-endurance racing.

And He has a down to earth approach to optimizing human performance. He’s been a great sounding board for me over the last few years.
1 hr 40 min

About The Greg Bennett Show

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Step into the realm of resilience, endurance, and achievement with ”The Greg Bennett Show.” Hosted by Greg Bennett, an Olympian, former world number one triathlete, and one of the most prolific figures in Triathlon, this podcast embodies Greg’s career-defining mantra, ”Success comes to those who endure just one moment longer.”