Photo Credit: @raineduponmedia 3:30 Big News in Ben's Life and how fatherhood has changed him 7:30 Recap on IMFL Fastest IM Marathon (2:36) and Fastest American IRONMAN time 10:30 2019 IRONMAN World Championships 13:00 Regaining Confidence post injury 16:00 How to race and win Kona 20:00 Will Ben try and

This is a special podcast, an interview with PhD and co-author of The Brave Athlete, Calm the F*ck Down and Rise To The Occasion.  Buy his book here: https://www.velopress.com/books/the-brave-athlete/ Check out his personal website here: http://www.braveheartcoach.com  

What an Interview! Cody and I dove into the details about his training, coaching relationship with David Tilbury-Davis, their lessons on what works and doesn't.  We also discuss the Top 3 things in swim, bike, and run that have helped him the most.

David is one of the most intelligent coaches in Triathlon. He's humble, articulate, and very professional. Davids works with all range of athletes, some of whom at World Champion professionals, Ironman Champions, and Age Group Champions.

Get ready to learn how the Pro's do it. Michael came back from the Brooks Beast altitude camp where he got to learn how some of the best athletes in the world operate. There are a lot of good nuggets of information that you can learn and use in your own training.

2:00 Introduction  3:00 what motivates DTD 3:30 Difference what separates top performers 6:30 What is DTD Learning? 9:00 Current state of triathlon coaching 14:00 Kona Recap 24:00 What Jan Frodeno Brings to Triathlon. GOAT?

2018 Ironman Wisconsin Age Group Women's Overall Champion is on the podcast!  Jacqui came from a running back ground chasing an Olympic Marathon Qualifying Time to eventually focusing 100% on triathlon training.  Jacqui has also come from a 1:17 Ironman swim to a 1:04!

In this episode, Coach Steve talks through the nuts and bolts of how one of his athletes qualified for Kona. This is going to be a new feature as other athletes like to hear about whats required to Kona Qualify.  We dive into the swim, bike, and run training we did.

James Burke is the man... seriously. Husband, Father of 3, Ironman 70.3 World Champion, ITU AG World Champion, 2X KONA Podium Athlete, IRONMAN Florida and Kentucky Overall Champion. And he has only been in the sport of triathlon since 2012-2013! He talks about his progression, training, and love for riding on Zwift!

Getting to The Hawaii Ironman World Championship is very hard.  You have to have a very strong work ethic. You cant get swayed by all the distractions Triathlon has to offer.  It requires years of training, dedication, good nutritional choices to be one of the best in your age group.  Listen to how one of my athletes earned his spot at Ironman Chattanooga.  We dive into his background, weekly TSS numbers, weekly training hours, weekly workouts!

This was such a fun talk with Amanda Marek who won the overall age group women's race at IRONMAN Wisconsin!

James is one of the best age group triathletes and has the results to back it up winning world titles in short course to 70.3 to winning overall Ironman titles.  James is a family man with 3 kids, a wife, and a full time job.

We are PUMPED to have Dani Fischer on the podcast! Straight off her 2017 Ironman Wisconsin WIN! Dani talks about her experience of quickly becoming one of the best age groupers in the worlds and her short stint as a PRO triathlete.  Dani also gets into great detail about her training program, how she got herself out of a serious burnout, as well as how she works her nutrition into her training!

Ironman and 70.3 Champion Daniel Bretscher takes EW through through his athletic career up to his Ironman Victory and Course Record at Ironman Wisconsin.

In this episode with Next Level Triathlon, Steve talks with top age group athlete Eric Engel! Eric has been climbing through the ranks by earning multiple Kona and 70.3 World Championship qualifications as well as 3rd place overall at 2016 Ironman Wisconsin.

What a podcast! Christine was an awesome guest who dives deep into: 1) How she selected her coach 2) What she has been working on in her Swim, Bike, Run 3) Her daily successful habits she performs that has helped her become one of the best!

In this episode, Steve interviews the 2017 Ironman Florida Women's Champion Elyse Gallegos! Elyse had a banner year placing 13th at the 70.3 World Championships, 5th place (PODIUM!) at Ironman World Championships, and her WIN at Ironman Florida! This was a fantastic interview! Elyse didn't grow up swimming, biking, and running.

In this episode we bring on Age Group athlete Michael Ross to discuss his path to qualifying for the 2017 Ironman World Championships and 70.3 World Championships. From a non swimming and cycling background, multiple injuries and set backwards Michael continued to keep pushing to envelope till he qualified.

Tyler Le Roy, Ironman Louiseville Champion.  Not many people will earn that title, listen to how Tyler developed his mind and body to become strong enough to earn the title. What i liked about Tyler is that he came from zero endurance background.

2:00: How did you get into Triathlon   12:30: Balancing training with a toddler and family. How to control the controllables!   17:30: Using stress as energy   20:00: Training for IMWI in 2018 and how Paige crushed it!

Kona is getting closer! Lionel's recent video he talks about him recognizing his 2nd Place Syndrome and that sparked my interest in Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg's book Peak Performance and what I learned from it. We talk about Lionel and also how to personally deal with Stress and Growth.  We go deep, hold on tight!

In this podcast we talk about the trends some of the best athletes do to be successful.

We go into the Question and Answer folder for this podcast!   1) Does your FTP fluctuate and change? 2) Is the heat making me slow? How do I adjust to it? 3) Cramping in the 70.3... what did I do wrong?    

That's right, Cindi has entered the podcast world and it was a lot of fun! We talk about the traits that we find in successful athletes and not so successful athletes.  We also dive deep into Cindi's background, athletic background, retirement, Kona, and our daughter.  We had a lot of fun recording this podcast and maybe there is hope for a round 2?

Stroke rate matters in swimming. I recently did a test in the pool where i did 10x200, starting at 60 strokes per minute and going up to 80 strokes per minute. The results were pretty worthy of sharing!  

Racing a hot triathlon? Steve talks about how to manage your race day!

Hello everyone!

I get into swimming and an article I wrote for TrainingPeaks.  There is alot of information that I wanted to talk through as it can get lost in words.  Enjoy! Article on TrainingPeaks: https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/off-season-speed-part-2-5-reasons-you-re-not-swimming-any-faster/  

Learn how to get better in the water with the use of your phone! I recently did some underwater video of myself and was blown away with how poor it was.

In this episode, Coach Steve discusses the testing he did that helped him determined which cadences were most efficient for triathlon. 

Are you afraid to suffer? Yes, i'm talking to you! It's quite common and the biggest reason people fail on race day... they are not committed to push through that wall. Learn more about it here!

In this podcast Coach Steve talks about some of the biggest mistakes athletes make when going from indoor training to outdoor training. Steve also goes on a rant about learning how to not be a quitter.