Zen and the Art of Triathlon [A Podcast]

Hey, tri-freeks! Zentri has moved to texafornia.squarespace.com! Hop to it!

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 Shay-Nay-Nay: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Howdy! Welcome to another week of the insanity that is winter off-season training in Texas.

SHOWNOTES!

• On the way to swim, driving like Dukes of Hazzard.
• I’ve reached workout Nirvana.
• Getting lots of sleep.
• Eating simple foods.
• PX90 is some crazy sh*t.
• Should hummus smell like dog farts?
• I’m so charged, I say it twice.
• Working out seven days a week.
• Be efficient on the Internet.  Don’t navel gaze in triathlon.
• Morning run in the snow with Roxy.
• Made a Texas snowman.
• Out on a singlespeed ride.
• The benefits of big gear riding.
• Reading awesome emails.
• Shay-Nay-Nay

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 Cayman Wipeout: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hey, freaks! Another week in the life of Ironman training for you here. Show notes in a second, but first, let’s announce the FIRST EVER “IF I HAD A BEARD, I’D LOOK REALLY COOL” CONTEST. Post a link to a picture of your true BeardCore potential in the comments. Here’s mine -

SHOW NOTES!

• Breathing tips.

• Kai wipes out.

• And gets right back on!

• After a swim - diary of a mad swimmer.

• Non-alcoholic beer is awesome.

• Tips on shoes, socks, plantar fascitis.

• Cover art from ZenCam. Find out more by sending him a twitter message at twitter/buckwilde59.

• Is direct email the new blogging?

• My hummus recipe could quite possibly save the Universe.

• First syllable stuttering is actually just buffering.

• Heat regulation with Roxy.

• Pullups.

• It’s Roxy’s birthday.

• Pete’s Cayman Island triathlon report.

• Shout out to Dan.

• Back at the cold pool.

• Get your sleep. Or you’ll eat like a pig.

• Team Triabetes.org.

• Emily is doing Ragnar next year!

• Moving to a seven day workout week.

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 Quantum Spinach: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’ve started coaching and have another week’s worth of random Zentri goodness. Enjoy!

Shownotes!

• Emily’s Abs.
• Quantum Theory of Difficult People.
• Nuclear Spinach.
• Other stuff.

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 Surfing the Fear: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Just a nicely chilled episode of training fun.

SHOWNOTES!

• Let’s go on a bike ride!
• This ride sucks!
• Injury report.
• Fear.  What’s your triathlon fear?
• Random blabbering.
• Check out www.fitnio.com!
• Donation by Gordon.

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I get a lot of questions about how I do my infamous Push/Pull runs. I am a huge believer in this workout, so I’ll post how I do it here.

What is a push/pull run and why do it? A typical triathlete doesn’t do enough core workouts to build strength that makes long distances easier. If you have a strong core, you can go farther, faster because you can hold your body together when other people get tired and their form starts falling apart. With all the working out we already do, who wants to spend time lifting weights?

I got really tired of running and running and watching my upper body strength waste away. It is just a little unbalanced to be able to run a marathon but you can’t do 3 pullups. Enough said.

Push/Pull runs use muscle confusion and make you one hell of a swimmer. There is a school of thought that “muscle confusion” (Working out in unpredictable ways. Google it.) is a more effective workout. Also, pushups are regarded as probably the best full-body workout. They work your abs, back, shoulders, arms, and lots more. The pull ups work out the same muscles that pull you through the water. Do these workouts for a couple of weeks and you’ll notice some real power improvement in the pool.

The bottom line? You feel much, much stronger, your muscles tone up nicely, and you burn off weight faster. And it’s fun as hell!

OK, enough talk. What’s the workout?

• I started off by doing a set of push ups every mile when I run, 3 times a week. This run is usually a 6 mile run.
• I do the same amount of push ups each mile. 12 pushups might not seem like much once, but the 6th time at the end of 6 miles… that’s a workout.
• It is important to pause, drop and do your pushups, and then pop right back up and start running again. The muscle confusion and head rush is lots of fun.
• I suppose you could do pull ups every mile as well, if you carried a pull up bar with you everywhere. Instead, I do them before and after the run, and in the middle if I’m doing my usual three mile loop. I do each set until failure.
• In the end, a typical Push/Pull run will give me around 84 push ups and 25 pull ups mixed in with an hour run, but only adds about 10 minutes to my overall workout. Done 3 times a week, this a huge improvement in overall core strength and stability.

Give it a try and enjoy!

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 Black Mamba: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Many more photos like the one above can be found HERE. Proudly brought to you by the folks at Cyclocross Magazine!

Hey, rockstars. This episode was recorded over the period of a week, essentially bits and pieces of the lifestyle of ultra endurance training. It is a little weird, so enjoy!

• Using my new top secret recording device - Black Mamba.
• Cyclocross magazine. www.cxmagazine.com.
• www.thewarmfront.com.
• Google’s video chat is bomber, yo.
• #dailyendurance on Twitter.
• swimming 3200 yards a pop.
• Dolphin kick, people!
• 7 mile PushPull run.
• Thanks to Matt for extending the www.Workoutlog.com.
• Injury review.
• Kicking Roxy off the bed.
• Going swimming.
• Why does Vista suck so bad?
• 3200 yard swim.
• Tip - Wear your swim cap over your goggles to keep your goggles on.
• Check out www.slow2pro.com.
• You are not a pro unless you look like you are a famine survivor.
• If you go naked to a bowling alley, they will still make you wear shoes.
• Voomaxer.com posts your workouts to Twitter.
• Interview with Pete, who is going to the Caymans for a Tri.
• Email Pete if you got help for his back.
• DON’T GO TO WORK IF YOU ARE SICK. YOU ARE RUINING TRIATHLETES’ LIVES.
• Dawn thinks Pete and I are lovers.
• Emily finds out Lance Armstrong is coming to town.
• Went running with Roxy.
• I’ve been banned from the bike.
• Running strategies.
• I’m coaching!
• Listening to music opens up your blood vessels.
• Emily’s review of the Ragnar.
• Freezing my ass off in Boerne, TX.
• Burning my ass off in Boerne, TX.
• Watching the Dawn and Drew show.
• Pete borrows my bike box.
• Piriformis video.
• Coaching two people!
• Donation from David B.
• Base training on page 35 of Cyclocross magazine.
• Running with iPod/Pandora/Google Maps all in one on the iPhone.
• Tresspassing is fun.
• No fear of highways.
• Tried the Voomaxer.
• It’s not a depression.
• 50 miles running.

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 Patience and Base: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Just lay back and chill…

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 Nutrition and Ragnar Relay Part 2: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here’s part two of the audio from the Ragnar Relay. It’s a montage of random bits; some pretty funny stuff.

I also talk for a while about Nutrition. I’m using a capital N because it’s that important, people!

Correction - I’ve been saying the band’s name of the music I’m playing is “Switch Fork”. That is incorrect. They are “Straight Fork” and you can find them at http://music.podshow.com.

SHOWNOTES!

• My nutrition tips - Mix of the Paleo diet, South Beach diet, and Low Glycemic Load diet.
• Spread out your eating. “Meals” are a product of the Industrial Revolution.
• Carb loading is stupid.
• Fat is not bad. It lubes and protects your joints.
• Send me a voicemail (512-CRY-DELI) with your dirtiest story and I’ll send you some Action Wipes!
• Was just interviewed on the RunRunLive podcast.

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 Ragnar Part 1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Shownotes

Ragnar relay - 180+ miles of running, 4 person team

Awesome race, running 50 miles is similar to doing an ironman, but with the relay thrown in is CRAZY.

Tons of audio, break this up into 2 or three shows, cool music, more Lola and other audio treats.

We had lots of suprising challenges, stay tuned to see what they are.

“Back in Texas” by Switch Fork on music.podshow.com

Used the action wipes. crazy good stuff!

I’ll talk about my nutrition next episode and how I ran like crazy with no carb loading and all about my new diet.

Here is my running tip - train for running without socks. barefoot changes your posture, makes u less injury prone. this is as close as u can get. Put a spray of action wipe spray in the shoe when u put them up.

mcnitt on twitter tuned me into dharmaseed.org feed://www.dharmaseed.org/feeds/recordings/

gusano got married!

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