#59 - Brad Stulberg Co-Author of "Peak Performance"
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2017
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
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Brad Stulberg co-wrote "Peak Performance" with Steve Magness, and Coach Robbie and Mike both give it 100% endorsements. We would describe "Peak Performance" as a reference manual for getting the most out of your life.
On today's podcast, Brad takes us on a deep dive, explaining how stress, when combined with rest, is the best formula for growth. He gives examples of how endurance athletes can push themselves to the edge and conquer those elusive breakthroughs. We also talk about multi-tasking, performance enhancing drugs, and why mindfulness may be the missing link in your training.
Today, the science of performance collides with eloquent storytelling. Pre-order "Peak Performance" today to help Brad and Steve get off to a good start on the charts. If you buy one book to help your racing and/or life this year, make it this one.
- Brad's life change from a power business consultant to endurance author
- How Brad connected with University of Houston X-Country Coach Steve Magness
- Defining stress as it relates to our lives and why it is the fuel for growth
- Multi-tasking vs. the power of single-tasking
- Why for 99% of people Effective Multi-Tasking Is Effective Delusional Thinking
- The push/pull between stress and rest
- Creating "blocks of stress"
- Why skill comes from struggle
- Defining "Just Manageable Challenges" and why they are the key to reaching "Flow State"
- How mindfulness helps you deal with race pain
- The importance of rest, and what qualifies as solid recovery
- "Social Recovery"
- Transcending your "self" by finding your purpose
Follow Brad Stulberg @bstulberg and @stevemagness on Twitter and tell them Crushing Iron sent you. Both great guys!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, this is Mike. Robbie's going to be joining me in the second. I wanted to introduce today's guest. It is the one and only Brad Stullberg, |
| 0:09.0 | author, co-author of Peak Performance with Steve Magnus, who we've also had on the show. To say this book hits home with Robbie and I is an understatement. We were both blown away. We got an advanced copy |
| 0:22.1 | and it is to be released June 6, but you can pre-order it and we would like to ask all of you to do that |
| 0:29.4 | to help these guys drive their numbers up and get them off to a good start because this book |
| 0:35.1 | will be your favorite book about endurance and or improving |
| 0:39.9 | your life. It is a deep dive into essentially the formula they want to talk about is how stress |
| 0:48.5 | plus rest equals growth. And there are numerous examples of how to break through to get to your next |
| 0:58.6 | level. And I really feel like this is a going to be my reference manual for life. I really believe |
| 1:07.6 | that. It's that good a book. And the interview is great. Brad is a super guy, and he goes into a lot of really cool stories, and I totally think |
| 1:17.0 | you're going to enjoy this podcast. |
| 1:18.1 | I just wanted to read a line from the book that says there is nothing more gratifying |
| 1:24.6 | or fulfilling than setting a goal on the outer boundaries of what we think is possible and then systematically pursuing it. |
| 1:33.2 | Take that into this podcast and enjoy. |
| 1:41.2 | What's up, Robbie? |
| 1:42.9 | Hey, man. |
| 1:43.5 | What's cracking? |
| 1:47.0 | Not too much. Just got back from Knoxoxville looking forward to the big weekend holiday weekend what do you got planned uh nothing nothing actually i was i was really |
| 1:55.0 | like kind of looking forward to um you know me i'm not i'm not much of a get out and do stuff |
| 2:01.5 | I'll get a few runs in |
| 2:03.7 | for sure hang out with the family and then I think |
| 2:08.4 | we had dinner with my grandma last night she's 88 |
| 2:11.4 | and she was asking us so you know what are you doing for Memorial Day |
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