#836 – Work Smarter for Better Stimulus

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Ironman, Nutrition, Triathlon, Podcast, Fitness, Swimming, Training, Coaching, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today we look at ways to work on little things that matter instead of always grinding yourself to the core. Better economy and efficiency go a LONG ways in this sport, so how do you get better inside a typical training session. We look at different ways you can work the swim, bike, and run to keep your HR in a solid place, but create more stimulus. We look at how to becomg a more well rounded athlete and create balance in your body. We talk about growth inside the zone. We get into what soreness and fatigue tell us about our body. We talk a lot about hills and why they are king. Being in a zone and dog walking hacks.

Topics:

Holes in the ice
Creating stimulus in "easy" workouts
Hill running/walking
Cycling hills
Aero position limitations
Faster or slower with a pull buoy?
What does this tell you?
Strong side/weak side
Growth in the same zone
Well rounded triathletes
I hate high cadence work (why?)
Improving efficiency and economy vs. speed and duration
Working hard but on technique
Hills are hacks
In race recovery
Just keep spinning
Make it easier
Slow down and do the work
Being in the zone that makes it feel easier
New to endurance sports
Applying work to deficiencies
Stimulus for gearing, cornering and smaller details

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to the number one triathlon podcast according to a random email I got.
0:31.0	Oh my gosh.
0:32.5	So, so hilarious.
0:35.0	Here's the thing, right, is you want to believe that, but you can't believe it because they could just, they could send that to everybody and they just redo it and they put everybody at number one that they send it to.
0:46.0	I know.
0:46.5	That's, I thought of that too.
0:47.7	But I was like, well, I think maybe just by volume, we're, we're probably up there.
0:52.7	You know, I'm just getting us. We're, we're probably up there, you know. I'm just guessing. Seriously. Yeah, we, we kill you with frequency and consistency, but that's about it.
0:58.2	Yeah. I don't know. But I appreciate all the nice comments that we got off of that post in our
1:05.4	closed group. Yeah, so that's nice little way. You know, sometimes we're, you know, sometimes even if it's, you know, even if we're not
1:13.4	number one, it's nice to put it out there and feel like we're number one for a little bit.
1:17.4	And, you know, get a little bit extra love.
1:19.1	We've been doing this for a long time.
1:20.9	Sometimes you need a little motivation.
1:23.1	What's that exactly?
1:24.0	Like, we talk talk about all times. Sometimes, you know, we can do a lot on internal motivation. Sometimes we need a little external motivation. So we'll take it. And it's March the 6th year. It's 2025. Welcome to everybody. Listen to the crushing iron podcast. This is episode 836.
1:40.4	Yes. And today we are the, what are the mighty Walenda brothers.
1:45.5	Do you know what that references?
1:47.1	It's the acrobat.
1:49.3	What are the acrobats without a net?
1:53.2	Never.
1:53.7	Oh, oh, and I see what you mean.
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