#915 – How To Get Excited About The "Boring" Stuff

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

We're not here to sell you the top hacks for getting on the podium. Today, we advocate for the long game. Often times the quicker you gain, the quicker it can go away. Building and keeping and making life/triathlon feel easier and more enjoyable. How do we find joy in the "boring" stuff we feel like wastes our time? Slow gains are hard to notice, but they last longer. We know it's not exciting, but that is one of our biggest challenges. Putting the excitement into the overall process. Being okay with 80% meh. You can't always outwork your way to the top.

Topics:

Is your bracket in tact?
Oceanside 70.3 - Texas 70.3
The quicker you gain, the quicker it can go away
Selling quick fixes
Do you have a weak or strong cake?
New stimulus always works . . . for a while
Building lasting change
Putting all focus on one race day
Write a book but don't release it
Swimming slow to master form
Owning fundamentals and technique
You can't always outwork your way to the top
Overworking and brain burnout
How can we make something feel easier?
"I gotta find a new route."
Slow gains are hard to notice
Keep things easy and stackable
Going to bed feeling like a million and waking up feeling like a dollar
The repetitions are the answer
Forcing a routine
Excitement is overrated
Simplifying your diet
80 meh
How to find joy in boring

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com

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0:00.0	All right.
0:03.0	All right.
0:20.5	That always makes me want to start drumming again man it's how else
0:27.0	and it's saying i mean i liked the i like the fake music there for like a hot second but then
0:31.7	it makes me feel icky oh yeah the other one yeah i just like yeah the other one yeah i can't i, oh, it's new. Oh, but like, give me the old stuff. I think it's kind of like the perfect topic for today, too. But yeah, welcome. Welcome. Yeah, seriously. It's a Thursday. Yeah, man, it's March 26th the year, 2006. Welcome over, everybody. you're listening to the Crushing Iron podcast. This is episode 915.
0:57.9	Yeah. 2006. Welcome over everybody. You're listening to the Crushing Iron podcast. This is episode 915.
0:58.1	Yeah. Are you getting nervous yet?
1:00.8	About what? Bals, aren't they playing tonight? Dude, no, we play.
1:04.7	Nervous. I'm nervous about like being able to keep my lids open. They don't play until nine o'clock tomorrow night
1:14.0	Yeah, yeah, I I'm probably gonna be a first half first half kind of guy
1:19.9	I either need them to be up by 20 or down by 20
1:25.1	I mean, but I mean like given the fact that how our season's gone, we've blown like five double digit leads this year. So you know what? They still might end up in a loss. Nah, dude, the way I thought term ago is sweet 16 for us is kind of a little bit. We're like on the gravy train. Like I just had low expectations. Yeah, I didn't even have them beaten Virginia in my bracket was just I was away from the homers I was like well if you do it that way then it's a win win right like Virginia wins bracket intact Tennessee loses my team's going to speed 16 so it really is like a win win like if you if you separate like your favorite team and you can
2:01.5	Disconnect from that so yeah, I mean listen
2:03.3	It is what it is I I find this weekend like the least exciting weekend really I'm like yeah, yeah
2:09.6	I just I mean I mean I'm pumped in a C's playing but I mean I guess there's so many games in the first weekend and like so much can happen
2:16.2	That it's you know. I don't know yeah Yeah, I'll like so much can happen that it's you know i don't know
2:19.6	yeah i mean i'll be excited once again but it's like you know it's just yeah it's just fun like
2:23.2	it's just a kick off of the you know but yeah first weekend is like uh it's like the uh it's a
2:29.8	quick weight loss scheme you get all excited Oh, that might tie us in.
2:53.3	I'm not going to say like you're back to your WKRN Channel 2 Tuesday. Yeah, you just, uh, it's all there. It's like a, it's like a basketball hack and then you're kind of like, wanting for more. And then it's just never comes. Mm-hmm. Especially when your team gets knocked out in the first round by high point.
2:52.1	Oh. wanting for more and then it's just never comes especially when your team gets knocked out in the first round by high point oh hey there's worst things the world have freed up your week and now you can be
3:01.6	you can be zen right um before before we get going on the topic for today I'm I need to get my
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