And to put it in context, there are about 20 different endorphins in the brain.

The most common one, and the one that's really strongly linked to, say, runners high,

has been shown to be a hundred times more powerful than medical morphine.

That triathlon show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode we discuss flow with Stephen Kotler. Stephen is a world leading expert on the topic of flow.

We'll discuss what flow really is and how it works, how it helps athletes and triathletes

perform better in races and get more out

of training by, among other things, accelerating learning, reducing pain and increasing muscle

strength, the flow triggers that can give rise to flow and some special tricks that you

can use to give it that little extra nudge and push you over the edge to the state of heightened

consciousness to feel your best and perform your best. Things that may prevent you from entering

a flow state and how long you can expect a flow state to last and how frequently you can

have it. But first a word from our sponsor precision hydration.

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And if you remember back to episode 40, which is one of my favorite episodes of all time on that

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a heck of a lot for their goal race, take time away from their family, but then make easily,

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