How to Train Your Brain to Race to Your Potential | World Tour Neuroscientist David Spindler, PhD

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Most triathlon training focuses on physiology and skills. Dr. David Spindler argues that the brain is the missing piece, and that you can (and should) train your brain to better process pressure, adapt under stress, and execute under fatigue. This episode will teach you how to do this.

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0:00.0	Welcome to That Trafflon Show, the podcast presented by scientific traathlon and hosted by me, Michael Erikson.
0:15.1	Today's guest is Dr. David Spindler, a neuroscientist and cognitive performance specialist.
0:19.9	David has worked at the very highest
0:21.4	levels across sports from cycling and triathlon to soccer and Formula One, with a list of
0:27.6	athlete that includes Ironman World Champions Sam Latelyoe and Chelsea Sodaro, Mountain Bike
0:32.5	World Champion Katie Courtney, UTNB winner Tom Evans, and 35-time Tour de France stage winner Sir Mark Cavendish,
0:39.7	and many others as well.
0:41.2	Today we're talking about cognitive neuroscience and athletic performance, what the brain's
0:45.6	role is in how we train race recover, and how this applies to amateur triathletes and endurance
0:51.2	athletes.
0:52.3	David, welcome to the show.
0:53.7	How are you doing?
0:55.1	Very good. Thank you. And thanks for having me on. Yeah, it's a great pleasure. I think I first
1:01.5	started hearing about you around the time of Tom Evans, UttmV win, actually. But then I was
1:07.6	digging a bit and found some other interviews and the connection with Mark Cavendish.
1:12.7	I think you were part of the documentary that was released on Netflix as well with him.
1:18.2	So many listeners might have seen you there.
1:20.9	But either way, what you're doing is very interesting.
1:25.3	So let's start there.
1:26.7	What do you actually do?
1:29.6	So I look at how your brain works with your central nervous system to produce performances.
1:35.1	That's the easiest way to put it.
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