Thursday, November 26, 2015

FB#132 – Luke Tyburski and the Lessons of the 2000km Triathlon Quest

Today we have Luke Tyburski whom we had on back in episode #85 talking all about his quest of doing “The Ultimate Triathlon” a 2000km journey over 10 days. Luke had to deal with changes to 2 years of planning from the get go … And many other obstacles. It was pretty much a case […]

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Monday, November 23, 2015

FB#131 – Raoul De Jongh and The Zen Athlete Manifesto

Today we have one of my good friends and proud South African Raoul De Jongh on the Fat Black… Raoul was on way back when… Well one of my first podcast before it was the Fat Black. This man has so much wisdom attainable to anyone when they simply make the choose and developed awareness […]

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Thursday, November 19, 2015

FB#130 – Good Science vs Bad Science with Peter Defty

Today we are joined by our good friend, Peter Defty to help gain some basic understanding of science – in particular science related to nutrition. There is a lot of misinformation floating around on nutrition, with plenty of “experts” presenting studies to support arguments, but it’s important to know how studies are performed, what was […]

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

FB#129 – Caroline Steffen – The Hoff and the Warrior Princess

Today we have Xena (Caroline Steffen) on the show.  Xena just won Mandurah 70.3 – which I think is her 20th 70.3 distance win – on the back of racing Noosa and before that of course, Kona where she placed 9th after a difficult lead up which we discuss on the show. We peel back […]

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Friday, November 13, 2015

FB#128 – 27kg down, 29 weeks of LCHF Life Changing Goodness with Koppo Kopcikas

Today Pete and I get to chew the fat with Koppo Kopcikas, whom I met way back when I started my triathlon coaching journey at a level 1 tri course. Over the last 29 weeks I’ve been following Koppo’s inspirational LCHF life changing journey. It’s a story that just needed to be told. You might […]

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

How To Get Injured - TriSpecific


"Of course you want to know how to get injured right? Well knowing a few things that lead to injuries is knowing how you can avoid them... Because injuries SUCK. These 3 things have one commonality. Once you know and understand this you can help yourself minimise your injury risk. It goes without saying... But I'll say it anyway. Injuries kill consistency, lack of consistency kills performance. "
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Monday, November 09, 2015

FB#127 – It’s SWIMBIKERUN not……

In today’s Fat Black Podcast Pete and I go into why it’s swimbikerun and not swim + bike + run and why that’s important to your ultimate results and getting the most out of your training buck. In today’s episode we discuss: Why you shouldn’t underestimate the cost of the swim and how best to […]

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Thursday, November 05, 2015

FB126 – Back into Action with Mike Conway

Today I had my buddy and for the last few months infrequent training partner Mike Conway of Back into Action Physio drop by so Pete and I could discuss the typical things he sees in his practice when it comes to us Triathletes and being a very solid athlete himself.  Mike pretty much got into […]

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How Cutting This Part of Your Session IS Hindering Your Athletic Best - TriSpecific


I see this so much in athlete feedback. And when athletes neglect this they greatly limit performance in both the short and long term.
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How To Get Injured

Of course you want to know how to get injured right? Well knowing a few things that lead to injuries is knowing how you can avoid them… Because injuries SUCK. These 3 things have one commonality. Once you know and understand this you can help yourself minimise your injury risk. It goes without saying… But […]

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Tuesday, November 03, 2015

How Cutting This Part of Your Session IS Hindering Your Athletic Best

I see this so much in athlete feedback. And when athletes neglect this they greatly limit performance in both the short and long term. I see this so much in athlete feedback. And when athletes neglect this they greatly limit performance in both the short and long term.

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Monday, November 02, 2015

FB#125 – Brent McMahon Is Fast, Here’s Why!

“Courtesy of Specialized Bicycles / © BrakeThrough Media” Speaking with pro athletes always provides a plethora of wisdom. We get an inside look at what makes those who are successful… Successful. And this is the case with Brent McMahon. Brent McMahon is one bad ass triathlete whom is also an Olympian, World Cup Champion, Xterra […]

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