Today we have Whit Raymond who is arguably one of the most energetic people you’ll ever meet and if you’ve never experienced Whit’s infectious energy at the races before you are about to in this interview today. 

In today’s episode we discuss:

• How Whit got his gig calling his first race - Kona.
• What has inspired Whit over the 20 years of calling races.
• Whit’s most memorable after-party moment.
• The value of preparation.
• Whit's life moto
• How to maintain the passion and intensity.
• Dealing with criticism.
• Pro travel tips.
• Important advice for every athlete.

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Today we have one of the heavy hitting British athletes Rachel Joyce on the Fatblack. Rachel gives us a lot of insights and clues into what it is to be a champion athlete and the reality is we can all take on the traits of champions to bring out our best selves.

In today’s episode we discuss:

• Focusing on strengths
• NOT worrying about others
• Where competitiveness comes from
• Dealing with pressure
• Employing calm-confidence
• Hard work = success
• Putting what you want out there to the world
• What REALLY motivates the Joycenator
• The mistake of panicking
• Racing sick VS Listening to the body
• Rachels’ training secret
• The numero uno recovery tip
• Removing emotions
• The BIG mistake age groupers make

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http://www.racheljoyce.org/

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Today is all about value. The value you place in not only your goals and ambitions, but the value place in the process to get there. We live in the era of “now” - everyone wants  something now(!) and most of the time they want to do it for “free” - not always in the monetary sense, but in the form of minimal commitment.

This is a demanding and sport and you have to be prepared to commit.

We also spend time breaking down the components of Todd Herman’s episode from last week - so go back and listen to that first if you haven’t already.

In today’s episode we discuss:

• Why investing in your performance is important
• Learning to invest in yourself, the right way
• Why free = zero value to you
• What free is going to cost you in the long run
• The dangers of an exit strategy
• The truth
• Making the right decisions
• Amateurs thinking like professionals
• Asking yourself the right questions
• Using mindset to shape your lens
• Creating your alter ego in detail

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Today we have Todd Herman on the show. Todd is exceptionally good at high performance coaching/advisory, has worked with Pro/Olympic athletes all over the world on the Mental Game. He also advises C-Level execs on building high-performing teams (mainly tech and hedge funds) & business owners on deleting, subtracting and removing activities they shouldn't be doing and recently started a VC company.

Todd has coached thousands upon thousands of athletes on developing their mental game while helping them craft their alter egos that allow them to level up big time.

Make sure you are present for this podcast with pen and paper to take notes. Todd gives us some work to do, but if you do the work you'll get the rewards. 

In today’s episode we discuss:

• Not using practice time/training correctly and missing out on stacking
• Why you need to create time and space
• Understanding your sport and what it is about is key to high performance
• Using the Pareto principle to best effect
• 90 days
• How to break a paradigm 
• The why and how to build your alter egos
• The Personal Limiter Analysis
• The Talent Magnifier
• The Origin Profile
• The Artifact Enhancer
• The Immersion Experience
• Using the 6 senses and which is the most untapped
• A different take on visualisation how to
• The imposter syndrome
• The power of writing it down

Today Pete and talk all about the daily discipline, the art of 'throwing' those consistent jabs that will help take your performances - next level. 

In today’s episode we discuss:

• An awesome blog post from 2014
• Why a boxing analogy just makes sense for endurance sport
• Why do athletes always look for the big Right Hook?
• Learning to throw jabs
• Training like a champ, racing like a chump
• Building confidence with repeated jabs
• Throwing jabs in training
• When to throw Right Hooks in a race
• The art of setting up the big Right
• Jabs and your mental game

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http://www.trispecific.com/the-right-hook/

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Welcome to 2016! This is going to be an amazing year! And we start it off with a bang today!

Today we speak with Bob Murray from Flex Pharma on an extremely important issue: Cramping. Everyone knows that cramping sucks. We get them racing , we get them training, we get them lying in bed at night. And until now, there have only been anecdotal solutions to manage your cramping. Both of us have had success with magnesium, to an extent, but we couldn't find an answer as to why.... Bob is here to tell us about a new sports drink that is going to change how we deal with cramps - forever. This isn't a marketing pitch - this is getting into the science of cramping and helping you understand and manage your cramps.

In today's episode we discuss:

• A story of two sea-kayaking neuroscientists and how they cracked the code
• Why we cramp
• Different types of cramps
• What we know and don't know about cramping
• Cramp triggers
• How "It's the Nerve" works
• Getting spicy
• Mouth --> Brain --> Muscle
• Mouth rinsing
• Making your neuromuscular system more awesome
• It's the Nerve and performance
• When you can get your dirty little hands on the drink

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Learn more about It's the Nerve at:

http://itsthenerve.com/

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