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Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes

Steven Brandes

Podcast by Steven Brandes

sports swimming

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01:08:01

#95. Big Ring Origins, Part 3: High Performance Coaching

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2020/11/22

The final installment of Big Ring Origins and the path that Coach Steve has taken for his coaching. This was unquestionably the most intense chapter of coaching, but the one with the biggest reward, learning, and challenges. USAT High performance MMTT LifeTime Fitness A lot of good moments and frustrations along the ways

53:22

#94. Lionel Sanders Hour Record, PTO Daytona, COVID...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/10/31

Coach Steve is joined with Coach Jason Lentke from Toro Performance https://www.toroperformance.net/ https://www.instagram.com/jlentzke/ In the podcast, we discuss: 1) His race and experience at the Arizona 70.3. This is the first 70.3 in the US since Covid hit and he talks about how the pre-race and race went, and how he took 2nd Overall! 2) Lionel Sanders demonstrated how strong he is by crushing the Canadian Hour Record as well as beating Jen Voight's Hour Record. Incredible effort by Lionel! How

27:11

#93. Off Season Training Strategies

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2020/10/16

In this episode of Inside The Big Ring, Coach Steve talks about how to manage the offseason, mainly October through maybe December. What workouts to do? What to focus on? What common mistakes are made? This podcast is short and sweet.

38:21

#92. Athlete Development: Part 1

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2020/10/09

In this podcast, Coach Steve talks through the development and planning for one of his athletes. He talks about the strengthens and limiters, the workouts they will be focusing on. Enjoy! If you are interested in coaching, check out https://insidethebigring.org/coaching

36:43

#91. Running Cadence/Length and Training Load Mistakes

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2020/09/04

In this podcast, Coach Steve talks about 1) How running cadence and stride length are important for maximizing speed 2) How too much or too little training load will effect performance

26:01

#90. QnA: Key Bike and Run Workouts

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2020/08/28

This question and answer is geared towards if you are feeling like you've plateaued, which type of sessions you should do for the bike and run to break out of it.

45:07

#89. Big Ring Origins: Part 2

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/08/21

Big Ring Origins Part 2 is focused on my time with Carmichael Training Systems. The education and experience I gained from CTS is the foundation of my coaching. My time learning from fellow coaches like Kevin Todd, Andy Applegate, Jason Koop, and Colin Izzard is unparalleled.

01:01:44

#88. Interview w/ Tim Podlogar on Periodization of...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/08/08

What an amazing interview with Tim Podlogar on sports nutrition! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timpodlogar/ Website: https://tpodlogar.com/ We dive into many topics How are carbs used for the body How are fats used for the body to power training Keto Diet, the positive and negative effects on training. Who it will benefit and who it may not. Louise Burke's lastest review The relationship carbs and fats have with performance Periodization of Carbs and Fats in your WEEKLY training plan

36:56

#87. Under The Hood: Part 2 FTP and Swim Development

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/07/31

How am I growing my FTP and swim speeds? What metrics am I using? What workouts am I doing? Learn here!

47:37

#86. Big Ring Origins: Part 1

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/07/25

Ever wonder how Coach Steve began his coaching career? It is much different than most endurance coaches. In part 1, Coach Steve goes back over 13 years to 2005 where he began coaching.

53:54

#85. Interview w/ Kevin Purvis: Talking Strength,...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/07/10

In this episode, Coach Steve talks with top endurance strength coach, Kevin Purvis from KP Performance http://www.kpperformanceboulder.com/ Instagram: @KP_Performance This was an excellent talk where we covered many topics 1) Kevins background 2) Identifying and WHY you do strength, mobility, and core. 3) Utilization of your foot for glute activation 4) Hierarchy of an athlete's process 5)Plyos, agility 6) Rotation based exercises 7) When and How to prioritize exercises in the week 8) Talking Jake

36:41

#84. Under The Hood: Starting From Scratch

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2020/07/03

In this episode, Coach Steve talks about his journey back from injury 1) What is Steve's focus in each sport 2) What are the drills and sessions he will do in each sport to help regain fitness

32:26

#83. Q&A: Is Zone 3 Training Bad? Fitness and Weight...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/06/25

Two great questions were asked 1) Is too much Zone 3 training bad? 2) My fitness and weight have plateaued, what should I do? If you want to ask a question, head to https://insidethebigring.org/podcast

01:11:13

#82. Talking Aerodynamics w/ Jesse Frank

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/06/12

In this podcast, we talk everything aerodynamics with Jesse Frank who is a Human Performance Engineer with Specialized Bikes. Jesse works in their wind tunnel working with top professional triathlete and cyclists.

45:11

#81. Training & Performance Review w/ Jason Lentzke

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2020/05/12

In this podcast Jason and Coach Steve review this article written by Coach Joel Filliol. https://joelfilliol.com/blog/2015/1/3/on-training-and-performance Subscribe to the Monday Moment newsletter here! https://insidethebigring.org/ Stephen Seiler Paper https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen_Seiler/publication/310725768_Seiler%27s_Hierarchy_of_Endurance_Training_Needs/links/583590c208ae004f74cc51f5/Seilers-Hierarchy-of-Endurance-Training-Needs.pdf And a nice breakdown form Matt

45:44

#80. Habits of High Performers w/ Coach Jason Lentzke

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/04/13

This is a great podcast with fellow coach Jason Lentzke. We talk about certain traits and habits that we identify as critical for success in sport and whatever else you'd like to apply it towards. What I like most is how this conversation felt like two coaches just talking about coaching. Hope you enjoy! Follow along with Jason here: https://www.instagram.com/jlentzke/

29:33

#79. Don't Waste This Opportunity

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/03/30

In this podcast, Coach Steve talks through the dos and don't of how to train during this period. --- Did you race get canceled? How do you train now? ---- Maybe you should try a different approach to training? ---- Join the FTP Challenge, win a Wahoo Trainer? ----

35:02

#78. Athlete Progression, Injuries, Matter of Fact...

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2020/03/06

In this episode Coach Steve talks through one of his athletes, their beginning point, injuries, and the type of training we are doing for each sport. ---- We also talk about dealing with injuries ---- One part of the episode is how deal with people making large statements while disregarding the athlete component. There is alot of information available and knowing how to filter it is important

22:37

#77. IRONMAN St George Training Part 1

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/02/28

Part One of Coach Steve's training into IRONMAN St George, American Triple T, and Madison 70.3

47:14

#76. Simplicity of Training

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2020/01/27

In this podcast we talk about the trends some of the best athletes do to be successful. How to avoid falling into traps and moving too far away from what's needed to be successful. We also reference an excellent a podcast with Vincent Luis that was on The Physical Performance Show podcast.

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