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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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#75. Interview w/ Ben Hoffman 7x IRONMAN CHAMPION

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/11/21

Photo Credit: @raineduponmedia 3:30 Big News in Ben’s Life and how fatherhood has changed him 7:30 Recap on IMFL Fastest IM Marathon (2:36) and Fastest American IRONMAN time 10:30 2019 IRONMAN World Championships 13:00 Regaining Confidence post injury 16:00 How to race and win Kona 20:00 Will Ben try and qualify for 2020 Olympics 22:00 Areas Ben will be working on in off season 24:30 Improving Mental Side of Sport 25:30 Process vs Outcome 26:00 Coach Ryan Bolton 31:30 Ben’s weekly training hours

01:03:16

#74. A Talk w/ Coach David Tilbury-Davis

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/11/07

2:00 Introduction 3:00 what motivates DTD 3:30 Difference what separates top performers 6:30 What is DTD Learning? 9:00 Current state of triathlon coaching 14:00 Kona Recap 24:00 What Jan Frodeno Brings to Triathlon. GOAT? 28:00 Discussion on Alistair Brownlee at Kona 32:00 How to view Brett Sutton in Triathlon 36:00 Cody Beals and what’s next 39:00 Setting Training Benchmarks 43:00 Run Technique 47:00 Lionel Sanders 1:00:00 Training Camp w/ DTD

01:01:33

#73. Winning IRONMAN Wisconsin Overall AG Women's...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/10/23

This was such a fun talk with Amanda Marek who won the overall age group women's race at IRONMAN Wisconsin! Amanda talks through all of her struggles, disappointments, injuries, and successes that lead up to her BIG win at IRONMAN Wisconsin! It was exciting to talk through her journey to this point.

22:52

#72. 2019 Kona Recap and Key Takeaways

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/10/18

In this episode, Coach Steve recaps the 2019 IRONMAN World Championships!

41:52

#71. 2019 Kona Predictions!

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/10/10

Here they are, James and Steve's 2019 Kona predictions!

31:44

#70. Finding Faster: Training Update, Weight Loss,...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/10/01

Hello everyone! In this episode, 1) Discusses the NEW FTP and Swim contest starting January 1 2) Coach Steve talks about how his training has been going 2) How Coach Steve has been still losing body fat since IMWI 3) Training his limiters this offseason 4) His race selection in 2020

01:05:42

#69. Interview: The Rise Of IRONMAN Paige Schulz

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/09/26

2:00: How did you get into Triathlon 12:30: Balancing training with a toddler and family. How to control the controllables! 17:30: Using stress as energy 20:00: Training for IMWI in 2018 and how Paige crushed it! 24:00 How Paige became a strong cyclist so quickly 27:00 How do you analyze an IRONMAN post-race and go into the offseason 31:00 How running less created actually created injuries 32:30 Going into 2019… did you know you were going to crush it? 34:00 Madison 70.3 2019 Recap

57:53

#68. IRONMAN Wisconsin Race Recap

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/09/20

In this episode, Coach Steve talks about the blood, sweat, tears, drafting, tapering, watts, broken tires, TSS, KJs that went into IRONMAN Wisconsin! If you are not apart of the Facebook Group, YOU SHOULD! Get the ability to ask more questions on what you want to hear as well as join a non-critical community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/insidethebigringpodcast/ 2020 Arizona Camp is LIVE! Come Join US! https://www.insidethebigring.com/arizonacamp

01:14:47

#67. Waxing The Chain: Episode 5

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/09/19

If you are not apart of the Facebook Group, YOU SHOULD! Get the ability to ask more questions on what you want to hear as well as join a non-critical community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/insidethebigringpodcast/ 2020 Arizona Camp is LIVE! Come Join US! https://www.insidethebigring.com/arizonacamp Time Stamp For Episode 5 30” New Facebook Group 3’ Results on Indoor Training App Poll 4:30 70.3 Recap Female 10:00 70.3 Recap Male 16:20 Sebi Outstanding 70.3 Performance 17:30 Kona Predictions off

47:00

#66. Waxing The Chain: Episode 4

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/08/30

Waxing the Chain is action packed! 1) Cody wins IMMT! Lionel and Sarah earn their spots to Kona! 2) We give our opinions on 70.3 Worlds. The fields are stacked! Will there be drafting drama afterwards? 4) Tapering into an IRONMAN or 70.3? We give our thoughts and different strategies.

32:57

#65. 6 Weeks To IMWI: Key Workouts, Tapering, Body...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/07/31

We are 6 weeks out from IMWI and its time for the BIG Training! 1) Tapering Talk, when do you start? 2) My weekly average TSS and Training Hours 3) CTL doesnt mean fitness! 4) How I measure my weight loss... its not with a scale. 5) Key swim workout for IRONMAN 6) Common Mistakes! 7) Adding rest days in PEAK IM training.

53:39

#64. Waxing The Chain w/ James and Steve; Episode 3

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/07/25

1) Trainer Road INCREASES Prices! Is Zwift Under priced? 2) Our Kona picks in July 3) Advise to Sarah True 4) Lionel Sanders discussion, Kona Champion in 2019? 5) Brownlee wins an IRONMAN, how will he do at Kona? 6) Training DOs and DONTs for Age Group IRONMAN athletes. 7) Sleeping in a cocoon

26:04

#63. 8wks to IRONMAN Wisconsin & Winning Door County...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/07/16

1) 8 Weeks to IRONMAN Wisconsin! 2) What it took to win the overall at Door County Sprint 3) Big race for 2020? 4) Training opportunity for 2020... maybe.

41:03

#62. Does FTP Fluctuate, Cramping in 70.3, Dealing...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/06/11

We go into the Question and Answer folder for this podcast! 1) Does your FTP fluctuate and change? 2) Is the heat making me slow? How do I adjust to it? 3) Cramping in the 70.3... what did I do wrong?

47:17

#61. Luke Briggs Part 2: Strength Training, Creating...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/05/30

01:05:44

#60. Utilizing Your Power Meter

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/03/18

This is a recording of a Webinar that I did on Zoom. Audio may not be the best, but wanted to share it.

43:12

#59. Nutrition and Functional Strength Coach: Luke...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/02/26

Luke Briggs is your go to individual for your functional strength training and nutrition talk. Luke works with many IRONMAN and endurance athletes on getting to their optimal race weight as well as strength training to make them stronger. Luke's approach is geared towards developing life habits versus certain unsustainable nutrition fads. Enjoy! Find Luke here https://www.lukebriggsfitness.com/

34:26

#58. Swim Improvement and Developing Specific Muscle...

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/02/18

Learn how to get better in the water with the use of your phone! I recently did some underwater video of myself and was blown away with how poor it was. It ignited a fire in me to get better. The second part is on how to Develop Muscle Tension in swimming, biking, and running to make you FASTER and also injury free. Some really good topics and tried to keep it as simple as possible. Any questions, send them through the website www.insidethebigring.com

43:39

#57. Question and Answer: Not Improving at IRONMAN?

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/02/13

Question and answer is back! 1) Steve recaps Tucson, Arizona Camp 2) We go into why arent you getting better? Train More Train Less What type of training Comparing Training to Pros

53:02

#56. Are YOU Coachable? w/ Coach Cindi Bannink

Inside The Big Ring: The Podcast for Endurance Athletes ·

2019/01/29

That's right, Cindi has entered the podcast world and it was a lot of fun! We talk about the traits that we find in successful athletes and not so successful athletes. We also dive deep into Cindi's background, athletic background, retirement, Kona, and our daughter. We had a lot of fun recording this podcast and maybe there is hope for a round 2?

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