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Simon Ward, Be Battle Ready - The podcast for strength, resilience, and longevity

The Be Battle Ready podcast is where everyday athletes, adventurers, and seekers of strength come to forge resilience - in body, mind, and spirit. Hosted by coach Simon Ward, each episode explores the true pillars of endurance: purposeful training, nourishing nutrition, restorative sleep, a resilient mindset, and the art of recovery. It’s designed especially for those in their 40s, 50s and beyond who refuse to rust - men and women who know that age is no excuse to stop sharpening the blade. Whether

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01:45:09

Why we get injuries, and what we can do to prevent...

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2023/03/01

I recently asked some folks on my Facebook pages about their biggest concerns related to getting older and how it would impact their training or racing. By far the biggest concern was the fear of injury. I also hear a lot of triathletes stating that they are maintaining swim and bike speed with age, but regardless of what they do they are running much more slowly. This raised a few questions: Why do we run slower as we get older, and is this inevitable? Is injury inevitable with ageing? Are males

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48:31

Would you do an off-road triathlon? Xterra comes to...

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2023/02/22

Stop the press! In a correction to what we may have said in the podcast, the Xterra events DO NOT allow gravel or cyclo cross bikes. You are only permitted to ride a mountain bike with straight handlebars. Full British Triathlon rules are available HERE. Have you ever thought about doing a triathlon or multisport race in a different format? There are plenty to chose from these days - swim/run, Aquabike, crossTri and Xterra. In 2001 I participated in the first Xterra event to be hosted in the UK,

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59:06

Finding your purpose as an athlete and coach * Non...

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2023/02/15

At the close of the 2022 triathlon season, Non Stanford retired from professional racing and took up a new post as a coach at the Leeds High Performance Centre where she will be aiming to share her experience with the next generation. And what a range of experiences she has! She was a relative latecomer to triathlon, coming from a successful running background, but she had a meteoric rise to the top. Within 5 years she was Worlds U23 Champion, and she followed that up in 2013 by winning the ITU

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01:38:48

Fix your own back pain with Dr. Stuart McGill

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2023/02/08

If you've ever suffered from specific or non-specific back pain, you’ll know how debilitating it can be. While you might avoid lifting heavy loads because of the risk of putting your back out, cyclists often have sore lower backs from the hours spent on the bike. Today's guest, Dr. Stuart M. McGill, is a distinguished professor emeritus, University of Waterloo in Toronto, Canada where he was a professor for 30 years. Stuart has authored several books (links in the show notes) and his advice is often

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01:05:18

5 stunningly simple ways to halt the ageing process...

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2023/02/01

On a recent podcast I spoke about building easy strength to Become Unbreakable, 2 elements which I feel are crucial to your health, longevity and athletic performance. I also recently wrote a Facebook post where I outlined 5 areas where we can all do a lot to slow or even halt the ageing process. In a recent Facebook poll I asked, "If you are over 50 and as you age, what are your biggest concerns regarding health, fitness, sleep, and nutrition?” The responses were varied but many were worried about

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02:01:55

Polarised training revisited with Stephen Seiler

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2023/01/25

Stephen Seiler has been a guest on the podcast 3 times now and is one of our most poplar guests ever. He also holds the record for our longest podcast, over 2 hours! In 2018 I was fortunate enough to listen to Stephen speak at the Endurance Coaching Summit hosted by TrainingPeaks in Manchester. His talk on polarised training had me hooked, and I’ve been a convert to this type of training ever since. I can personally vouch for its role in helping me to stay fit and healthy through the pandemic and

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42:51

Become UNBREAKABLE with easy strength

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2023/01/18

This week I'm re-visiting a topic shared back in November 2021. In recent weeks I've been talking a lot about the benefits of mobility and strength and in this episode, I outline why mobility and strength play such a key role in human and athletic performance. I also have a few tips on how you can incorporate both into what probably feels like an already packed schedule. Specific topics covered include: How to avoid being an active couch potato The importance of daily movement practice once you hit

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01:00:24

Joanne Murphy - The Irish voice on the IRONMAN...

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2023/01/11

If you completed an Ironman event in the UK during the last few years, there's a good chance that my guest today will have called you across the finish line. In May of 2022, Joanne Murphy became the first ever female announcer at an IRONMAN World Championship. Joanne Murphy is one of the best race day announcers in the world and her brand of boundless enthusiasm and wit coupled with her lovely Irish accent have welcomed thousands of athletes to the finish line and entertained the finish line crowd

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01:01:34

C1 Spinal Cord Injury - THE FIGHT GOES ON!! * Nathan...

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2023/01/04

Happy New Year! I don't know about you, but I am sometimes guilty of overlooking the joy and pleasure that I get from some of the simple things in life, actions that we take for granted like being able to walk in the woods, ride a bike with friends, even something so simple as having our own independence. Sometimes we need a reminder not to take things for granted. Today's podcast guest experienced this in the most dramatic way possible, and while this is a shocking story it is also one of grit,

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01:13:38

Grumpy Old Coaches Christmas special (live from the pub)

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2022/12/28

This is the final podcast for 2022, can you believe it? During the last 12 months, we've had 126,100 downloads (so far, and there are still a few days left!) 53 amazing guests including several Olympians and world champions as well as experts and thought leaders from a whole range of different fields, all with the goal of sharing knowledge to help you improve your own human performance. Whether you’ve listened once or to every podcast, I’d like to say a huge thank you. I really appreciate you

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01:22:28

Strength training for triathlon in less than 10...

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2022/12/21

In 1995 I wrote my first article for 220 triathlon magazine about strength training for triathletes. My approach has changed a little since then, but over the last 27 years, I have remained a strong advocate for triathletes to make strength training a staple part of their training. My guest today is a woman who works with many of the top long-distance triathletes including the top 3 female athletes at the recent 70.3 World Championships: Taylor Knibb, Paula Findlay & Emma Pallant Brown. Erin Carson

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01:13:07

One MASSIVE tip for your race day nutrition (and lots...

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2022/12/14

Whenever I ask triathletes about nutrition I’m always fascinated when they're more focussed on what happens on race day than they are on their general day-to-day nutrition. Having said that, one of the biggest factors leading to athletes falling short of their race day expectations is poor nutrition and hydration strategy. In today's podcast, I’m chatting with Andy Blow from Precision Hydration and Nutrition about this exact subject. You may think it's an odd time when races are so far away

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01:08:17

Key lessons learned from a career as a pro triathlete...

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2022/12/07

I don’t have as many elite athletes on this podcast as some, but when I do I make sure they have a good story to tell! This week's guest is Will Clarke who I got to know when he was a young man just starting out on his triathlon journey. Since then he has enjoyed a full career as a professional triathlete, representing Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics before turning his hand to racing 70.3 and Ironman events. Will is now a full-time triathlon coach and it was really interesting to chat with him

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01:03:25

Just don’t think about your age * Linda Ashmore,...

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2022/11/30

I am always inspired by our older finishers at Outlaw events. Not are they defying the ageing process, but they do so with such spirit and enthusiasm. From their everyday ‘can do’ attitudes, to the energy with which they come up to collect their awards after the event. It’s something to which we call aspire which is why it always gives me great pleasure to chat with them. Today's guest is Linda Ashmore, one of the oldest ever female Ironman finishers, and the oldest ever female to swim the English

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01:16:05

The ONLY two ways you can become a faster swimmer *...

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2022/11/23

Right, swimming! It’s probably the discipline that frustrates triathletes most. It takes years of regular pool time to make even small gains. There is so much noise out there that choosing the right path for yourself is a big task. I’m fortunate to be at the front end of the triathlon swim, but everyone needs help which is why I turned to this week's guest, swim coach Josh Spencer, to help me understand why my shoulder was hurting after each swim. Josh highlighted some technical flaws and gave me

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01:03:25

It ALL started with this * Julie Moss

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2022/11/16

40 odd years ago I watched an ABC (US TV station) broadcast of the 1982 Ironman World Championships (there were actually 2 races that year in Kona, and this was the first from February). I was captivated from the first few seconds but I was completely drawn in when in sight of the finish, Julie Moss's legs wobbled and then gave way completely. (She recounts this in amazing detail in the conversation). After that, I kept my triathlon dream on the back burner until 1987, the date of my first tri and

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01:10:03

We all have challenges – what are yours? Rob Starr

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2022/11/09

When I started out as a triathlete, I thought that the reason I never finished higher in my age group was that I had ‘issues’ to deal with that no one else had. Back then there wasn’t much connectedness between triathletes so it was common to feel isolated. As I met more people I started to realise that I didn't really have an issue (except in my head). There were plenty of athletes with far greater concerns than me. In fact, I felt a little embarrassed at my self-centredness. Nowadays, we

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57:15

How to run faster by keeping your body healthy with...

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2022/11/02

Running is the final leg of a triathlon and the one where most people seem to struggle. Whether that's because of a lack of running fitness or going too hard on the bike it’s a hard puzzle to solve. The obvious solution would be to just run more, but that does increase the risk of injury. Myself and many other coaches prefer to focus on consistency by building a robust framework combined with better technique and running efficiency. Today's guest, Eoin Everard, is one such coach. An elite runner,

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56:29

Lessons learned from wearing a sleep tracker with...

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2022/10/26

Sleep and HRV trackers are becoming more popular, and the best ones have a smart dashboard that provides lots of information on your sleep performance, and HRV trends. They also have algorithms that assess all of the data and give a daily recovery score. I started using the Whoop tracker in 2017 and I have to confess that there have been times when I have been over focussed on the data to the point where I actually worried whether I was going to have a good night's sleep. Note: This is actually a

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53:43

Elite Photographer and elite age group triathlete...

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2022/10/19

Do you ever think that the people most qualified to perform particular tasks are those who have an intimate knowledge of that task? For example, an ex-footballer or rugby player might be best suited for a job as a referee. How about sports photography? If you've participated in a sport and know exactly what the performers are going through, do you think that might help you to frame even better pictures? Maybe that’s why today's podcast guest Jack Schofield has risen to the top of the triathlon

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