In some ways the off-season is the hardest season, so what do you do when motivation is fleeting? Today we look at the Yo-Yo approach to tackling training and why it never works how we hope it will. We talk about how to actually change a lifetime of thought patterns into something that sticks and builds. We get into goals and why most have a tendency to start with the hardest part. We look at extremes in training and why many times a new goal wasn't even on our radar 2 minutes earlier. How do we build internal clarity and respect that good things take time?

Topics:

• World Series lessons
• Embracing the grind
• The Off Season vs. Race season
• The hardest part of training
• Purchase oriented lifestyle
• Changing course for the sake of changing
• What is a quick fix and how can they actually work?
• Crash diet
• It takes a lot of time to get out of shape
• The yo-yo life
• Long term investing
• Lottery winners
• Changing a lifetime of thought patterns
• Build something, not everything
• Make attainable targets
• Positive self talk
• Helium balloons carrying extra weight
• Don't start with the hardest goal
• Start by reduction
• Training Peaks extremes
• Is that super long run the answer today?
• How penetrable is your life feed?
• It wasn't on your radar 2 minutes ago
• External motivation is fleeing
• Internal clarity

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com