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TOWER 26 Be Race Ready Podcast — 146 episodes
Episode #146: Mastering the Art of Race Day — From Surf to Starting Blocks!
Episode #145: Open Water Skills and Triathlon Triumphs
Episode #144: Unlock Your Triathlon Potential. Secrets to Success
Episode # 143: What Should Elite Athletes and Amateurs BOTH Focus ON?
Episode #142: Foundation is the KEY to Success!
Episode #141: What's Possible
Episode #140: TAP Into Better Swimming
Episode #139: The Tortoise or the Hare
Episode #138: The Three P's (And Maybe a Fourth)
Episode #137: Do Your Homework!
Episode #136: Race Day Swim Prep, Nuts and Bolts
Episode #135: Race Tactics Revealed
Episode #134: Sight for SUCCESS!
Episode #133: Open Water Skills Put to USE!
Episode #132: BIG Open Water Mistakes
Episode #131: Sharpen Up!
Episode #130: Want A 10 Minute Head Start???
Episode #129: Is Posture the Secret Sauce
Episode #128: You MUST Race!
Episode #127: Weak Swimmers Can Still Swim FAST, DO THIS!
Episode #126: Pros Do this, You SHOULDN'T!
Episode #125: You're PULLING All Wrong
Episode #124: Alignment, Improve Your Breathing Mechanics
Episode #123: Alignment in Swimming and Swim Video Scoring
Episode #122: Tautness Talk with LIVE Q and A
Episode #121: Technical Phase Ramp Up, Kona Talk, and Much More
Episode #120: When to Call it a Season and What's Next???
Episode #119: Pacing, Pacing, Pacing
Episode #118: Take Aways From the Paris Olympic Games
Episode #117: Mark Goddard of Team Zoot, How to Achieve Open Water Swim Success
Episode #116: Practice the Way You Play
Episode #115: Open Water Skills and How to Implement Them into Your Training and Racing
Episode #114: Dr. Stacy Sims Interviewed by TOWER 26 Coaches Danielle, Cindy, and Susy
Episode #113: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Episode #112: Scott Dickens of FORM Goggles with some BIG NEWS!!
Episode #111: Andy Blow of Precision Hydration and Open Water Marathon Swimmer Andy Donaldson
Episode #110: Potpourri of Endurance Sport Topics
Episode #109: Exercise Physiologist Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas
Episode #108: Lionel Sanders on His Ups and Downs in Training/Racing
Episode #107: HOT TOPIC Endurance Sport Potpourri
Episode #106: How to Avoid the MidSeason Burn Out
Episode #105: Run Coaching Guru Bobby McGee
Episode #104: Open Eater Swim Guru Steve Munatones and the Art of Kaatsu
Episode #103: Do You Want to be a Better Triathlon Swimmer and Cyclist?
Episode #102: Technology That Will Help You Get the MOST out of your Swim Training
Episode #101: Wearable Devices, The State of Coaching in Triathlon, and Positive Drug Tests
Episode #100: Swim Progression From Sharpening Up to Open Water Mastery
Episode #99: Former Pro Cyclist/TOWER 26 Cycling Coach Andrew Talansky
Episode #98: Triathlete, Author, Screen Writer, and Producer Lesley Paterson
Episode #97: Harnessing More Critical Power Into Your Swim Stroke
Episode #96: Liz and Nancy Jorgensen, Authors of Gwen Jorgensen: America's 1st Gold Medal Triathlete
Episode #95: Paula Findlay and Eric Lagerstrom
Episode #94: Don't Call It a Catch!
Episode #93: Open Water Skills and How to Train and Adapt to Those Skills
Episode #92: Pre Race Nerves??? What Nerves!
Episode #91: The SECRET WEAPON to Triathlon Swimming...REVEALED
Episode #90: The Norwegian Experiment and Ironman World Championship Debrief with Emma Kate Lidbury
Episode #89: Ace Your Ironman Execution
Episode #88: How New Swim Data Can Lead to Better Triathlon Swimming
Episode #87: Foundation Phase Training Focus Points
Episode #86- Effortless Swimming's Brenton Ford
Episode #85: Are All Swimskins Equal?
Episode #84: Japanese National Triathlon Coach PK Joins the Crew to Discuss Coaching Philosophies
Episode #83: Season Restructure = SUCCESS!!!
Episode #82: Tokyo Olympic Triathlon Recap with Emily Cocks
Episode #81: Data in the Swim- Form Goggles CEO Dan Eisenhardt
Episode #80: STAY HEALTHY!
Episode #79: How to Build and Decipher a Swim/Bike/Run Workout
Episode #78: The NEW Approach to the Season Long Progression
Episode #77: Revisiting Tautness in Your Swim/Bike/Run
Episode #76: FINALLY Introducing the TOWER 26 Swim Video Analysis
Episode #75: Coach Gerry and Emma-Kate Lidbury Discuss Their NEW Book, Triathlon Swimming-Master Open Water Swimming with the TOWER 26 Method
Episode #74: INTRODUCING the TOWER 26 Triathlon Training Program
Episode #73: Navigating Corona Virus with TOWER 26 and Craig Taylor From Zwift
Episode #72: Coach Jim Vance Discusses Athlete Success and Running With Power
Episode #71: How Your Swim Benefits YOUR Bike and Run
Episode #70: This Methodology Maximizes Your Swim Foundation
Episode #69: You're Doing it All WRONG!
Episode #68: Ironman Italy Champion Cameron Wurf
Episode #67: Race Strategies and Tactics
Episode #66: Swim Anxiety - How to overcome it
Episode #65: 2 MUST DO Open Water Skill Drills
Episode #64: Comparing Lucy Charles's Open Water Stroke Vs Reece Barclay's Pool Stroke
Episode #63: WETSUITS, Which One is Right for Me?
Episode #62: Cameron Wurf Talks About his Olympic Rowing, Professional Cycling, Professional Triathlon Career
Episode #61: How TOWER 26 Uses % EFFORT in Training
Episode #60: When to Introduce Technique Changes Into Your Triathlon Swimming
Episode #59: Optimizing Kona's Swim
Episode #58: KONA Schedule | Managing Your Training Phase Compulsion With TOWER 26's Plan
Episode #57: When Swim Lessons are Overrated!
Episode #56: 2 MUST DO Open Water Workouts for Triathletes
Episode #55: Triathlete Gordon Ramsay, Fueling Athletics, Nourishing Family
Episode #54: Swimming Smooth with Paul Newsome of www.swimsmooth.com
Episode #53: Mr. T: Triathlon Taren Talks about his Transition to Triathlon, his Training, Technique, and Tower 26
Episode #52: Open Water Skills for the Triathlete and Good, Bad, and Ugly Workouts
Episode #51: 9 Time Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer Mark Spitz on Overcoming Mental Obstacles
Episode #50: Adding Strength to your Swimming
Episode #49: How to Increase Strength/Mobility in Swimmers and Oceanside 70.3 Course Outline
Episode #48: Differentiating the training of a Pro Cyclist versus a Triathlete with Professional Cyclist turned Triathlete Andrew Talansky and his Coach Jesse Moore
Episode #47: Advancing the middle to the back of the pack swimmer
Episode #46: Adaptation Takes How Long?
Episode #45: How to Benchmark Your Season's Start
Episode #44: The MOST Sensible and Effective drills for triathletes
Episode #43: Key Masterpiece to Swim Improvement
Episode #42: Make BIG gains, Eliminate these head movements
Episode #41: Achieving Body Tautness and Proper Swim Posture
Episode #40: Improving Swim Posture
Episode #39: Leaning from the Kona Ironman's BEST Athletes
Episode #38: The GOOD Wolf and The BAD Wolf
Episode #37: How to Approach YOUR Nutrition with Dr.Phil Goglia
Episode #36: MAKING BIG GAINS: Rachel McBride's 51 minute IM Canada Swim
Episode #35: Sharks! How to Keep Them AWAY!!
Episode #34: The 4 Types of Swimmers- Who are YOU?
Episode #33: Open Water Optimization
Episode #32: Triathlon Coach Matt Dixon Shares His Knowledge
Episode #31: Change your swim training NOW! Do these open water specifics
Episode #30: Avoid these technique mistakes in triathlon swimming. Tempo your way to improved performances. Proper usage of the tempo trainer.
Episode #29: Smart watches - Please DON'T do these in your swims.
Episode #28: MAXIMIZE base training into racing season.
Episode #27: PROPER head position. Improve more - VARY training efforts.
Episode #26: Get the pay-off: Train SHORT distances. RAPID FIRE.
Episode #25: Early Vertical Forearm - Don't Do It!
Episode #24: GUARANTEED Improvements - the TOWER 26 training plan.
Episode #23: A Tower 26 Swim Session and What the Elements of it Are
Episode #22: REVIEW: The Essential Ingredients to improve your tri swim.
Episode #21: IMPROVE with these project athletes.
Episode #20: How to Structure Your Off Season
Episode #19: Professional Triathlete Jesse Thomas Sits in to Discuss His Improvement in the Swim
Episode #18: A Chat with Pro Triathlete Lionel Sanders and his Fiance Erin
Episode #17: Ironman 70.3 World Champion Holly Lawrence and Professional Triathlete and Coach Sean Jefferson
Episode #16: The Art of Tapering
Episode #15: Rio Recap with Guest Coach Michael Collins in Studio
Episode #14: How to WATCH and LEARN from the swimming in Rio
Episode #13: OPEN WATER ESSENTIALS- PART 3- PREPARE for YOUR best RACE DAY!
Episode #12: Open Water Essentials(PART 2)- How to be RACE READY in the OPEN WATER
Episode #11: Open Water Essentials
Episode #10: BREATHING mechanics - ONE thing you MUST do.
Episode #9: KICKING - helpful or harmful? what you NEED to know and do.
Episode #8: TECHNIQUE - MUST HAVE equipment items to maximize improvement.
Episode #7: TECHNIQUE- What you NEED to know(Part 4) OVERSUBSCRIBED SWIM TEACHINGS- Early Vertical Forearm and Distance Per Stroke
Episode #6: TECHNIQUE - From foundation to fast: PROPULSION.
Episode #5: TECHNIQUE - Build this foundation layer second: ALIGNMENT.
Episode #4: TECHNIQUE - Build the foundation first: TAUTNESS.
Episode #3: 4 ESSENTIAL ingredients to become a better triathlon swimmer. No compromise.
Episode #2: Workout Architecture - SUCCESSFUL workout design by elite coaches.
Episode #1: Intro to triathlon swimming: 5 NECESSARY training phases for a successful yearly season.