Podcast Episodes

092 - How to Get Off the Achievement Treadmill

Today's episode draws on conversations with an Olympic gold medalist, an ultrarunner, and a Buddhist author to discuss a potential way to think about achievement that might help you focus on the proc…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

091 - Keep Calm and Practice On: Buddhist Lessons on Performance (with Stephen Batchelor)

Two skills that will be helpful to anyone trying to master a craft or achieve excellence (or, frankly, make it through life): the capacity to be with difficulty, and an ability to show up consistentl…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

090 - Use the Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule) to Simplify Your Life

On this episode of The Coach Up, you'll learn how the Pareto Principle can be used to help you get clarity on what's most essential in your life — from work to exercise to diet to relationships — in …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

089 - Marathon 101 with Steve Magness: Insights & Strategy

Today, Clay asks Steve to answer all of your most pressing marathon questions: what to know before signing up; what he thinks the Boston Marathon should do about qualifying standards, how to think ab…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

088 - Flow: The 8 Factors of Optimal Experience

In his 1990 book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi laid out the ideas that would give birth to the idea of the "flow state." In the years since, the flo…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

087 - Training Tips for the Aging Athlete

We are, each of us, getting older every moment. (Scary, we know!) So how should we think about adjusting our training as we age, particularly if we're still hoping to perform at a high level? That's …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

086 - The Coach Up: Should You Do "All-Out' Workouts?

Steve Magness is back on The Coach Up to discuss the nuances of doing "intense" or "all-out" workouts. Since the explosion of High Intensity Interval Training, there has been much discussion about ho…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

085 - Quitting: When to Give Up (and When to Push On)

Knowing when to quit, and when to push on, is as much an art as a science. Where is the line between normal fatigue or difficulty, and harmful discomfort? It's a question we all have to navigate in m…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

084 - The Coach Up: How to "Practice Your ABC's"

On this week's Coach Up, a lesson from the book "Everyday Zen" by Charlotte Joko Beck about expanding the upper reaches of your comfort zone.

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

083 - The Science, Art, & Mystery of Hot Streaks

After a brief discussion of Ruth Chepng'etich's world-record marathon from this past weekend, Brad and Steve get into the science of the "hot streak" phenomenon in sports, creative pursuits, and even…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago