Triathlon can beat up the body, but some train without chronic aches, pains, and stress. Today, we look at some of the reasons and how you can have a healthier training lifestyle. We talk about the concepts of: carrying mental weight, obsessing over niggles, and why gadgets could be part of your problem. Rarely is the problem THEE problem. Don't continually search for answers when they are right under your nose. 

Topics:

• Back to baseline 
• Runner’s Shoulder
• Constant, chronic, pain
• North/South movement of triathlon
• Injury free long term training
• Why do we get aches, pains, strains?
• Stress and its impact on injuries
• Carrying physical AND mental weight
• The simplest answer is usually best
• Cortisol levels
• Bad workout followed by great workout?
• Back tracking to figure out the problem
• Using people energy
• Medication effect
• When we don’t eat enough
• Do you blame your race on the run?
• Too much focus = obsession
• Constantly searching for answers
• Why do we want complex solutions?
• Infatuated with NEW
• Time off? Or do we press through it?
• Obsessing on pain
• Links in a chain for our bodies
• We tend to look for solutions we WANT
• Does Mike have Gadget Addiction?
• Rarely is the problem THEE problem

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