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Triathlon Swimming: Insight for Beginners to Advanced Triathlete Swimmers. Learn how to swim faster and with ease with training tips and triathlon swimming advice from Tri Swim Coach and distinguished Ironman professionals and triathlon coaches. Kevin Koskella is a world-renowned triathlon swim coach with over 27 years of swimming experience. This podcast has tips, stories, adventures, and overall entertainment and education regarding swimming and triathlon. Join our community that contains thousands of triathletes looking to get a leg up on the competition in their next triathlon.
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Now displaying: February, 2020
Feb 14, 2020

In this episode of the Tri Swim Coach podcast, Kevin interviews Coach Todd Malcolm. Todd is a Calgary Ironman Specific coach who has been involved in the sport of triathlon both as an athlete and a coach.

Todd has been a 4-time member of the Canadian Triathlon Team, 3-time Olympic Distance Provincial Champion (25-29 x2 and 40-44 Age group), and qualified for the Elite Alberta team during his 20+ years of racing. He has also competed in over 100 triathlons with experience in sprint to Ironman distance races.

In the last four years, Todd has been an Ironman All-World athlete. He has been coaching juniors and adults of varying abilities for the last 19 years. In the interview, they talked about how he got started in triathlon, his first race experience, and his WHY.

This is one episode you’ll surely learn a lot of things from Coach Todd, so don’t miss it!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • How he got started in triathlon
  • The biggest challenge he faced in his first race
  • His deep motivating factor when doing all his races
  • On coaching people
  • How he first started coaching children and why he transitioned to coaching adults
  • What happened after his first Ironman
  • How he trains people for their first Ironman
  • His thoughts about strength training
  • Mistakes he sees people make
  • His advice for the listeners

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Feb 10, 2020

In this episode of the TriSwimCoach podcast, Chris Hague is back! Kevin & Chris talk about the idea of motivation and how to avoid burnout in triathlon. Chris recently completed his Master's Degree in Sports Psychology and talked about it for a short time in the interview. They also discuss his life from then to now, getting some social pressure, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and more. Listen and enjoy!

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Chris' life trajectory then and where he is now
  • Places where he's hoping to travel to
  • The idea of motivation
  • Some of Chris' tips that people could implement in their lives to avoid burnout and get back to that motivation
  • Self-determination theory
  • Social pressure
  • Relatedness
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
  • The reason why sometimes the best workouts we've done are when we don't feel like doing them
  • What to do if you have 3 days in a row being out of it (no training/workout: tired)

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