Simon Ward, The High Performance Human Triathlon Podcast
Health & Fitness
Fit Soul, Fit Body - Lifestyle Lessons from an IM World Champion * Simon Ward and Mark Allen
We’re on a roll right now with some amazing guests and some great learning for you all. This week is no different as my guest is Ironman Legend, Mark Allen.
Mark is a 6-time Ironman World Champion and the only male to have won both the ITU World Championships and Ironman World Championships in the same year. Back in the 80’s Mark was one of the “Big Four” with Dave Scott, Scott Tinley, and Scott Molina. Apart from not having ‘Scott’ in his name he also did a lot of other things differently.
He ritually took 2-3 month off structured training after each Kona race, followed a different nutrition path to most other athletes (who as Dave Scott explained were mostly on the fashionable at the time, high carb/low-fat diet), and he embraced the spiritual side of health and fitness, hooking up with Huichol Shaman Brant Secunda to prepare for his big races.
Since retiring in 1996 he has continued on the healthy living path. This is a key focus of our discussion today, particularly in light of the current COVID19 pandemic. We discuss many subjects, including:
To follow Mark Allen please visit his website
MarkAllenCoaching.com
You can also find him on
Instagram - markallengrip
Facebook - MarkAllenCoaching
Twitter - @CoachingMark
Fit Soul, Fit Body - Mark Allen & Brant Secunda website
We also chatted about all of the following
Mark talked about a couple of books…
Firstly Fit Soul Fit Body - 9 keys to a healthier happier you
And also Art of Competition
In recent months, Mark has been writing a series of blogs and filming videos for YouTube about keeping it simple.
Shed Talks - Mark Allen’s videos on how to keep life simple
The Mark Allen Blog posts about “Keeping it simple”
We chatted briefly about that race in 1989. You know the one.
If you want to read the inside story from the two main characters, go HERE—>>1989:The Story.com
I also recorded a podcast with Mark and Dave Scott to chat purely about this subject HERE—>> Dave Scott and Mark Allen
Mark is a big fan of strength training and mentioned using Tonal - the smartest home gym
You can also watch a short video of Mark using Tonal, right HERE —>>Mark Allen's Tonal workout for Triathletes
To find out more about Simon’s SWAT programme, please click HERE
Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes
Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here
For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com
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