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Today I’m talking to professional triathlete Taylor Knibb, a 3x Ironman 70.3 World Champion and Olympic silver medalist. We talk about the mindset, training, and recovery tools that keep her performing at the highest level. From working with movement specialist Lawrence Van Lingen to embracing a more intuitive approach with her new coach Dan Lorang, Taylor shares valuable insights for athletes at every level looking to grow stronger, healthier, and more in tune with their bodies.
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Some of the topics covered:
- 0:00 – Taylor’s #1 Athlete Advice
- 1:06 – Triple World Champion: Meet Taylor Knibb
- 2:04 – The Elite Athlete’s Hydration Secret
- 2:58 – “I Was a Mess” — Meeting Movement Guru Lawrence
- 5:34 – The Pavlov Effect: Trained for Calm
- 6:15 – Flow Rope & Tire Pull: Taylor’s Weird Training Methods
- 7:21 – “The Tire Lady” — Taylor’s Apartment Complex Fame
- 9:32 – Is Backwards Walking Daily? Taylor Explains
- 10:57 – From “Falling Apart” to Perfect Running Form
- 13:06 – The Only Run Cue Taylor’s Coach Gives
- 16:12 – Less Stress, More Results: Taylor’s Training Revolution
- 19:04 – Trusting Feel vs. Following Data
- 23:38 – “Medals Are Byproducts” — Taylor’s Champion Mindset
- 27:37 – Finding Liberation in Training
- 28:44 – Mental Strategies for Breaking Through Pain
- 37:39 – Trust: The Foundation of Taylor’s Training Philosophy
- 46:00 – How Champions Analyze Race Performance
- 52:46 – Where to Follow Taylor’s Journey
- 54:25 – Become Stronger, Healthier & Happier: Taylor’s Guide
A few quotes from Extramilest Show #97 with Taylor Knibb:
- “In a world where it’s sometimes tough to be optimistic, racing teaches you to be optimistic. Regardless of how it’s going, if you still have that hope it can turn around, that’s where I feel most alive.”
- “The only cue I’ve ever gotten from my coach to run is smile… if you want it to be hard, you can make it hard, but there’s like a level of curiosity, like how good can I be?”
- “If the goal is mastery and the idea is ‘I want to see how good I can be,’ then races become opportunities to express yourself. The next day your goal and your purpose aren’t gone.”
- “There’s a beauty in the suffering sometimes, and there’s just some joy that results from it… Could you handle it? Did you say yes regardless of how it was, regardless of how it went? Like did you try your best?”
- “Just throw pace out of the window, throw distance out of the window, just look at time. I’m going to go for 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes… I found that to take some of the pressure off.”
Cheers,
Floris Gierman
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