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E28: Grant Giles (Triathlon & Ultra Coach, Performance Through Mental Training) - One More K
Meet Grant Giles, one of the most thoughtful and holistic elite ultra performance coaches you will meet. Also dubbed the ‘Buddha of Endurance’, Grant takes us through his unique approach of achieving endurance excellence by focusing on mental training. Over decades of practice with elite athletes, Grant has developed a set of various tools that he customises for each athlete in order to unlock the impossible. This episode is full of wisdom, relevant for any athlete and entrepreneur alike, that will help you to become more aware in everything you do. He advocates to ‘live immediately’, live through pain and to subtract everything that is not original to you to achieve greatness. Join us for this enlightening conversation with Grant that helped us expand our mind. One not to miss!
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Podcast Topics:
(00:00) Welcome
(00:40) Intro Grant Giles
(06:12) Acquisition of UltraRunning Magazine
(08:45) New Courtney Dauwalter Documentary
(10:50) The Importance Of Awareness During Sports
(15:20) How To Convince People To Train Their Mind
(19:30) How To Accept Pain
(23:11) Different Tools For Different Athletes
(27:45) Coaching Others Is Coaching Oneself
(29:00) Grant’s Near-Death Experience
(39:40) How To Provide Mental Space In Coaching
(47:00) The Business Of Coaching
(54:50) Grant’s Key Tip To ‘Live Immediately’
(1:03:30) Ned’s Drop
