Watt Pod

Sam speaks about his life priorities, including the podcast. There's also a training (and competition) update, client insights and questions answered.

Dr Bridie O'Donnell is a former professional cyclist and 1 Hour World Record holder, a medical doctor, public servant, and Tour de France commentator.

Joseph Sullivan is a firefighter, a 5-time World Champion and 2012 Olympic Champion as a rower, and a 2-time America's Cup Champion, as a cyclor and as a grinder.

In this episode I join Tony on the Tony Montgomery Podcast to talk about the Olympics, letting go and the evolution of new goals. Tony is working on his PHD in Health and Human Performance, is a former elite powerlifter and runs ultramarathons for fun.

Dean Mumm is a former representative rugby player. He made fifty-six appearances for the Australian men's national team (the Wallabies), including one as captain. In retirement Dean has also trekked to North Pole to raise awareness of premature birth and money for the charity Borne.

Dr Andrew Randell is the Women’s Olympic Head Coach at British Rowing and a multiple Olympic medalist coach (including Gold in the women's quad scull in 2024). Andrew also achieved success as a school coach, with several notable victories and the development of many rowers that eventually became Olympic oarsmen.

Sam provides a training update, details the sports of which he's a "fan", shares his thoughts on training for little kids and elaborates on what 'walking the walk' looks like for elite coaches and support staff.

Erwan Le Corre is the founder of MovNat, a lifestyle and physical education system.  He is also a static apnea practitioner, with a personal best breath-hold of 7 minutes and 29 seconds.

Sam talks about the podcast itself - it's evolution and challenges. There's also more sharing as it relates to his training and the necessary adjustments in emphasis as the process evolves. He also answers questions on the best advice received, how to balance the options of 'as much training as possible' vs 'as much as is optimal' and the benefits of a nighttime routine for winding down and improving sleep.

Hugh van Cuylenburg is a teacher, the founder of The Resilience Project, co-host of The Imperfects Podcast and a 400m running enthusiast & masters competitor.

Sam touches on his own training and answer lots of questions re. general training with minimal equipment, pursuing two goals at once, land cruiser vs lamborghini training, how to adjust swim training, how squeeze out more 500m potential and training for maximal 10min effort.

Dr Alice McNamara is two-time world champion rower, a winner of the Empire State Building Run-Up, a seven-time winner of the Eureka Stair Climb, a trailer runner and a physician to elite athletes at the Victorian Institute of Sport, the Australian Women's Basketball Team (the Opals) and Australian Paralympic Cycling Team.

This week Sam discusses motivation, the frustrations of the Australian men's 8, poor man's altitude training, catabolism and goal sequencing.

Angus Dawson is a rower, a two-time Olympian, an U/23 World Champion and a current undergraduate at Cal Berkeley.

Sam muses on sickness and the various hiccups that interrupt the training process, husky runs, his grievances with modern heart monitors and reads a document he was compelled to write in 2013 that ultimately ended any optimism to compete at the Rio Olympics.

Shawn Baker is an orthopaedic surgeon, a world record holder, a multi-decade athlete and notable proponent of the carnivore diet.

Sam discusses the ongoing effects of Cyclone Alfred, the impact on life and training, as well as book suggestions, current thoughts of running shoe selection and answers questions on mobility, core work and running benchmarks for Sub3.

Mack Horton is a retired freestyle swimmer. He is an Olympic gold medallist, World Championships gold medallist, and 4-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio he became the first male swimmer from the state of Victoria to win an Olympic Gold medal.

Sam talks about Cyclone Alfred and it's implications, the importance of optimism and how to adjust well when life requires it.