After months of training, race day is here, but are you actually going to be able to perform?

After a weekend of massive PB's all around here at The Not So Fit Couple Podcast, we think it's high time to discuss the mentality of a PB, how to prep the best way possible and best practices for race day.

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Ben is a window shopper

04:00 Ben and Lucy's PB's this month

08:00 12 Weeks Til Summer

10:00 Building your battery

13:00 Shake out runs

17:00 Taper week prior to an event

23:15 Whoop before an event?

25:30 Electrolytes

28:00 Beetroot pees

31:30 Carbs, nutrition and peaking

41:00 Marathon gels

45:00 Nutrition the morning of a marathon

49:00 Olympian Mcdonalds nutrition

51:30 Bill and Ben at Hyrox

55:00 Tips for raceday

Lucy just returned from running 340 miles from LA to Las Vegas with an insane crew, how did it go and what went wrong? If you have any other questions for the next episode drop them in here: ngl.link/thenotsofitcouple1 Join MyCoach: Code: NotSoFit for a special discount for podcast listeners! https://mycoach-school.com/join Follow us - https://www.instagram.com/mycoachapp_/ More Lucy Davis: Follow - https://www.instagram.com/LucyDavis_Fit Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbyT8IyohY6V8ZVfI9uHug More Ben Haldon: Follow - https://www.instagram.com/MyCoachBenji Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpGRgA3rr1-FY9qLRgkXX3A Shop our products - https://shop.mycoachschool.com/collections/products/

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:00 What is the Speed Project

00:9:30 Logistics of Running 340 Miles

00:11:50 This wasn't your normal ultra

00:20:00 The ups and down of an ultra

00:25:00 The hardest Part of Running as a Woman

00:33:30 Death Valley - Vegas

00:41:00 The Finish Line

00:48:00 Doing TSP Again?

have you always wanted to run a cheeky lil mara? Well today Lucy is here today to answer all of your questions, her favourite running shoes for all types of training, bonking on a run, gels, salts and why she insists on wearing oakleys even when it's pitch black outside.

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00:00 Intro 

3:00 Bonking your first marathon 

6:00 95% of people will never sprint after 30 

6:44 Fave Running Shoes 

10:28 Marathon Gels 

18:00 The voice in my head 

24:50 Too slow to run a marathon 

28:26 Sunglasses at night 

31:42 Splitting my training up 

39:20 Difference between a solo ultra and a team ultra

Have you always wanted to compete in a HYROX race but never quite got around to it? Today's your lucky day. @LucyDavisFit is here to answer every single question you could have. Hardest stations, the full 24 hours of race day and what to expect and so much more.

We'll be back next week with ben for a normal ep!

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00:00 Intro 

4:17 What is Hyrox? 

6:30 Hardest Hyrox Station? 

9:00 Starting out as a Hyrox Athlete

12:10 what can i expect from HYROX?

17:45 The perfect doubles partner 

21:30 Post ultramarathon injuries 

24:10 I want abs for my holiday 

29:40 Do you feel pressure to push through injuries because of social media? 

33:40 People judge the weights that i lift 

36:43 Cats Cats Cats 

Net positivity and happiness numbers are plummeting around the world and have been going down for years. So what can we do in our own lives to make things more positive and healthy for ourselves and the people we love?

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0:00 the Kittens

03:00 ben's unwell

7:00 The consequences of a phone based childhood

11:00 Lowering your phone use

20:00 Negative self talk

29:00 Gratitude and self talk

34:30 Live one day like your idol is watching

41:30 Accepting responsibility

How can i start to think clearly when running? I struggle to breathe properly when i'm out, i always feel out of breath. If this sounds like you, then boy do we have a banger of an episode for you today. If you have any other questions for the next episode drop them in here: ngl.link/thenotsofitcouple1 Join MyCoach: Code: NotSoFit for a special discount for podcast listeners! https://mycoach-school.com/join Follow us - https://www.instagram.com/mycoachapp_/ More Lucy Davis: Follow - https://www.instagram.com/LucyDavis_Fit Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbyT8IyohY6V8ZVfI9uHug More Ben Haldon: Follow - https://www.instagram.com/MyCoachBenji Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpGRgA3rr1-FY9qLRgkXX3A Shop our products - https://shop.mycoachschool.com/collections/products/

Building strong muscles and building big muscles are two very different things, but what do you need to know in order to effectively do either?

Today we're diving in to everything you need to know along with some stories of us trying to build muscle in the past. Have you ever seen a 60kg woman trying to spot a 230kg back squat?

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Muscle Size Vs Strength

04:00 Lucy and Ben's current training

08:30 best rep ranges for different types of training

14:40 Bodybuilding compared to strength workouts

19:30 Having big muscles while running

23:30 5-3-1 training

27:00 Powerlifting

33:00 Exercise selection

35:00 Building big legs safely

39:00 Women Vs Men in recovery

43:20 How can i train for Strength and for Power?

Cassia Tierney Clarke is an incredibly inspirational woman. By age 20 she was obese, binge drinking and lacking direction in her life. After finding movement, running and health and fitness, lost 110lbs on her obesity journey and quit drinking.

She now runs her own successful podcast and owns a coaching community where she inspires and coaches people to make their own transformations.

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00:00 Intro 

3:00 Is Running good for weight loss?

7:30 Running can be similar to non purge bulimia 

15:30 There were moments where Cassia gave up

22:00 Binge drinking 

35:00 Losing your drinking identity 

49:00 The eraser test 

In Today's episode, Lucy and Ben are taking a trip down memory lane, and reflecting on what parts of their childhoods have led them to where they are today. Giving advice to their 10 year old selves and chatting about their personal strengths and weaknesses.

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We have decided to open up our anonymous Q&A's once again, and today we are back with some tips on how to pick up your gym crush, reducing our insane screentimes recently, and finding out who is weirder, Ben or Lucy

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