Latest Magness Podcast Episodes
Episode 104: What to Do During Adverse and Challenging Times: A Runner’s Guide to COVID-19
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - March 12, 2020 20:53 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsAdversity, challenge, tough times; all experiences that we proclaim sport teaches us how to manage. Well, now is the time to put that experience into action. While we’re talking specifically about dealing with the cancellations, shut-downs, and disruption of life caused by the coronavirus (COVID-...
Episode 103: Why You Shouldn’t Train Like a Pro…Unless You’re a Pro
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - February 04, 2020 01:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn episode 103, we explore why training knowledge seems to come from the top down. We take our training cues from the top and then water down the training for our college, high school, and recreational athletes. Is that the right way to do it? We argue no. In this episode, we explore: Why we…
Episode 102: High Volume AND High Speed Training
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - January 13, 2020 23:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn episode 102 of the On Coaching Podcast we take on the never-ending argument over volume versus intensity of training. We go back into the history books to look at the poster children of high volume training and high-intensity training to try to get to the root of the argument. A few key takeaw...
Episode 101: Interview with Tony Holler
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - December 04, 2019 15:49 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn episode 101 of the On Coaching Podcast we bring on special guest Tony Holler. Tony is a succesful high-school sprint coach who’s teams have won three state titles. He is known for his “Feed the Cats” program where he focuses on what matters in sprinting and keeping athletes engaged in the trai...
Episode 100: Strength & Conditioning with Alan Bishop
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - November 06, 2019 18:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn episode 100 of the On Coaching Podcast we bring on special guest Alan Bishop. Alan is the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Houston men’s basketball program. In this wide-ranging conversation, we tackle everything from nutrition to what a proper squat looks like to developi...
Episode 99: Is it all about the shoes?
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - October 18, 2019 14:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIs it all about the shoes? In this episode, we look at how recent shoe technology has changed the marathon. Is it all hype or is their substance to it? We dive into the research on the performance benefits and look at the performance of Kipchoge, Kosgei, and the American athletes for clues on how…
Episode 98: Models of Training That Make You Fast
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - October 09, 2019 14:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsLydiard, Daniels, Maffetone, Canova, Pfaff, Tellez. In the world of running, we tend to throw out names of well-known coaches and say that we train utilizing their method. Their model of training. But what often happens is that a coaches method gets simplified to the extreme. Lydiard becomes abou...
Episode 97: Fatigue, Speedwork, Racing, and More
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - September 04, 2019 15:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIt’s time for a throwback episode. When we started this podcast it was about two coaches having a conversation. Join us for a discussion on all things performance as we talk about what we are struggling with as coaches, what we’re reading, and how we are trying to innovate in our own coaching. We...
Episode 96: A Real Talk Rant on Scholarships, Formulaic Coaching, and Core Values
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - July 08, 2019 19:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsThis episode of the On Coaching podcast is my favorite type. A rant on hot topics in the coaching and sports world. Our goal is to give you the truth, the behind the scenes answers without any fluff. We start off with Athletic Scholarships. We cover everything from how difficult it is to obtain o...
Episode 95: Playing Hurt- Understanding the Nuance of Injury.
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - June 21, 2019 10:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsInjuries are the bane of any coach or athlete. They derail our seasons and sometimes our careers. In theory, injuries are relatively easy to deal with. Rest, recover, take time off. But in reality, coaches and athletes are met with much more uncertainty. Can we “train” through a bout of tendoniti...
Episode 94: Is Peaking a Myth?
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - May 28, 2019 13:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsPeaking! Do we drop the volume and intensity a bit and hope that our performance skyrockets? Or do we perform an exacting sequence of workouts designed to get you ready for race day? There are a lot of misconceptions on what exactly peaking entails. At its most basic level, it’s simply about putt...
Episode 93: The Biggest Mistakes Coaches Are Making Today
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - May 08, 2019 16:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIt’s time for a moment of reflection on the coaching profession. What are the things we are doing well? What can we improve on? What are some of the things we are doing now that we might look back upon in 30 years and wonder why we did that training? Coaching is a process of…
Episode 92: How to Crawl Out of the Burnout Hole
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - April 03, 2019 01:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsNote: Today is the last day to get exclusive running bonuses with the purchase of my new book, THE PASSION PARADOX! Check them out here. On this episode, we take on a very important topic, digging ourselves out of burnout. Both Jon and I have suffered through the ills of burnout. What we’ve found...
Episode 91: Airing of The Grievances on Track and Field with Mario Fraioli
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - March 23, 2019 20:45 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsNote: Today is the last day to get exclusive running bonuses with the purchase of my new book, THE PASSION PARADOX! Check them out here. On this weeks episode, we bring in a special guest, Mario Fraioli of The Morning Shakeout to discuss the IAAF’s latest rule changes, how it impacts the Us Olymp...
Episode 90: David Epstein on All Things Performance, Drive, Passion, And Range.
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - March 16, 2019 16:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsA special episode of the On Coaching Podcast featuring NYT bestselling author David Epstein. In this wide-ranging conversation covering all things performance, we start off by discussing my new book The Passion Paradox and the similarities with David’s new book Range. From there we dive deep into...
Episode 89: On Burnout. + A Tangent on Reading
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - March 09, 2019 18:35 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn this weeks On Coaching Podcast, we get into the details of burnout, both as a coach and an athlete. It’s easy to fall for the effort trap. Where we convince ourselves that out working others is the key to success, and that we have the capability to push through anything to do so. Such…
Episode 88: How Social Media and the Internet Influences Coaching and Performance
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - February 15, 2019 17:27 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn this weeks On Coaching Podcast, we cover how social media influences performance. The ever-growing influence of social media and our online interactions change how our athletes (and our selfs!) relate to performing. Our comparison point has changed. We now have to judge ourselves against a nev...
Episode 87: There are NO Magic Training Intensities
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - January 31, 2019 19:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn the endurance world, we’ve come to believe that there are certain intensities or paces that do more than others! If we run at these specific zones, we will improve, and if we run bit too fast or too slow, we are in a grey zone where workouts don’t help as much. VO2max, Lactate Threshold,…
Episode 86: Workouts Don’t Matter as Much as You Think
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - January 15, 2019 02:28 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsWhen it comes to training, workouts seem like the be all end all. As coaches, we obsess over the details of each repeat, or when we should perform tempo runs or short intervals. Workouts are what we worry about. Yet, how much does it matter? In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, we discuss…
Episode 85: Committing to Your Own Development
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - December 27, 2018 18:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsAre you taking the time to get to where you want to be? In today’s instant gratification world, we want to be great NOW! Not in a couple years, but as soon as possible. As we strive for the top of our field or our job, are we missing some crucial development pieces? In this…
Episode 84: Finding the Fatal Flaw that is Holding You Back
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - December 11, 2018 21:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsWhat holds you back? What keeps you from performing to the best of your ability? That’s the topic of this weeks On Coaching Podcast with Magness & Marcus. We dive into identifying and then fixing the common issues we see in athletes that prevent them from taking that next step in performance. And...
Episode 83: Breaking Through- The Reality of the Ups and Downs of Performance
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - November 21, 2018 01:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsBreakthroughs. It’s what keeps many of us going. The knowledge (and hope) that a leap in performance is just around the corner. But what do performance breakthroughs look like? Are there signs that a breakthrough might be around the corner? In this weeks On Coaching Podcast, Jon and Steve take a ...
Episode 82: How Do You Define Success in Workouts and Races?
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - October 20, 2018 01:07 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn this weeks episode of On Coaching, we tackle how to define success (or failure) in workouts and races. Far too often we operate in a time or performance framework. We judge a workout based on whether we ran faster than was written on the paper. How we define success has a direct impact on…
Episode 81: Embracing Failure with Brian Barraza
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - August 21, 2018 15:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsThis weeks guest is elite runner Brian Barraza. Brian rose from a solid high school runner to the top of the ranks in the NCAA. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how Brian dealt with failure on the biggest stage, the coping strategies he utilizes to get through the pain and discomfort...
Episode 80: High School Coaching- How we would do it differently
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - August 12, 2018 14:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIn this episode of the On Coaching Podcast we go back in time, to our high school coaching days. Both of us got our start coaching in the high school ranks and we take a look back at what we got right, what we would change, and the challenges that coaches now face. We cover…
Episode 79: Mastering the Mental Game: An interview with Len Zaichkowsky and Dan Peterson
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - July 25, 2018 00:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsThe Inner Game: Decision Making, Choking, Focus and Attention, Skill acquisition: All of that and more on this weeks episode of the On Coaching Podcast with Magness & Marcus. We have renowned sports psychologist Leonard Zaichkowsky and mental performance consultant Dan Peterson on to provide a de...
Episode 78: The Difference Between Good and Great
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - July 18, 2018 14:44 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsWhat does it take to be great? What about just good? When it comes to performance, we all start near the bottom. Being “okay” or average, but then we make jumps along the way. How far up the ladder do we go and what allows us to make those jumps? In this episode of On…
Episode 77: You Can’t Force Improvement
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - July 03, 2018 16:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsYou can’t force Fitness! In this weeks episode we talk about the trap of trying to force our way to racing fast. It’s a tempting trap to fall into. Train the athlete for how fast they want to be, not who they currently are. Yet, what we’ve noticed as coaches is the minute you start…
Episode #76: Transitions, Ego, and Racing with 3:56 miler Daniel Herrera
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - May 23, 2018 19:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsWe have a special guest for this week’s episode, Daniel Herrera. Dan is a 3:56 miler who trains under Jon Marcus at High Performance West. In this episode, Dan talks all about transitions, in coaching, life, and training. Dan drops a lot of knowledge and provides a unique perspective on running a...
Episode #75: The Easy Days: How far, how fast, how much?
Magness & Marcus on Coaching - May 10, 2018 15:57 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 343 ratingsIt’s all about recovery! On this episode we take on the topic of easy days. The oft neglected cousing to the more “important” hard workouts, easy days are essential for improving performance. We have a tendency to “check the box” and the only consideration we take is how much mileage we need. In ...