{"id":28218,"date":"2024-06-04T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f8e1e71e-d77c-4d48-9e13-0298e9a79de4"},"modified":"2024-06-04T15:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:56:03","slug":"kristian-blummenfelt-how-to-achieve-a-champion-body-and-mind","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/kristian-blummenfelt-how-to-achieve-a-champion-body-and-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristian Blummenfelt: How to achieve a champion body and mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Tuesday, 04 June 2024 at 13:02 PM<\/p>

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Looking to find out the secret of Kristian Blummenfelt<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s incredible success? Of course you are. That\u2019s why your interest will be well and truly piqued by episode six of Red Bull\u2019s Mind Set Win\u00a0podcast<\/a><\/strong>, which not only features Norway\u2019s record-breaking triathlete but also his acclaimed high-performance coach Olav Aleksander Bu.\u00a0Blummenfelt, who\u2019s aiming to regain his Olympic crown in Paris this summer, and Bu openly talk about their training philosophies, the integration of data into their training, plus the mental strategies employed to maintain peak performance. <\/p>

In an enlightening interview, the Norwegian phenomenon offers a fascinating insight into his relationship with Bu, plus training revelations and his attitude to data\u2026\u00a0\u201cI thought that the laws of physics didn\u2019t count for me and that\u2019s a threshold that I didn\u2019t need to have,\u201d Blummenfelt admits. \u201cI can tolerate the pain better so I can deal with it more. <\/p>

“When you sort of understand more about the data [that Olav is] showing me and what we\u2019re doing in the lab and understanding that actually I have to combine my physical shape and what I can do in training with his data and his knowledge, then it will be creating something quite great in the middle.\u201d\u00a0\u201cQuite great\u201d, of course, is an understatement with the 30-year-old\u2019s list of achievements including world titles at Ironman, the World Triathlon Series, Ironman 70.3 and gold in Tokyo where he beat Great Britain\u2019s Alex Yee<\/a><\/strong> by 11secs. <\/p>

In 2022, Blummenfelt also smashed the seven-hour barrier<\/a><\/strong> at the Sub7 long-distance project, winning his match-up against Joe Skipper<\/a><\/strong> (GB) in 6:44:25. That ridiculous time comprised a 48:21min 3.8km swim, 3:24:22 on the 180km bike and 2:30:50 for the marathon run.<\/p>

Kristian Blummenfelt holds his arms aloft moments after winning Sub7 with a time of 6:44:25 (Credit: Mana Group\/Pho3nix Foundation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

What motivates Kristian Blummenfelt?<\/h2>

In a wide-ranging interview, podcast host Lisa Ramuschkat asks the multisport phenomenon whether his record-breaking exploits are his greatest motivation. <\/p>

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s like when you are in a battle against your biggest rival and you\u2019re able to solve that,\u201d the Norwegian responds. \u201cThat moment is like snapping an elastic band and feeling unstoppable. That\u2019s more what I am sort of driving towards than breaking records.\u201d<\/p>

Blummenfelt and his coach, Bu, have become synonymous with the Norwegian method of endurance training that has a few key tenets\u2026<\/p>