Activation Energy: Motivate Yourself to Reach New Fitness Heights with Legend Trail Runner Max King

About this episode

Max King discusses activation energy and training motivation with Joey Wilson.

Trail running legend Max King joins TRACER co-founder Joey Wilson on the TRACER Podcast to explore the concept of "activation energy" and how it applies to endurance athletes. They discuss strategies for overcoming the initial resistance to training—often the biggest hurdle—to unlock significant performance gains. Funny video of Chasing Walmsley mentioned in the episode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCgzp3wll0w Watch the YouTube version of this conversation here: https://youtu.be/6nqjflx...

People in this episode

Host: Joey Wilson

Guest: Max King

Topics covered

• activation energy
• endurance athletes
• training motivation
• performance gains
• trail running

Keywords

• trail running
• endurance fitness
• motivation
• training strategies
• performance improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TRACER

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