Speaker 1: Hello, boys and girls. This is Tim Ferriss, and welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to attempt to deconstruct world class performers of all different types from all different disciplines to give you techniques, perhaps tactics, favorite books, training regimens, even recovery protocols even that you can use. And my guests today are the best at what they dio Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett. They’re very close friends. They were able to feed (Time 0:00:00)
Speaker 1: the best at what they dio Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett. They’re very close friends. They were able to feed off of each other. Their shared stories are incredible, so the combination of the two on this podcast was really special. Now let me read these bios, and then we’ll jump right in to the conversation. Michael Phelps. You recognize his name on Twitter at Michael? Phelps is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. He captured 28 medals, including a record setting 23 gold medals, and set 39 world records. Over the course of his career, Phelps utilized his performance bonus for winning eight gold medals in 2000 and eight to establish the Michael Phelps Foundation, which promotes water safety, healthy (Time 0:00:20)
Note: Competition
Speaker 1: are the best at what they dio Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett. They’re very close friends. They were able to feed off of each other. Their shared stories are incredible, so the combination of the two on this podcast was really special. Now let me read these bios, and then we’ll jump right in to the conversation. Michael Phelps. You recognize his name on Twitter at Michael? Phelps is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. He captured 28 medals, including a record setting 23 gold medals, and set 39 world records. Over the course of his career, Phelps utilized his performance bonus for winning eight gold medals in 2000 and eight to establish the Michael Phelps Foundation, which promotes water (Time 0:00:20)
Note: Competition
Speaker 0: You know, if you skip a few of those classes like you’re missing key steps that are gonna help you at the very top level when the lights are on, when you know you might have had a bad night’s sleep or your roommate might be sick. Or maybe the food in the dining hall wasn’t very good or your air conditioning doesn’t work, you know? So it’s like all of the things that you’re doing daily are prepping you for any kind of situation that you’re gonna face at the Olympics at World Championships, whatever your big event is, totally.
Speaker 1: And I suppose that’s that’s something that wasn’t in my mind when I asked the question. And that is, it’s not just about developing more strength. It’s not just about developing the brute attributes. It’s also about thes smallest technical details that you have to trained to be second nature for competition. (Time 0:30:07)