Coach Joel Filliol interview discussing Vasco Vilaça at the London WTCS 2026

Real Coaching Podcast YouTube: It Wasn't Talent: Lessons from 4 World Champions

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Seven world titles, four athletes, ten years. After Vasco Vilaça sealed the 2026 World Championship title in Pontevedra, I looked back at what Mario Mola, Vincent Luis, Katie Zaferes and Vasco had in common. It wasn't talent or the biggest training loads. It was four things anyone can develop: coachability and trust, self-control, ownership, and high commitment.

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Coach Joel Filliol interview on Vasco Vilaça at the Pontrevedra WTCS Grand Final 2026

It Wasn’t Talent: Lessons from 4 World Champions

It Wasn’t Talent: Lessons from 4 World Champions by Joel Filliol

Distilled from 7 World Championship titles across 10 years.

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Chop Wood, Carry Water

Chop Wood, Carry Water by Joel Filliol

What a Zen saying reveals about endurance training and the daily work of improvement

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Build The Engine First

Build the Engine First by Joel Filliol

Why rushing the Train to Train phase limits what athletes can ultimately achieve

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5 Principles That Survive Time

5 Principles That Survive Time by Joel Filliol

The training truths that hold up across juniors, elites, and masters

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Triathlon Is A Complex System

Triathlon Is a Complex System. We Keep Treating It Like It Isn't. by Joel Filliol

What complexity science actually means for how you train

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Overthinking Makes You Slower

Overthinking Makes You Slower by Joel Filliol

The athlete who reads everything, questions everything, and somehow keeps getting in their own way

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BTS on Vasco's Win in Samarkand

BTS on Vasco's Win in Samarkand by Joel Filliol

Background on translating podiums to a WTCS winning performance.

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Coach Joel Filliol interview at the Samarkand WTCS

Joel Filliol: 30 Years Coaching Champions

MAD Science Meets Real Life, Alan and Inaki de la Parra sit down with Joel Filliol

Read the substack link here: https://substack.com/@alancouzens/note/p-193801986 and the full written interview with Iñaki here

The Bullshit Asymmetry Problem

The Bullshit Asymmetry Problem by Joel Filliol

When looking rigorous beats being rigorous

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Joel Filliol on the Real Principles of Endurance Performance and Why Zone 1 Still Wins

Joel Filliol on the Real Principles of Endurance Performance and Why Zone 1 Still Wins by Iñaki de la Parra

“The magic is not in complexity. The magic is in accumulating simple work, at the right intensity, for a very long time.” — Joel Filliol

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Relentlessly Obsessed: What I learned from Simon Whitfield

Relentlessly Obsessed: What I learned from Simon Whitfield by Joel Filliol

Insights from the career of triathlon's first Olympic Champion

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Top 20 Rules for Faster Triathlon Swimming

Top 20 Rules for Faster Triathlon Swimming by Joel Filliol

Do the rules still hold up 14 years on?

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Risk and Reward

Risk and Reward by Joel Filliol

"Why Smart People Make Stupid Decisions" - Jan Frodeno

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Zone 1 is where the magic happens

Zone 1 is where the magic happens by Joel Filliol

Slow down to go faster and farther

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Progression: A powerful training heuristic

Progression: A powerful training heuristic by Joel Filliol

Strategies for creating space to hit the optimal training doses in both the short and long term.

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Don't be a January champion

Don't be a January champion by Joel Filliol

The right load at the right time, to prepare and perform when it matters.

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