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Cycling Beyond Limits: How Energy Management Fuels World-Class Performance with Richard Oakes

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What does it take to be the fastest in the world - not once, but time and time again? And what can business leaders learn from world-record-breaking athletes?

Today, we sit down with Richard Oakes, a four-time world champion, national record-holder, and co-founder of Team Ohten Aveas, the world’s fastest masters cycling team.

But Richard isn’t just dominating the track - he’s also reshaping how high-performance thinking applies in the business world, coaching elite firms to work smarter, perform under pressure, and embrace marginal gains for success.

In this episode, we uncover the secrets of elite endurance - from pushing past plateaus to balancing ambition with longevity. Richard shares how data, resilience, and the mindset of a champion can transform not just your performance, but your career and health.

If you want world-class strategies to go faster, think sharper, and achieve more, this is an episode you can’t afford to miss.

Highlights:

Why the Process, Not the Prize, Fuels Champions
The Pain, Power, and Purpose Behind an Hour Record
The Equation of Excellence: Relentlessness, Integration, and Human Energy
Balancing Elite Performance and a Full-Time Career: No Excuses, Just Clarity
Mind Over Muscle: How Meditation, Energy Awareness, and Embodied Healing Drive Recovery
From Marginal Gains to Paradigm Shifts: Finding the Edge in an AI World

Links:
Connect with Richard through Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oakes_worldchampion/

Connect with Richard through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-oakes-87646020/

Visit the Ohten Website: https://ohtengroup.com/

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This episode was sponsored by The Trusted Team and 4th Discipline

Chapters

1. Finding Freedom Through Cycling (00:00:00)

2. The World's Hardest Record to Break (00:09:10)

3. Relentless Integration: Balancing Life Spheres (00:24:20)

4. Finding the Human Edge in an AI World (00:34:55)

5. The Secret to Competitive Longevity (00:45:56)

6. Cultivating Energy Awareness (00:55:00)

7. Final Reflections on Goal Setting (01:05:40)

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