The Unbroken Protocol
The Unbroken Protocol is a recovery-led podcast exploring how real performance starts with nervous system regulation. Hosted by Abraham Spring, it helps you train, rebuild, and live without pressure.
Episodes
16 episodes
Your Environment Is Designed to Make You Fail
The Architecture of Addiction. Season 2, Episode 4.You think it's a discipline problem. It's not.It's an architecture problem.The chocolate in your cupboard. The phone on your nightstand. The caffeine you "need" befo...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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8:03
The Performance Identity Trap - Why Triathletes Can't Rest
Why can't triathletes take a rest day without feeling like they're losing their identity? This episode exposes the Performance Identity Trap the psychological patterns that make rest feel impossible, the research proving your head matters more ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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10:01
Motivation Is a Lie. You Need a System That Survives Real Life.
This episode is about building a training week that doesn't collapse when life gets heavy.Most triathletes aren't undertrained they're over-scheduled. They try to force the "perfect" training plan into real life, and when disruption hits...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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14:02
Zone 2 Won’t Save Your Knees.
You can build a huge engine in triathlon and still keep breaking down.This episode is a recovery-led breakdown of Strength & Conditioning for Triathletes why “doing some gym” isn’t the same as real S&C, and why most ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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10:44
You’re Not Lazy - Your Brain Was Hijacked
You’re Not Lazy - Your Brain Was HijackedIn this episode, Abraham exposes the hidden pattern reshaping modern behaviour how sugar, ultra-processed food, gaming, pornography, and short-form content silently rewire the brain's dopami...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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10:19
The Dark Truth About ADHD, Productivity, and Modern Life
We’ve been treating ADHD like a character flaw instead of what it really is: a system that needs design.In this episode, Abraham Spring breaks down why ADHD isn’t a focus problem, why willpower keeps failing, and why habits like c...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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11:57
Social Media's Biggest Lie: Comparing Your Chapter 1 to Everyone's Chapter 20
You finish a solid workout, feel good, then open Instagram. Suddenly you're not good enough anymore.Here's what's actually happening: social media is hijacking your survival mechanisms. Every scroll triggers fight-or-flight. Every follow...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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8:09
The Biggest Mistake I've Made: Treating Caffeine Like Recovery Instead of Debt
The Biggest Mistake I've Made: Treating Caffeine Like Recovery Instead of DebtDo you need caffeine just to feel normal? Can't train without pre-workout? Doing everything "right" for sleep but still waking up exhausted?You'r...
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17:28
Wellness or Addiction? The Dark Psychology of Health Tracking
Do you check your sleep score before you check how you actually feel?If your fitness tracker dies mid-workout, does it feel like the session didn't count? Do you find yourself exercising just to close those rings, even when your b...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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14:36
The Real Way To Prepare For A Triathlon (If You Want To Still Be Healthy in 2026)
If your goal is to complete a triathlon in 2026, preparation matters more than motivation.In this episode, I break down what actually works when you step back from hype, pressure, and over-complication and focus on building a system you ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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10:12
Why Your Nervous System Doesn't Care About Your New Year’s Goals.
Most people don’t fail because they lack discipline they fail because their identity never changed. In this episode, Abraham Spring breaks down why New Year’s goals collapse and how the R.A.C.E. Protocol (Recover, Align, Condition, Execu...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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9:12
The Death of the Attention Athlete (& The Rise of Nervous-System Training)
This episode breaks down how social media has reshaped modern training — not just what athletes do, but why they do it. We explore how constant comparison, highlight-reel culture, and overstimulation have created “attention athletes” whose bodi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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8:05
951 Days of Cold Showers and What It Has Done to Me
In this episode, I break down how 951 consecutive days of cold showers reshaped my stress tolerance, my parenting, and my performance as an athlete and coach. I share why I started in May 2022, how it carried me through the birth of my son, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:55
You Are Not Who You Think You Are
In this episode, we break down one of the most overlooked forces in performance: identity. Most athletes think they know who they are but what they really carry are old stories, inherited labels, and outdated versions of themselves.I dive i...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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4:27
Why Triathletes Need Meditation More Than Training Plans
I’ve spent more than 100 days in silent meditation over the past decade the kind of stillness where you hear every reaction your mind tries to create. That practice changed the way I train, the way I race, and the way I coach.In this episod...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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6:31