Speaker 1: Now, we have already had a sneak peek inside a few pros' home training set-ups
but Luke and Beth McKenzie actually went above and beyond with their efforts, which means
we can get particularly nosy and bring you a detailed tour of their pain cave garage
at home. Now, Luke was second at the Ironman World Championships in 2013 and between them,
he and Beth have won multiple Ironmans all over the world. We thought an insight into
how they get their indoor training workouts and even how they store all of their equipment
and memorabilia at home would be rather intriguing. Let's go and take that look.
[music] Beth McKenzie: Hi.
Luke McKenzie: Welcome to the office.
Beth McKenzie: Thanks for having us. Luke McKenzie: Well this is actually the second
office. The first office was actually in Encinitas in Southern California where Beth and I first
met. In 2015 we bought a place in Noosa and straight away we knew that we needed to recreate
the office and so this is the new and improved version of the Noosa office.
Beth McKenzie: Welcome to our pain cave. [music]
Beth McKenzie: Can you show me your bike setup? Luke McKenzie: Bike setup. We're both here
on Wahoo Kickrs set up to Zwift. Beth here on the left, me on the right. We got the plasmas
attached to the wall up there, which all our Swift programmes run through through.
Beth McKenzie: How'd you attach them? Luke McKenzie: With my manliness.
[laughter] Luke McKenzie: With a drill, I don't know.
That's our day-to-day indoor riding setup. [music]
Beth McKenzie: I've also got the Step Plasma set up on the turbo. We've been riding our
road bikes, our Addicts, outside a lot lately so we try to get some bar time inside. I usually
just keep my shoes on the pedals so I can practice getting off and getting on.
Luke McKenzie: Is that why they're on there? I just thought you were lazy [laughter]
Beth McKenzie: I'm really lazy, so that too. This is my little plasma and I love my Zwift
desk. It's not a Zwift desk. What is it, a Wahoo desk?
Luke McKenzie: No, I think I got it from China [laughter]
Beth McKenzie: Luke got it on eBay and it doesn't really work so well, however, I get
to set up my computer here, sometimes punch out some emails. Do whatever while we're Zwifting.
Getting close to Luke, I'm only six hours behind. I don't think he's noticed that yet.
Luke McKenzie: Gosh, I better step it up. Beth McKenzie: Considering I had a baby and
lots of stuff. [music]
Beth McKenzie: Tell me, what's all this stuff along the top of the wall?
Luke McKenzie: We've got a little bit of memorabilia from over the years of racing. Most of these
helmets or shoes or bike frames are all something that's a little bit significant to us so whether
it's a helmet from KONA or a helmet from a race win. A tracker had to go with it. This
is the memorabilia. Beth McKenzie: Which one is your favorite?
Luke McKenzie: Good question. Maybe really, funny enough, my very first pair of Accenture
series swim togs. Beth McKenzie: What year are they from?
Luke McKenzie: 1998, I believe. Beth McKenzie: Wow.
Luke McKenzie: Yes. [laughter] Beth McKenzie: That's some vintage lycra.
Down here, what you got? Luke McKenzie: Just a lot of more memorabilia
from Ironman win trophies, champagne corks from wins, even Win's first little onesie
that she supported me in a race. Beth McKenzie: Where's your KONA ball?
Luke McKenzie: Good question, I think it's in storage in California. Hopefully one day
I can rescue it from there and put it here on the wall.
Beth McKenzie: Do you have a favorite trophy? Luke McKenzie: Good question. I'd probably
say my Ironman Cairns win trophy, my boomerang. Beth McKenzie: Nice, what year was that?
Luke McKenzie: I think it was 2013. Yes, 2013. Beth McKenzie: Cool.
[music] Luke McKenzie: Tell us about the sunnies collection.
Beth McKenzie: We've got pretty much a solid ranger of ROKAs, different one for every kit
which is very important. Luke McKenzie: What's your favorite right
now? Beth McKenzie: Unfortunately my favorite is
the same as yours right now. We've been fighting over the black Matadors. I love the-
Luke McKenzie: We're going to have to get a second pair of those.
Beth McKenzie: Yes, or the white ones. We need the white ones ROKA, thanks. The yellow
ones are cool but they match very few of my kits because we don't have a lot fluro.
Luke McKenzie: They're pretty 2015. Beth McKenzie: They're sweet.
Luke McKenzie: They are cool. Beth McKenzie: There's the sunnies. Most of
these trophies are yours so I don't need to talk about them. I got a couple in there.
Luke McKenzie: What about Ironman Zurich? Beth McKenzie: Yes, Ironman Switzerland.
Luke McKenzie: Biggest one there. What are you talking about?
Beth McKenzie: I got the biggest one except for this one, that's the Busselton Half Ironman
Triathlon, 2010 overall male winner. Luke McKenzie: That's me.
[music] Luke McKenzie: Tell us about Beth's gym.
Beth McKenzie: Beth's gym is the best. I've actually just gotten to 100 straight classes
on the Peloton App, I don't know if you have the Peloton app but it's amazing. I love it.
I have everything I need here, it's not fancy or anything but I have some heavyweights like
big cowbell I use for all my deadlifts. I'm actually setting up for my Friday afternoon
workout right now so this is good. I got my deadlifter. I've got my small weights for
dead bugs and stuff on the ground. We've also, of course, as any good triathlete in COVID
has done, we've got our stretch cords here. I've got the blue ones which are super hard
and then the green ones which I can do some beta sets on.
I've been doing these four times a week, in between my ocean swims.
Luke McKenzie: Which ones do I use. [laughs] Beth McKenzie: I don't even think Luke would
know how to put these on. Some of us aren't born to be good swimmers. Some of us actually
have to work at it. That's not how it goes. It goes this way, right. You see.
Luke McKenzie: Right. Nice. [music]
Beth McKenzie: Tell us about the bikes. Wait, first with this, how did you do this racking
system? Luke McKenzie: With a drill. [laughs]
Beth McKenzie: Yes but where did you buy this stuff?
Luke McKenzie: The hardware store. Beth McKenzie: Alright. Tell us about the
bikes then. Luke McKenzie: These are our day-to-day road
horses, the Scott Addicts. They're a bit dirty right now so don't go in too close. Spare
wheels and the mountain bikes, which haven't been touched since EXTERRA Taiwan last year
when Beth broke her arm. Avery sad looking 2013 bike. I've always wanted to keep that
one, it's a custom-painted bike that Scott did for me. I have to rebuild that at some
stage. Beth McKenzie: Yes, kill.
Luke McKenzie: I've got the kid's bikes. Beth McKenzie: The kids' bikes.
Luke McKenzie: Got Marlo's little mean machine. Winnie's he's now upgraded to a pedal bike
which is really cool. She's loving that. We're really trying to get Marlo onto the Strider
bike now. That's the whole Scott bike quiver. Beth McKenzie: While we're over here looking
down at the kids, everybody always asks about the floor. What's it made out of?
Luke McKenzie: It's just an epoxy coating. It's just a coating they put over the concrete.
When I bought the house, I didn't really want it to feel like it was a garage so I guess
making it into a bit more of a room. Beth McKenzie: Nice.
Luke McKenzie: Comes up good, except you cannot find your bolts on the ground if you drop
them. [laughs] That's one problem. [music]
Luke McKenzie: Tell us about your running machine.
Beth McKenzie: This is my running machine. We've had a few treadmills in the past and
I've actually found that the best way to go. This is a Precor. The brand matters but there's
a few good brands. We've always gotten refurbished industrial treadmills. They're commercial
ones from gyms or whatever. They can take a beating, they can go fast. They usually
have a good incline, maybe decline too. I love my running machine.
[music] Speaker 1: I don't know about you but I loved
that tour of Luke and Beth's space. Thanks so much to them for taking so much time to
show us every corner of their fantastic pain cave. It is no surprise why you guys are so
proud of that. Don't forget, you at home can also have your pain caves featured. We do
that every week on our show so you can send us pictures of them via our uploader. Hopefully
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