Save Time at Home, Add Hours to Your Training + Recovery Schedules
As I’ve gotten older, my life has gotten much more focused on optimizing my time usage. This is especially true around the house. So, I admit, I felt very, very...
Finding Your Athletic Support Crew
I often find myself thinking about a chapter from our book Becoming A Consummate Athlete, titled “The Importance Of Finding Your Support Crew.” If you’re a pro racer, your support...
What to Do When You Can’t Follow Your Training Plan or Do Your Planned Workout
Modifying workouts is tricky business—so much so that a question around it comes up almost monthly on the podcast. Should you skip, swap, shift, substitute or shorten your workout? Or...
It’s Not a (Training) Breakthrough If It Happens Everyday
Everyone loves to have those breakthrough moments in training: the new PB, the +10 watt FTP test, the KOM on the local climb. But… if every day is a new...
Your Athletic Gear Spring Cleaning Checklist
It’s that time of year, spring cleaning! I love a good spring cleanout, putting away my deep winter stuff and ski gear and prepping for warm weather. It makes me...
How to Set Strength Training Goals
The best way to get into the strength training habit is to start strength training: especially if you haven’t done much in the past, you’ll start seeing results quickly, which...
How to Handle Plummeting Motivation to Train
This is a repost from 2021—this is a topic that often comes up as we move from February into March and it feels like resolution excitement is behind us but...
Daily Routine Training Versus “Optimal Training Environment” for Endurance Athletes
I wrote this article back in 2019 after coming home from yet another training camp. And re-reading it now in 2023, it serves as an important reminder that even if...
Daily, Weekly and Seasonal Journalling Prompts for Athletes
Ever tried to Bullet Journal and found yourself more stressed than ever? Yeah, us too—and we’re guessing that we’re not alone. As Type A athletes with busy lives, long to-do...
Pantry Staples Under $100—That Can Feed Hungry Athletes for a Week
$100 to grocery shop for 7 days for a family of 4 (or, you know, two athletes?)? Yes, it can be done! Whether your budget is tighter because of inflation...
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