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On Doing Anything… But Not Everything
You can do anything, but you can't do everything. This is something we say time and time again on the podcast, to our coaching clients, and to each other. And one of these days, I'm going to take that advice and really follow it. I'm delighted/devastated to admit that...
A Few Quick Healthy Grocery Shopping Tips—Plus a PDF List!
'Tis the season for New Years Resolutions to get made, and then broken—largely due to poor planning and overzealous expectations... And that can happen at the grocery store, especially if your resolutions are training/eating/lifestyle oriented. So, I wanted to talk...
Cold Plunges, Irregular Schedules & Wearable Data
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we discuss how to train best when you have a variable schedule that might disrupt standard periodization. We also look at how to use the information and suggestions that wearables provide and we talk cold plunging;...
Training
Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced? What Training Should You Focus on?
How complicated do you need to make your training? It is, after all, as simple as riding a bicycle. This Joe Friel blog post is one that I think of and reference often. I have used it (and adapted it) as a simple framework for deciding how to train a given...
My Practical, Non-Cheesy Holiday Gift Guide for Cyclists
Trying to buy a gift for the cyclist in your life and coming up short? Cyclists have a lot of gear, yes, so it should be really easy to buy for them, right? Nope. The gear is so custom, so size and personal preference dependent, that it's fricking hard to get the...
Off-Season – When Racing is Done
Sometime between August and December cyclists will finish a competitive season ... or it will just snow a lot and make cycling in your main-discipline all but impossible. The off-season happens in around that period of time and how you handle that off-season can set...
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Have You Met Amanda Batty? Prepare to Be Inspired.
In case you missed it, adventure racer, MTBer and general bada$$ Amanda Batty was the most recent in the Real Life Shred Girls series over on Shred-Girls.com. And some of her advice was so amazing — and so ageless — that I wanted to drop a few of my favorite quotes on...
You Probably Have More Time Than You Think… But You Don’t Have to *Do* More
I looked at the schedule and it's travel madness through next freaking June.... Actually, when I started the draft for this article a fe months ago, that read April. I am bad at calming things down. Sure, there's some mini-down time broken into that—like a couple days...
“The Brave Athlete” on The Consummate Athlete Podcast: Bonus Episode for Athletic Bookworms!
When we read "The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion" as the first book for the Athletic Bookworms Book Club, it was a huge hit. It really helped me personally figure out what was going on with my identity as an athlete (not much/too much!) and...
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