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New 10-Minute Yoga/Strength Flow Video
If you’re looking for a quick reset, Molly put together a new 10 minute flow to quickly sneak in some mobility, core and strength work for busy days! https://youtu.be/Q3mM39UVdA0 Or watch on youtube here
Late in Day Hunger + Heart Rate Decoupling
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly answer listener questions about : Late in the day energy crashes Timing of fueling and eating before workouts the concept of aerobic decoupling and Heart Rate Drift Creatine Supplements ...
It’s OK to Spend Time Working Out Exactly What You Want from Your Athletic Life
Sometimes, I'm at a loss for what to write about endurance sport that we haven't written before. But fortunately, there's always something new to look at, and often, it comes up in unexpected ways! We're working on a website revamp for this site right now, which has...
Training
Stuck In a Training Rut? How a Coach Can Help You Out of a Plateau
We find that most athletes struggling in a training rut fall into 2 categories: Training too much, and not training enough! Here, we're looking at the two problems and how a cycling coach can help get you out of each: Problem 1: You’ve been doing Big Volume, all the...
Can You Train Year-Round for Cycling?
One question we get a lot is, "how do people train in the winter for cycling?" This is interesting because we also frequently get the inverse question of "how you train for cycling in the summer?" If you are already and avid cyclist the answers may seem obvious to you...
What I’m Doing for Ankle Sprain Recovery—and What I’m Learning
After my crash at Leadville, my sprained ankle was in bad shape. But luckily, I’ve been recovering really well! This is a combination of luck and truly concerted effort. Here’s what I’ve been up to: Rest Was it tempting to jump on the bike or start doing upper body...
Racing
Balancing Work and Racing – Kristen Faulkner
Professional Road Racer and Venture Capitalist Kristen Faulkner discusses how she balances two high demand careers. Busy Consummate Athletes will appreciate her strategies for staying fit and performing at work and on the bike. Follow Kristen Faulkner on Twitter...
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...
Necessary Come-Down Periods in Training, Racing + Work
For me, getting through my first race and the book launch has led to a pretty big come-down the last couple of weeks. While I'm still plugging away at work and training, I definitely needed the time at home just coming back to some level of homeostasis... That's meant...
Cross-Training
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Mindset
What Burdens Are You Placing On Your Future Self
I was reading a fairly cheesy productivity book the other day, and listening to a similarly cheesy podcast, and by happenstance, both brought up the same topic: the burdens that we place on our future self. Both were talking about procrastination and the basic concept...
Struggling to Make Time to Train? 5 Tips from a Productivity Expert
We talk a lot about being motivated to train, but the reality is that most of us are likely motivated, but time-starved. We have massive to-do lists in all areas of life (work, training, life, family, friends, side hustles, other hobbies, etc.) and that can make...
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up… Your Athletic Gear
When it comes to establishing strong training routines, one of the best ways to do it is to have your gear easier to access, in good working condition, and actually gear/clothing that you enjoy using. So, here's what you need to make the life-changing magic of tidying...
Nutrition
Sports Nutrition & Carbs with Dietitian Gemma Sampson
Gemma Sampson is an Advanced Sports Dietitian working with elite and amateur cyclists, triathletes and runners. She discusses several common nutrition questions and expands on carbs and what athletes know (or think they know) about carbs (the focus of her Ph.D.!)...
Athlete Contemplating an Elimination Diet? What You Need to Know
Elimination diets are enticing: Do this for 30 days and all your problems will be solved, right? As an athlete, elimination diets are tricky at best, dangerous at worst, and there's a whole lot of "what you need to know" in the middle. Elimination diets are tempting,...
6 Kitchen Tools That Make It Easier to Eat Smart
At home, our kitchen is firmly in "OK" territory when it comes to how kitted out we are. We're always evolving it, and one benefit to traveling and staying at a ton of different places is that it really helps you figure out what exactly works for you in the kitchen....
Lifestyle
Collingwood Rogers Customers can Watch Our Virtual “How To Be Outside” on Cable!
If you live in Collingwood, Ontario, you can watch the virtual sneak peek of the How to be Outside Speaker Series with airtimes thru to June 6th on Rogers Collingwood 53! Needless to say, being on public access here in town makes me feel like this: But seriously, it...
How To Be Outside Speaker Series Virtual Summit – VIDEO
Check out this 60-minute preview of what’s coming at the How To Be Outside Speaker Series when we can all congregate in real life in Fall 2020 in Collingwood, ON. (See the full speaker list and get the details here!) https://youtu.be/yAzQcwl_xq8 The four speakers for...
Join the #ConsummateAthleteParty from May 15-25!
In celebration of spring, warmer weather, trails opening up and staying active, we wanted to host a virtual Consummate Athlete Party. From May 15 to 25th, we want you to do as many activities as possible, from your normal endurance activities like riding and running...
Women Specific
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Gear
Our Top 5 February Favorites
Welcome back to our monthly roundup of favorite snacks, gear, articles, books, podcasts, and other random things we're loving here at Consummate Athlete HQ this month! Consummate Athlete Top 5 Favorites: February Grilled cheese / quesadillas with halloumi cheese with...
Tips for Setting Up Your New Run Watch / Cycling Computer (Without Wrecking Your Day)
Embarrassingly, I expend a lot of emotional and mental energy being super pissed at my training equipment. Specifically, on new watch day/week. I recently bought a new running watch (the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar) since my old watch was getting a little, well,...
5 Things That Are Making My Life Better – January 2024
I've been wanting to bring back this section for a while... we've had it in plenty of iterations over the years, but basically, I wanted to have a monthly column that's just stuff we're into. It might be gear, it might be food, it might be an article we read or music...
Videos
The Best Endurance Sports Video Blogs
This article for Outside mag on sports info video channels was super fun to research, because who doesn't love watching a bunch of how-to videos and getting amazing tips and advice as part of a day's work? I looked at a bunch of video channels that I remembered...
How to Fuel for Ironman: Video
I already chatted about Ironman nutrition over here a couple weeks ago, but I'm working on some new video content and wanted to share my fueling story, but in a different way. So if you're more of a video watcher/listener, check this out to learn how I fueled before,...
Great 35 Min Yoga routine for Cyclists
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiBVCjxL5nI] Check out the post on http://cyclingmagazine.ca/spotlight/yoga-cyclists-strength-flexibility-session/Canadian Cycling Magazine HERE Check out Kula in Toronto and Oakville Ontario