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How Long Does It Take To Recover from Big Adventures?
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly answer a listener question about how long it takes to recover from a multi-day endurance event. Topics include: Factors that affect time till recovery after events Types of recovery to consider Risks...
Applying Back to School Vibes to Your Training
If you've followed me or this blog for a while, you know I love back-to-school time. Just like January 1 or a birthday, it symbolizes a new chance to refresh, set some goals, and really do a bit of a reset with training and racing. I've always had a back to school...
Streamline Your Registration and Payments: How Sports Clubs and Coaches Can Benefit from the Payable Addon for Google Forms
In this post, we wanted to share this great software with our readers because it has been so helpful for us, in so many areas of our lives and business. The Payable Addon for Google Forms is a fantastic option to solve the common problem of collecting information and...
Training
Holiday Q&A
Today we discuss questions about training for cycling and endurance sport during the holiday season. Strength training follow ups from the last episode, weather, habits, traditions, and training disruption for travel and parties. This episode is brought to you...
The 2-Month Strength-Focused Training Plan for Cyclists
Get the plan here Use code CA25 for 25% off! This is our 2 months of Strength, Mobility and Walking training plan for those looking to take time away from biking or other endurance sports to focus on strength. This is a challenge we have put forth in our Consummate...
Getting Your Mind in Gear – Pat Spencer
Pat Spencer is a social worker with a private practice in central New Jersey and a mental skills coach for female and LGBTQIA+ cyclists and endurance athletes. Get Your Free Bonus from AG1- drinkAG1.com/MOLLYH – to receive your bonus of a free 1-year supply of Vitamin...
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Mindset
Gratitude Journals Really Do Work—Especially For Athletes
We've written about the power of gratitude many times in the past. Pretty much every sports psychologist brings this concept up, and we know that the research bears it out. Writing a quick gratitude list every day really can change your brain (literally). Recently, I...
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 crew is likely pretty obvious. But for the rest of us (and even for pros when they look...
When You’re Struggling to Hang on to Your Athletic Identity
If you listened to our podcast this week, you may have caught my couple of allusions to some big projects that I have in the works. More on that very soon, but suffice to say, I've added (or expanded on) another identity to my career side of life. It's still very...
Nutrition
Athlete-Friendly Chili Recipes For… Chilly Days.
Chili is genuinely one of my favorite things to make—I freaking love our CrockPot!—so when Outside asked me to get a bunch of chili recipes from a huge variety of chefs and athletes, from vegans to vanlifers to Alexi-freaking-Pappas, I was super stoked. I got some...
Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow.: Quick-Fix Recipes for Hangry Athletes by Shalane Flanagan is February’s Athletic Bookworm Pick
OK, I know: a cookbook for the Athletic Bookworms read for February, WTF? I had the same thought when I first got Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow.: Quick-Fix Recipes for Hangry Athletes by Shalane Flanagan out of the library a couple weeks ago. I skimmed through the...
Performance Nutrition – Lori Nedescu,RDN
Lori Nedescu is a Registered Dietitian. She joins us to talk about improving performance with good food and health practices. Lori started 'The Cadence Kitchen' which has become 'Hungry For Results', a nutrition resource for anyone looking to improve performance and...
Lifestyle
In Washington, DC? Come to the Women’s Social I’m Hosting at the Rapha Cycle Club!
If you're in the DC area, come hang out next week! On Wednesday, Sept 12, I'll be at the Rapha Cycle Club in DC talking all things cycling in a night for just the ladies who love to ride bikes. These nights are always a total blast: there's often wine involved, we get...
Why Back to School Still Means Something To Me
September always brings up back to school vibes. I love a good stationary set, and my heart beats a little faster when I see all the cool school supplies at Staples when I'm in making copies. As a serial list-maker, I love any excuse to list out some goals and...
Born to Run, Donkeys & Community – Christopher Mcdougall
Today Molly is extra excited because Christopher Mcdougall is on the show! He is the author of Born to Run and Natural Born Heroes, two amazing books you need to read as a consummate athlete! We talk about all things outdoors, community, sport, and writing. If...
Women Specific
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Gear
Stock Up on Cycling Basics + Favorites with Velocio’s Holiday Sale!
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I (Molly) am a huge fan of Velocio for their ultra-comfy cycling kit that fits like a glove and lasts forever. Seriously, I was one of the first journalists to try their original bib shorts with a zip fly in the...
Our Gift Guide for Athletic Women in Your Life
Shopping for your crew of athletic women in your life, or trying to find the perfect present for your runner / cyclist partner? We've got you covered with the gifts we're giving to the athletic women we know... and what Molly has on her own wish list! From $10 to...
Small Wins That Can Make You Feel More Pulled Together as an Athlete
We often get asked what it means to be a consummate athlete, and when we first started the podcast and the business, we originally defined it as someone who could just into any and every sport and have fun doing it, because they were conditioned to be strong...
Videos
Fans for indoor cycling success – ep77
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ou4DHnhXw how to set up your fan for a better indoor trainer ride Honeywell HT-908 Turbo Force Room Air Circulator Fan Read more: Perfect Your Indoor Bike Trainer Setup...
Getting Going on Rollers – Ep 71
The big question . How to get going on those crazy roller contraptions ? Boil it down to the couple key movements, relax and remember you are moving 0km/hr ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTNOnFI6rV4
Rocky Trails, Don’t Pedal ALL the Time – Video
rock gardens, if not mountain biking in general, requires a very ON/OFF pattern of riding. Little sprints in the correct gear and ready position are alternated Are you Pedaling too much ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxXcFnxM14Q