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Fall Running & Cyclocross Running
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly discuss: Cyclocross clinics and setting up your practice Favorite gear for the fall and for starting running (e.g. what shoes to buy) Why and what to consider to prepare for the running required...
Moving as Your Chance to Habit Reset
We just moved a couple of weeks ago—not a major move, literally down the road—and it’s been a serious eye-opener in terms of what changing houses can do for your habits. Moving into the new place, there was some degree of ‘immediately putting things back to the way we...
Training Tired, Taking 2 Days off + FKT Killarney & Bruce Trail
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly answer listener questions on: Discuss UTMB and Courtney Dauwalter and Ludovic Pommeret as great athletes! Molly FKT attempt on Killarney La Cloche Trail New Story about new Unsupported FKT on Bruce...
Training
Heart Rate Wrist Measurement + How HR changes with Age & Fitness
We discuss questions about using wrist based HR measurements (e.g. Whoop or Garmin watches) and whether HR gets higher or lower as you get older and/or fitter and/or less fit. Get Your Free Bonus from AG1- drinkAG1.com/MOLLYH – to receive your bonus of a free 1-year...
7 Pieces of (Cheap!) Cyclocross Gear You Need This Season
If there's one thing I know, it is cyclocross, and the gear that you need for it. I've raced on super grassroots teams and solo, traveled the country for races in every type of climate, literally written the book on the sport, managed one of the biggest teams in the...
The Sleep Habit Reminders You May Need
When Juliet and Kelly Starrett of The Ready State came on the podcast last week, Juliet said something funny: Out of everything in their new book, Built to Move, the thing that brought the most controversy was how much they stressed the importance of sleep....
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Mindset
Veering Towards Overwhelm? You’re Not Alone.
This the season. The year is winding down (sort of) and if you're like me, you're looking ahead at finishing Q4 strong, prepping for the holiday season, thinking about 2023 race goals, planning to start a new work project while continuing all the rest, attempting to...
Check Out Molly’s New Podcast, The Business of Fitness with Feisty Media
I am STOKED about this. After years of working in the fitness industry—writing, podcasting, reporting, managing, PR-ing, social media-ing, teaching, coaching—I'm bringing together a series that digs into how women in the fitness and endurance sport world got their...
What I Learned About Training Efficiency from an Internet Outage
If you're living in Canada, you likely heard or experienced the internet and cell outage that Rogers had last week. While we didn't lost cell coverage, we did have a day sans internet at home (and all the cafes in town were rammed, effectively making them useless)....
Nutrition
5 Easy Nutrition Tips from Vegan Runners
Man, I wish I'd had these vegan runners in my life a decade ago! OK, so over at MapMyRun, I was asked to do a post about how vegan runners fuel during, before and after their runs—and I had the best time getting to know some rad super-serious vegan runners in the...
Should Runners Be Intermittent Fasting?
Intermittent fasting is a hot-button nutrition topic for everyone, but athletes in particular. I know a lot of people—runners and cyclists—who are experimenting with it, and the results for them have been... mixed. So, I asked Stacy Sims, sports nutrition expert and...
5 Cheap Ways to 10X Your Salads
A few weeks ago, I did a quick video/written guide to building an awesome meal-worthy salad that would actually leave you feeling full. Nothing in the salad was super expensive, by any stretch, but I know a lot of people—myself included—assume that quality ingredients...
Lifestyle
How to Dance – Michelle Hillier
Michelle Hillier joins Molly and Peter today to talk about Dancing! Find out how dance fits into a Consummate Athlete Lifestyle and how to be more comfortable at your next Dance party! Check out the show notes at www.consummateathlete.com and more about Michelle at...
Quickie Review: Clinique Fit Mascara & Foundation Tested on the Road (and Trail)
I'll start with the disclaimer. No one should ever feel like wearing makeup in general, let alone during a workout, is a necessity. If you don't—and often, that's the case for me—great. If you do, also great. It's your call, and whatever floats your boat and makes you...
The New Winter Uniform (Don’t Call It a Capsule)
A year ago, I started taking stealth pictures in airports and in cities, whenever I saw an outfit that I really loved. I realized that almost every single time, there were certain key elements: a long wool coat, almost always in gray; a moto jacket that fit *just*...
Women Specific
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Gear
How to Dress for Any Ride: Your Clothing Matrix
Getting dressed for the first cold ride of the year? It's tricky! Dressing for riding in fall weather can be a huge challenge, especially if you're a newer cyclist. Enter creating a clothing matrix, so you never have to wonder. Here, we're looking at our "matrix" for...
Tracksmith Harrier Merino Long Sleeve: Long Term Review
The Tracksmith Harrier merino long sleeve might be the perfect running long sleeve or winter base layer, in addition to being ideal for long camping trips or hikes, and just as a decent plain shirt for long travel days. With its merino wool makeup, it’s naturally...
On Wearing Wearables and Fitness Trackers – My Three Months with Whoop, Oura and HRV (Part 1)
A couple of months ago, I started a grand experiment of actually wearing two wearables/fitness trackers in the form of an Oura Ring and a Whoop strap, while also using t he HRV4Training app every morning. My goal was to see how the three options stacked up against...
Videos
Front Wheel Awareness During Jumping – Video
Live from Joyride 150 again today with our 'Intro To Joyride' course. The Guys are ripping in Week 2 , this week a quick look at their first dabbles in jumping. These are business, successful, family men. Some are even 55 . So what is your excuse for not working on...
Drills for Riding with No Hands – Video
Today a few drills/ideas to help you focus your time spent learning your no-hands riding. Keep trying it , keep pushing where you can do it. speed is generally good to start but play with slower as you get confident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiArsYxRQS8
Pedal Stroke Drills – Video
Great question about how to incorporate 'Pedal Stroke' Drills into Training. I use them personally and with clients but beyond a basic ability to coordinate the pedal stroke I , and many really smart researchers, believe pushing down hard makes you faster. Further, we...