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PSA: Wear Your Cycling Gloves
Cycling gloves are a bit divisive: There are plenty of people who won’t leave home without them, and I’d say an equal amount of riders who just don’t bother with them, or who consider them an extra but not a necessity. But much like the PSA I gave a few years ago...
Menopause for Active Women – Selene Yeager
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly interview Selene Yeager of Feisty Menopause and the 'Hit Play Not Pause' podcast. Topics include: Updates on research and best practices for Menopause Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) updates and...
Creating a Reusable Pre-Race Checklist
Quick tip for a smoother race day, whether you're already back to racing, just starting out or haven't raced in a couple of years: Make a checklist. This is one tip that gravel pro Alexey Vermeulen and I firmly agree on (and nerd out about in this podcast episode with...
Training
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....
9 Ways to Make Your Office More Athlete-Friendly
Back to the office after working from home? Make your office—whether you work from home or commute to work—more athlete-friendly. Get Competitive Start an office pool for who can do the most miles in a month, or find coworkers who are up for friendly runs at lunch, or...
Juliet & Kelly Starrett – Built to Move – 10 Vital Signs
In this episode as we discuss 10 Vital Signs for tracking and enhancing your movement and health, as outlined in Kelly and Juliet Starrett's latest book, 'Built to Move'. These vital signs cover a wide spectrum, from getting up from the floor to measuring your sleep...
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Mindset
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)....
A Reminder That You Can’t Do It All (And That’s OK)
It's funny. I just finished a ridiculous training camp and ran my highest mileage week ever, barring my actual 100-miler. I'm waiting for my flight home, feeling pleasantly tired but also psyched because I can still walk, and I can't wait to get home and get out for...
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
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*...
What to ALWAYS Pack in Your Carry-On: Traveler Tips from Someone Who Just Lost Her Luggage
I got into Reno last night for cyclocross nationals... but my Osprey duffel with most of my gear didn't. That reminded me just how important it is to have a carry-on with the absolute essentials. Luckily, this trip, I did this somewhat accidentally, but was still...
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...