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Does Heart Rate Slow Down in Cold Weather?
If you're out riding fat bikes in snow, cross-country skiing or just running in negative temps, you may be wondering: does pulse rate slow down during cold weather? Short answer—potentially, yes. Longer answer—potentially, but this is all good information! Heart rate...
Cold Weather Training, Heart Rate and Strategies for Success
In this episode of the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we answer listener questions on training through the chilly fall and early winter season, including a common question: why is heart rate often lower when it’s cold out? We explore how to get the most out of heart...
Winning Iceman Cometh 2024 – Noah Ramsey
Noah Ramsey is the winner of the 2024 Bells Iceman Cometh Challenge and a U23 Mountain Bike Racer from Toronto, Ontario. We discuss his racing season, specifics about Iceman and where he might go next as he transitions from U23 to Elite in 2025. We also discuss his...
Training
Understanding + Working with a Workout Range
It is not uncommon for coaches to prescribe a range within workouts, and admittedly, the idea of a range can get confusing and a little scary for an athlete. For example, a workout range could look like: 2-3 hours endurance 4-6 x 3 minute intervals 5 x 4-6 min...
Your Race Day Resources
Race days are here again, or at least, they're coming back in many places. Which means it might be time for you to start thinking about your big day, and luckily, we've got your back with plenty of race day resources, from how to pack your bag to how to plan the week...
How to Pick a Challenge that Makes You Better
Challenges have been a hot topic over the last year: Without races many athletes have used all types of hard, if not epic, 'Do-It-Yourself-Events' to push their limits, to motivate training or to put their training to use. We love a good challenge for athletes,...
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Mindset
What 45 Young Women Taught Me About Bikes, Life and Having GRiT
That feeling when you go to a girl's MTB camp in order to help out as a coach and end up leaving feeling like you just got schooled... As a very, very shy young woman, I didn't go to a lot of summer camp-style environments, and when I was forced into a weekend-long...
Finding Motivation to Run
As a runner, finding motivation to get out the door can be a daily struggle. I remember vividly the first runs I did when I was 19 and just getting started. I knew how many blocks I needed to run in order to do a mile, and every morning, I would drag myself out of bed...
Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar: Athletic Bookworm Notes and Review
Did you get a chance to read Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar for the August Athletic Bookworms Pick? I generally loved it and crammed through it in the first week of the month. Essentially, the book is about an unsolved case of how nine hikers passed away on a trip in...
Nutrition
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Gear
Rode in the Rain? How to Keep Your Bike (and Body) From Hating You
Rainy (or slushy) rides are a fact of life as a cyclist. Even in SoCal this month, we had brutal rain for a week that trashed my bike and caused Peter to almost cry when he saw how much sand I dragged in when I got back from a particularly wet spin. I should have...
My 5 (Everyday) Wardrobe Staples
As I keep packing and unpacking, I notice more and more patterns. Lately, I've been realizing that of everything I own, I turn to the same few pieces of clothing for 99% of situations, so I wanted to put together a full current list. And shocker, I know, most of them...
How to Organize an Athletic Clothing / Gear Swap with Friends
Have a ton of gear lying around? Try a clothing/gear swap to add a ton of clothing + gear to your setup without spending any $$... and getting rid of some stuff that's not really serving you anymore! A couple of month ago, a few of my girlfriends and I did a girl’s...
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