Motivation is great; it is what gets us excited, it is what gets us to sign up for the race, join the cause, do the thing, apply for the new job, or whatever it is that gives you energy!!
Behavior —> Emotions/Feelings —> Performance
The key to keeping up your motivation is not to focus on the feeling of motivation but rather to focus on the habits of dedication and discipline.
Read MoreHow you fuel on the bike portion of the bike can make or break the run portion of your race. Long course triathlon is a long day and it requires calories and hydration in order to get it right. One of the key pieces about fueling is to ensure that you consume both calories and water.
Read MoreSome people call this the mistake ritual but I feel like it is more appropriately deemed a reset ritual because it can be used whenever you find yourself feeling a little out of wack, unfocused, stuck, frustrated, or just off your game. The Reset Ritual uses a power word or phrase, a physical movement and your breath to anchor you back to the present moment and keep you in the game.
Read MoreSometimes strength sessions can get a little bit boring… you shouldn’t be bored with this one as it has a little bit of everything. We start the session with some core activation as we warm up we then move into some higher intensity work and finish it off with some compound work using dumbbells and kettlebells.
Equipment Needed
Kettlebell and/or Dumbbell
Stability Ball
Step up or riser
Yoga mat is nice to have
If you don’t have the specific equipment you can modify with other items and even just do things with body weight.
I hope you have fun!!
A lot of us right now are either under “stay home” orders or at a minimum practicing (or at least I sure hope you are) social distancing practices and that means for most of us gyms and pools are closed leaving us with a gap in either our training or just in our health conscious life in general.
So I put together a few of my favorite home gym pieces that can help make your home gym work more fun and efficient!!
It’s been said a thousand times by all of us, and probably will continue to be said for some time to come. I know that right now there are more questions than answers and it will probably stay that way for a little bit and it is hard to stay positive and hard to stay motivated during times like this, especially when it seems like so much negativity and darkness is surrounding us. I put together my tips for staying motivated when things get tough!!!
Read MoreAre you new to triathlon and feel ready to try your hand at a 70.3 or even a 140.6? Or maybe you’ve been doing them for a while but just can’t seem to crack it? There are a lot of reasons behind that, so many in fact that you really could go on and on, however I compiled a few of my favorite focal points to help guide you to getting started.
Read MoreConstantly riding on the trainer and running on the treadmill can get very boring, long, and mentally hard to motivate for on a regular basis. Here are some tips to helping to making indoor training more fun and easier to motivate for so that you can be ready when the sun comes back out to feel strong and confident!
Read MoreWhy Do You Tri?
One of the beautiful things about triathlon is that the reasons to start are endless and the sport doesn’t judge why you started, it treats every single person out there same way. Maybe you started to challenge yourself, as stress relief, to lose weight, or a friend talked you into it; the list goes on and on and it doesn’t change that you are still out there.
Read MoreEver feel stuck with your running? You had made a bunch of improvements, maybe had a massive couple of Personal Bests yet all of the sudden you've hit a plateau and aren't getting any faster? Plateaus can be very frustrating because we as a society always want to improve. This little article is not all about the barriers of training that may be affecting your running, that is a whole different set of tips. Today I wanted to share with you some tips to run a little bit faster and break through that feeling of you've hit a wall with your training.
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