This month’s Athletic Bookworms pick is one that I chose because in December, the tendency — at least for me — is to write a laundry list of New Year’s Resolutions that’s so extensive that the odds of me keeping them is slim to …
“Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is THE book on flow state that you always hear about in other books, on podcasts, and in Instagram quotes. So, I wanted to go to the actual source and see WTF he actually says …
After YEARS of reading about Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s work on FLOW STATE in countless books and podcasts, I decided this was the month I wanted to go straight to the source and actually read his original work, “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.” Flow state, for …
This month, we went a little outside of the athletic reading box to flip through The Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard for the Athletic Bookworms. I’m generally pretty if-y about motivational literature (and speakers) so I definitely went into this feeling a little skeptical, but …
Feeling a little lacking in motivation now that back to school season is over and the weather is feeling more cozy than badass? Yeah, me too. Soooo, normally I’m not much for the self-help-y genre, but I’m currently in a crunch to finish writing …
An athletic take on “The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun” by Gretchen Rubin OK, I readThe Happiness Project, so did I get any …
Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally by Kelly Starrett & TJ Murphy I read Ready to Run a couple years ago but now that I’ve upped my mileage significantly as I started into the world of ultra-running, I’m finding myself a …
I was trying to choose which book I wanted to read this month for the Athletic Bookworms, and I got stuck because there were SO MANY on my to-read list, so I decided to go for a bit of a smorgasbord, and do it …
If you’ve been keeping up with the Athletic Bookworms, then you’re probably already done with “Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory” by by Deena Kastor with Michelle Hamilton. I took the full two months to read this book because …
Guys. I kind of freaked out about this week’s guest, Christopher McDougall. That’s right, we had the author of Born to Run and Natural Born Heroes (June’s Athletic Bookworm pick!) on the show. It was a big deal for me as a writer and …
