As an athlete, I have wildly varying views on blood testing and tracking. On one hand, eat well, sleep more, train smart = 95% of the battle. But it turns out, there are things that can be going on with our bodies that we …
In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we’re really zooming in on one key element of the year that a lot of athletes miss: a proper, thoughtful look at how the last year went. After all, what’s the point of season goals or …
Winter can be tough as an athlete. The upcoming 2019 season seems SO far away, but it’s really not… This is the time for recovering as needed, then starting to grow your base up again. It’s about working on good habits, not going too …
I’m going to say that I have had a lot of ‘first’ marathons. There was the ‘casual’ one that I did 6 months before my first Ironman down in VA Beach as a 21 year old. Guys, I don’t even want to show you …
I really love when we dive into just a couple of questions on The Consummate Athlete Podcast—and this week’s episode was a great one, talking about finding (or redefining) your WHY in racing/training on a philosophical level, then following it up with a discussion of …
This week, we get INTO all the ins and outs of MTB Stage Race with Hannah Finchamp on The Consummate Athlete Podcast — and Peter and I weigh in on our top tips as well. It was a super fun conversation with Hannah and …
Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias is an Olympic gold medalist and World Champion Sailer and has competed in numerous CrossFit Games, with a 9th place finish in 2013 with several individual event wins during those games. And she currently owns and operates T3 CrossFit in Pittsburgh, …
This week on the Consummate Athlete Podcast, we were all about cyclocross skills, from how to handle starts, to remount and dismount mistakes and best practices, drills for improving those skills and others, managing a hectic race day, and how to make the most …
I love that we get to talk sports psychology with Brave Athlete author Simon Marshall on the regular at this point (he was a huge help on the goal-setting piece I’m working on for Canadian Cycling’s New Year’s issue!), and having him on the Consummate …
Kate Courtney joined us on The Consummate Athlete Podcast to talk about her World Championship win in the Mountain Bike XCO (cross country Olympic) discipline and what went into that huge performance, from how she trained to how she eats… And I had so …
