Last week on The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we got extremely nerdy and talked all things Polarization & Periodization and What You Need to Know. Polarization—training mostly easy and adding in sprinklings of super hard efforts, avoiding that middle/gray training effort area—has been a huge topic …
Last week on The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we answered all kinds of nutrition questions with Registered Dietitian and Fly Nutrition owner Kylee Van Horn. Kylee is one of those people who just felt like an instant friend—and because of that, she and I get really, …
It’s a New Year, which means a lot of us are thinking really hard about Habit Change, resolutions, etc. And while yeah, there’s nothing magical about this time of year, it’s sometimes just enough of a kick in the ass to get you actually motivated to …
We’re revisiting an older interview with Stephen Seiler on The Consummate Athlete Podcast last week—talking all about polarized training and the athlete hierarchy of need, two of his most-researched topics as a sports scientist. Seiler has been researching high-performing athletes for years now, …
I love this episode because it’s something a little different for us: Stunt Choreography and Play with badass Mindy Kelly. But while it sounds super different, what I realized is that a) stuntmen/women are the most consummate athletes ever (Mindy once ran in high heels …
This was a super fun episode for us since we got to cover a lot of really fun topics: Running ‘slow’ to get fast, RPE scales, race budget, and my personal favorite, winter clothing. And those of you who listen to Peter and I frequently …
I was so excited to finally get Maghalie Rochette, winner of the 2019 Cyclocross World Cup in Iowa, to come on The Consummate Athlete Podcast! The former triathlete turned MTBer turned cyclocrosser has so many amazing tips to share. She and I sat down to …
Hoping to improve your mental game for the 2020 racing season? We have an episode for that! Mental Game Consultant Sam Hale has a degree in sports psychology, but actually started by applying those principles to the corporate world before returning to sport—I really …
This Q&A Consummate Athlete Podcast episode was a really fun one for me, since it hit two topics that I really love: college nutrition and early morning fueling for runs. College was a tricky time for me, and in a lot of ways, a …
Sarah Hendrickson is rad—the Red Bull Olympic ski jumper and mountain runner (winning the Red Bull 400 over the summer!) came on the podcast to talk about all things training, racing, burnout and racing related. What I loved the most is that even though Sarah …
