Race Week Positivity

Race week nerves?

Have a look through your training diary / log / program and look at all the work you’ve done in prep for the event… Think about the sessions you’ve completed and the lessons learnt.

Be confident and positive and focus on what you can control… your m ...

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Make the hours count…#agegrouperlife

It is not about accumulating mindless hours…

It is about finding the hours available each week to train and using them to prepare to the best of your ability.

Some tips for doing this:

– commit to your over-arching goal, whatever that may be (ie. know your why!) ...

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Sleep!

Number one recovery tool: Sleep!

Try to get more hours at night, nap when you can, create a routine where you can get to bed earlier… especially in heavier training periods.

Sleep will improve performance in sport and in life…

#recovery

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PAIN

I think he could do a lot of things differently / better but am a fan of Lionel and his transparent approach none-the-less…

This is a good little nugget from a pre-Kona interview though.

Remove the negative connotations associated with what we feel when training and racing and ...

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Sustainability

The most effective training programs are SUSTAINABLE.

They are built from a foundation of basic principles and they fit around life and hence, allow for consistency.

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The Triathlon Lifestyle

Endurance Sport and Endurance Training can be brutal, but it can be a great lifestyle too…

This is why it is important to have a holistic view… it is not all about training and racing – integrate it into your life and be all in! Being all in doesn’t mean you sacrifi ...

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Sugar!

A simple image that shows how addiction works…

Are you addicted to sugar? What harm is it doing to your health?

Break the cycle by making BETTER CHOICES each and every time you’re hungry or need to eat…

A few things to consider:

– are you hungr ...

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Age Grouper Life…

I love this for a few reasons…

1. It highlights the goal of #agegrouperlife… which so many of us forget (success in sport AND life)

2. It is about being YOUR best… whatever that may be

3. It preaches being process driven, not the destination / winning

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More on Simplicity…

Generally, the simple things work… There isn’t a magic formula and there are no secret sessions. The one per-centers are useless without a solid foundation.

Nail the basics.

Befriend the fundamentals.

Keep it simple.

#simplicity 

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Positivity

The power of positivity cannot be measured…

#brucelee #philosophy

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