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With a mix of interviews and commentary, Endurance Minded looks at the psychological and emotional aspects of endurance sports and how they impact performance. Casual, real, and vulnerable conversations that seek to uncover what it means to be an athlete, and how to navigate the inevitable highs and lows that come when we strive to reach our full potential.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Managing Stress and Performance
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Stress is an inevitable part of our lives. It can come from work, home, family, or training. So often we try to separate the stress we're under and our performance goals. However, stress impacts all aspects of our lives from sleep to mood, diet, and our emotional health. It only makes sense that we should take stress into consideration when discussing our training and athletic goals.
Ways to manage stress in relation to performance:
- Adjust expectations if/when needed.
- Contextualize the effort.
- Adjust training if needed to find your "happy place".
- Try to get ahead of it.
Visit thomasendurancecoaching.com for more resources and to speak with an expert about how to help you reach your full potential.
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Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Finding Strength Through Vulnerability
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
As often self-described "tough" and results-driven individuals, athletes can sometimes struggle to find balance in a culture that values the "grind" over honest vulnerability. How can athletes use that vulnerability to not only reach their goals but thrive in the process?
Ways Athletes Can Use Vulnerability:
- Assemble a supportive team around you.
- Identify if/when training isn't adding value to your life.
- Realize when the process is broken.
- Allow yourself to feel disappointed.
- Don't be afraid to change/shift your goals.
Visit thomasendurancecoaching.com for more resources and to speak with an expert about how to help you reach your full potential.
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Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to take advantage of 25% off of the entire InsideTracker store!
If you're a coach, trainer, registered dietitian, or other health and wellness practitioner, InsideTracker Pro is your gateway to offering your clients InsideTracker -- the truly personalized nutrition and performance system that’s trusted by hundreds of elite athletes and top coaches in strength and endurance sports.
With InsideTracker Pro, you can earn revenue, enjoy discounts, and help your clients perform better than ever.
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Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Choosing Optimization Over Perfection
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Alex Pisacane is part of the business development team at InsideTracker, was a college D1 wrestler, and is a lifelong athlete whose curiosity and quest to optimize his own performance led him to InsideTracker.
Episode Highlights Include:
- How to use blood testing to establish individualized baselines.
- What can we expect to be gained from regular blood testing?
- Looking at nutrition, lifestyle, and activity as the three primary pillars of optimized health and longevity.
- What it looks like to take an "optimized" approach to health and wellness.
- The future of technology and individualized wellness data.
Visit thomasendurancecoaching.com for more resources and to speak with an expert about how to help you reach your full potential.
**SUPPORT THE PODCAST**
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to take advantage of 25% off of the entire InsideTracker store!
If you're a coach, trainer, registered dietitian, or other health and wellness practitioner, InsideTracker Pro is your gateway to offering your clients InsideTracker -- the truly personalized nutrition and performance system that’s trusted by hundreds of elite athletes and top coaches in strength and endurance sports.
With InsideTracker Pro, you can earn revenue, enjoy discounts, and help your clients perform better than ever.
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to sign up today.
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Celebrating Your Wins
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
We talk a lot about how to overcome adversity, define our goals, and navigate hardship, but there's a real need to celebrate our wins when they come to us. In this episode, Taylor highlights why taking time to celebrate is a crucial part of the athlete experience.
Episode Highlights Include:
- Why it's important to celebrate.
- What to focus on when we are celebrating.
- Celebrate showing up.
- Celebrate the process.
- Identify three things that made you the best version of yourself.
- Identify how you can leverage that experience for the future.
Visit thomasendurancecoaching.com for more resources and to speak with an expert about how to help you reach your full potential.
**SUPPORT THE PODCAST**
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to take advantage of 25% off of the entire InsideTracker store!
If you're a coach, trainer, registered dietitian, or other health and wellness practitioner, InsideTracker Pro is your gateway to offering your clients InsideTracker -- the truly personalized nutrition and performance system that’s trusted by hundreds of elite athletes and top coaches in strength and endurance sports.
With InsideTracker Pro, you can earn revenue, enjoy discounts, and help your clients perform better than ever.
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to sign up today.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Carrie Jackson Cheadle joins us again to check-in and discusses what we've learned as a result of the experiences we've all had over the last year or so, and what tools we can implement to help us reach our full potential and enjoy each step along the way.
Episode highlights include:
- Carrie's three biggest observations throughout 2021 as it relates to athletes and their sport.
- The importance of normalizing the need to pause and regroup from time to time.
- Redefining success. Asking, "What's really important?"
- How to make process goals as exciting as outcome goals.
- Making race day the celebration.
Check out Carrie's book, Rebound.
Visit thomasendurancecoaching.com for more resources and to speak with an expert about how to help you reach your full potential.
**SUPPORT THE PODCAST**
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to take advantage of 25% off of the entire InsideTracker store!
If you're a coach, trainer, registered dietitian, or other health and wellness practitioner, InsideTracker Pro is your gateway to offering your clients InsideTracker -- the truly personalized nutrition and performance system that’s trusted by hundreds of elite athletes and top coaches in strength and endurance sports.
With InsideTracker Pro, you can earn revenue, enjoy discounts, and help your clients perform better than ever.
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to sign up today.
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Permission to Lose Motivation
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
As athletes, we're often too hard on ourselves when it comes to motivation. We ascribe our commitment and seriousness as athletes to how motivated we are. When that motivation wains, and it will, we struggle to give ourselves permission to let that happen, understand why, and restructure our approach. This episode covers why permission is an important mindset tool when it comes to motivation.
Episode Highlights Include:
- Why might motivation ebb in the first place?
- What's our typical response when this happens and the negative language surrounding those responses.
- Why do we need to give ourselves permission in the first place?
- Developing the tools to work through these periods when motivation isn't high.
Visit thomasendurancecoaching.com for more resources and to speak with an expert about how to help you reach your full potential.
**SUPPORT THE PODCAST**
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to take advantage of 25% off of the entire InsideTracker store!
If you're a coach, trainer, registered dietitian, or other health and wellness practitioner, InsideTracker Pro is your gateway to offering your clients InsideTracker -- the truly personalized nutrition and performance system that’s trusted by hundreds of elite athletes and top coaches in strength and endurance sports.
With InsideTracker Pro, you can earn revenue, enjoy discounts, and help your clients perform better than ever.
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to sign up today.
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Dodging the "Comparison Trap"
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Kyle MacRae is a Scottish recreational cyclist who once ran away from a big mountain and wanted to find out why. In doing so, he learned to change the way he thought about his cycling, and himself. THE MENTAL CYCLIST is the result of that journey: A book designed to help any cyclist develop deep self-expertise, take on any challenge, and have amazing experiences on a bike.
Episode Highlights Include:
- Using motivation as an alternative to willpower.
- Distinguishing logistical vs. psychological barriers.
- The importance of the mind-body connection.
- Understanding guilt vs. shame.
- The role of fun in reaching your full potential.
- Stress as a non-binary thought process.
To learn more about Kyle, THE MENTAL CYCLIST, and to order the book check out the links below.
For more information and resources visit www.thomasendurancecoaching.com
SUPPORT THE PODCAST:
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to take advantage of 25% off of the entire InsideTracker store!
If you're a coach, trainer, registered dietitian, or other health and wellness practitioner, InsideTracker Pro is your gateway to offering your clients InsideTracker -- the truly personalized nutrition and performance system that’s trusted by hundreds of elite athletes and top coaches in strength and endurance sports.
With InsideTracker Pro, you can earn revenue, enjoy discounts, and help your clients perform better than ever.
Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to sign up today.
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Knowing When to Pivot
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Just because we set out to accomplish one specific goal, doesn't always mean that we should continue to push forward in the face of adversity. There are times when knowing how and when to pivot are important in an athlete's journey. These pivots can help you find more joy and sustainability as an athlete.
Episode Highlights Include:
- Pivot when the process is no longer adding value.
- Pivot when the "cost" is too great.
- Pivot when the goal is too aggressive.
- Pivot when things are out of balance for too long.
- Pivot when it's no longer bringing you joy.
For more information and resources visit www.thomasendurancecoaching.com
SUPPORT THE PODCAST:
Visit https://www.insidetracker.com/ and enter code ENDURANCEMINDEDPRO25 for 25% off of your purchase.
If you're a coach, trainer, registered dietitian, or other health and wellness practitioner, InsideTracker Pro is your gateway to offering your clients InsideTracker -- the truly personalized nutrition and performance system that’s trusted by hundreds of elite athletes and top coaches in strength and endurance sports.
With InsideTracker Pro, you can earn revenue, enjoy discounts, and help your clients perform better than ever. Visit https://info.insidetracker.com/enduranceminded to sign up today.
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
If It's Too Good to Be True, It Is.
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
We welcome back Selene Yeager to the show to discuss a wide variety of topics many of which come from her latest podcast endeavor, Hit Play Not Pause, where she discusses the role menopause plays in maturing female athletes and helps them optimize their physiology, maintain fitness, and harness their power.
Read the rest of this entry »Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
The Importance of Mental Space
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Motivation is not defined by how many workouts you complete. Athletes should give themselves the permission to make space in route to their full athletic potential, and coaches should work to identify when and how to make these opportunities for space productive so that longevity is prioritized above all else.
The four key areas for mental space are:
- During vacation/travel.
- During big blocks of training.
- After the completion of a big goal.
- When stress is high external to training load.
Visit www.thomasendurancecoaching.com for more tools and resources on this topic and more.