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Beginning again? Don’t be afraid of re-imagining what it could look like

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Do you ever feel like your life has changed, but your goals are stuck and you are just failing them?

This is a bit of a meandering catch up episode, but this is the core of what I’m talking about. In the last two years, a lot of us have had the benefit of at one time or another, taking a step back and taking stock of what really matters. You’ve seen it in the great resignation. And I think running or fitness or training is much the same – it’s time to take a step back and ask are my goals actually in line with what I want my lifestyle to be? Do I still want to run or do this thing, or am I just keeping going because I’m locked into a sense of identity? It’s worth taking a scary leap, even if it is different from what you imagined.

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Three fat loss myths that we can all agree to leave dead and buried

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You can thank all the crappy facebook ads I see for this episode of the podcast

The ads that really irritate me are the running specific ones, but there are loads of them out there for all kinds of training and all kinds of diets and they are just as bad. Selling you something that sounds too good to be true, because it is. In this episode I’m talking about:
  • Three really common (and persistent myths)
  • The risk to your mental health during periods of fat-loss if your self-talk isn’t where it needs to be
  • What to set up for yourself that is sustainable, but also isn’t totally dependent on one metric or one number

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Marrying the process – what would you still do if you knew you would fail?

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We often hear about loving the process, or setting process based goals or just being about the process, but what does it really even mean?

You’ll often hear people talking about the process, but it can get a bit like jargon after awhile. Like, how do you tell the difference between the tempo run which is about the process and the tempo run which is about finally nailing that half marathon PB? They can look a lot alike. So, that is our deep dive for today!

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What’s so special about the 29th of December? Your guide to resolutions

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This one time, I made a very big change and I didn’t wait until the 1st of January

New years, new weeks often make it easier to initiate that change, which is great – but keep in mind that no matter what you are going to have to go through tough spots with it. There is often no right time to do something, you just have to be so sick of the alternative that it’s worth it. In this episode I’m talking about:
  • Writing things down, so you are more likely to stick to things
  • How to build in the baby steps of self efficacy to keep going
  • Focusing on consistency over perfection
  • And how to assess if what you are doing is even working

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Everything you need to know about bone injuries

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Have you ever noticed how little information there is about coming back from bone injuries and stress fractures?

Usually they tell you to rest and then start back slowly, but what does that mean? In this episode I’m talking about:
  • The three phases of rehabilitation
  • How you know when you can progress from one stage to the next stage
  • Are all pain messages bad?
  • What about phantom pain?
  • And what you can learn from the whole thing anyway.

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