Podcast

Podcast: Episode 83 – Things that are not running that can dramatically improve your running

Zoey · August 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about things that are not running that might be stopping your running from improving

This week in the podcast, I’m talking about all the things that sit around your running that can have a huge impact on your running

On sleep: making the most of your own sleep pattern, rather than forcing yourself to get up early
On nutrition: making small tweaks that can force you to get all your micronutrients as well as your macros and making that mindset shift to eating for performance
Experimenting with cold exposure for improved immunity: YES. I’ve been having cold showers.
Mobility: I’ve been using the GOWOD Mobility First app for three weeks and I talk about what I’m loving it for.

Podcast: Episode 82 – Love Your Before

Zoey · July 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about before and afters.

This week I talk about:

Why ‘before’ and ‘afters’ are great for reflection and inspiration, but are also a bit misleading
Why the person in your before has done all of the heavy lifting
And how to appreciate your before, and enjoy your after too.

Podcast: Episode 81 – Amplifying your training with . . . REST

Zoey · July 13, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Let’s talk Rest Days!

In the beginning they might be your favourite thing, but after awhile rest days can sometimes seem harder than run days! So this week I’m talking about:

What the purpose of rest days is
The difference between rest days and active recovery
How to tell if you need more rest
How to adapt your training when you need to
How to build volume without creating too much fatigue
And why you don’t want to carry fatigue from one session to the next
Plus, why you don’t want to get caught up in more is more and how to make smart decisions.

Podcast: Episode 80 – Warm up for better fitness adaptations and to hate your workouts less

Zoey · July 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Have you ever noticed how your second interval in the middle of those intervals is easier than the first?

That’s probably because you haven’t warmed up properly. And while a full warm up is time consuming, it can be the thing that gives you so much more out of the session, allows you to enjoy it a whole lot more and creates better fitness adaptations too.

In this episode I talk about:

Fuelling your quality sessions
What a warm up looks like for interval training vs sprint training
The rest times you should be taking in between your warm up and your sessions
What kind of stretches and dynamic movements you could include to help you warm up
Why you should shorten the workout and not the warm up.

Here is a sample warm up to get you started!

Podcast: Episode 79 – Ditching the Fads {Creating Purpose and Context in Your Training Week}

Zoey · June 29, 2018 · Leave a Comment

If you do everything at full capacity, you’ll burn out pretty quickly.

And not just physically either, it’s a tough mental burden to shoulder as well. This week I’m talking about ways to structure your week to make sure that:

Every session has a purpose and a goal
You are making choices that are about longevity, not just maximum results
You enjoy what you are doing, and it isn’t something you dread
You are taking into account that a particular type of training that you do might present different goals than the ones you are individually pursuing and how to make choices for your training with that knowledge
You are prioritising recovery days, easy days, maximum effort days, movement quality days and practice days