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Podcast: Episode 87 – When Rehab is Done, But You Still Aren’t Ready

Zoey · October 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Just about a year ago, I headed into treatment, having no concept of how long it would take. But I think what surprised me along the way was the emotional points were not when I was stagnant, but when I had to take the next step forward. I’m at one of those steps now. I’ve been informed that this stage of rehab is now complete. I surprised myself by how conflicted I was about that. How hard it would be to take full ownership of my own training and my own ongoing maintenance and how scared I was of exiting the safety zone that has been rehab for the last year.

In this episode I talk a bit about what I got out of the process, but also how the process is ongoing.

Podcast: Episode 84 – Finding a running coach is like dating, here’s how to find what works for you

Zoey · August 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment

This week we are talking about running coaches

How to find them, why you might want one, and what are the best questions to ask including:

Why it’s far more about personality than it is about programming
Getting a sense of someone’s training philosophy
The benefits of creating a partnership for your training with coaching
And why I think all running coaches should have coaches too!

Learn to Run registrations are now open, so you can sign up here for early access to the group and to start on our introductory walking and strength program.

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!