If you’ve ever stood on the starting line of a race filled with doubt or decided not to apply for a job after hearing that someone more qualified than you also applied, then you’ve no doubt experienced how limiting beliefs can stop you in your tracks. The good news is that these disempowering thoughts …
When I started training for my first race, I became fast friends with my foam roller. At the time, I didn’t know any better, so I rolled, jammed lacrosse balls into tight knots and hoped for the best. I chalked it up to the toughness required of the sport. Despite my dutiful rolling, the …
Why Releasing What’s Tight Could Be Keeping You in Pain Read More »
In the last post, I challenged you to begin to tune into your breath. Hopefully, you’ve started to discover what it feels like to shift your breath from a shallow chest breath and into a deeper, diaphragmatic one. If you’re still having trouble finding this more calming way to breathe, keep it at, revisiting the …
How to Engage Your Core (Without Doing Crunches) Read More »
In the last post I challenged you to begin breathing through your nose. How did it go? If you have some structural issues or if mouth breathing is your go-to breath, breathing through the nose can be downright difficult. Does it really matter how you’re delivering oxygen to your body? If you’re like most people, it’s …
Have you ever been told to shut your mouth? While it may have seemed brash at the time, it’s actually great advice, especially if you’re feeling stressed, frequently congested, winded during exercise, not sleeping well or have high blood pressure.
In the spirit of April Fools, let’s play a game. Which one of these sentences is true? You must train hard every time you work out and feel sore after or you won’t benefit. Pain or an injury will go away if you stretch or foam roll enough. You must avoid moving into the position …
Are These 3 Exercise Myths Preventing You From Reaching Your Goals? Read More »
Some people are training like crazy, yet still struggling to PR a Strava segment they’ve done 200 times. For others, it’s finding the time and balance in their life, feeling the signs of aging or experiencing low back or neck pain after an hour in the saddle. These challenges all have one thing in common: …
As cyclists, we wear our suffering as a badge of honor. In bad weather, we retreat to our basements, aka “pain caves” for weekly winter sufferfests and emerge in the spring ready to dig even deeper. In a sport where we’re encouraged to leave it all on the road, how do we know where to …
Cycling Pain vs. Suffering: How to Ride Hard While Avoiding Injury Read More »
For many cyclists in pain or who feel that something is off, stopping at their local bike shop for a bike fit is often the first line of defense. But what’s going on if you’re still in pain following the fit or even after several fits? I see this more often than not with clients …
Clients often share that they started cycling because they either got injured running or their doctor suggested a lower impact sport to relieve foot or knee pain. Unfortunately, these problems don’t just go away once you’re clipped into a bike pedal. If you’re experiencing pain on the bike, especially knee, calf, hip or hamstring pain, …
Uncovering a Hidden Cause of Knee Pain: Why Cyclists Need to Work on Their Feet Read More »
