How to Manage Competition Stress
Coach Julie Young explores the science, mental skills, and strategies that help us manage the stress of racing.
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Social Media Habits: How to Filter Truthiness & BS
What to do when you find yourself caught up in other athletes seeming tougher, happier, and more badass than you on social media.
Social Media Habits: The Power & Peril of Comparison
It’s natural and at times beneficial to compare yourself to others, but social media can exacerbate the negative aspects that come with too many comparison games.
With Is Greater Than Against
When female athletes are encouraged to work with their competitors—not against them—it raises everyone’s game, as Coach Lauren Vallee knows only too well.
What Gets in the Way for Women
Body image, underfueling, negative self-talk, comparison—these are just some of the things that commonly prevent female athletes achieving their best, yet they don’t have to. One coach shares her way of turning this around.
Discomfort Can Be Good for You—Here’s Why.
Measured doses of discomfort can yield improvements to self-awareness, motivation, and resilience.
The Stephen & Siren Seiler Series: Becoming More Than a Runner
Siren Seiler talks about how building a life outside of running helps her navigate some tough times in her athletic career.
The Stephen & Siren Seiler Series: A Change in Perspective and Identity
Siren Seiler discusses the growth that came with detaching running from her identity.
Why Is It So Hard to Go Easy?
You know your workout is supposed to be easy, but you just can’t help dropping the hammer sometimes. A leading neuroscientist lifts the lid on what’s going on in your brain when this happens—and what you can do about it.
Sport Psychology Pathway
The very best athletes are as strong mentally as they are physically. In the Sport Psychology Pathway from Fast Talk Labs, we explore how to build mental skills with experts like Dr. Simon Marshall, Julie Emmerman, Grant Holicky, Lesley Paterson, and Julie Young.
How to Manage Competition Stress
Coach Julie Young explores the science, mental skills, and strategies that help us manage the stress of racing.
Q&A on Annual Training Plans, Race Stress, and Body Image, with Julie Young
We’re joined by coach and athlete Julie Young who helps us field questions on how to build an annual training plan, coping with race stress, and overcoming body image issues.
What Is Your Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning?
Every athlete has a personal IZOF. Coach Grant Holicky shares the concept and explores how to determine your IZOF. Then he shares why knowing your IZOF is helpful and how you can recreate your IZOF on demand.
Effective Self-Talk
Coach Grant Holicky explores the concept of self-talk, how to use it effectively and consistently, and how it can help performance and health.
The Mindful Athlete
Coach Grant Holicky details the concept of mindfulness, how to attain it, and how it can help performance.
Lessons on Race Targeting, Goal Setting, and Mindset, with Olympians Svein Tuft and Erinne Zarsadias (nee Willock)
Is it better to focus on one big race a year, or have several targets? Is performance or process more important when it comes to goal setting? Two Olympians help us tackle these complex questions.
Q&A on Travel and Training, CTL, Race Prep, and Big Gear LSD Rides, with Kendra Wenzel
Coach Wenzel helps answer questions on travel, final race prep, big gear work on LSD rides, pushing through exhaustion, and training races.
The Secret to Concentration and Focus
Coach Grant Holicky reveals how to stay focused and concentrated. It’s all about knowing what is relevant to your goal.
Accepting Feedback and Criticism
Accepting feedback and criticism is a necessary part in every athlete’s development. Coach Holicky details how to create the best mindset so you can achieve your full potential.