I did promise you a follow-up to last weeks’ article, More is Not Better, in which I shared with you the experience of my life grinding to a halt within a mere few days, how I managed to salvage my work and health, and my subsequent epiphany about my current MO – and the realization that it was beyond time for a new one! Well, here it is. I will show you what I did to change my life so that I actually ENJOY each day, whilst still being productive and achieving my goals. Sounds like a win-win doesn’t it? It is. Here’s why.
Repping the Harper Performance cap on my lunchtime walk today, feeling inspired about the work we’re doing in East Africa 🇺🇬 to #leveltheplayingfield and achieve #equality in sport. Working with #purpose and making a difference in the world 🌍 what more could you ask for?
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I was looking forward to my #longrun this weekend for two reasons 1) I was down the coast and 2) I had the latest @physicalperformanceshow podcast with world-leading physiologist Stephen Seiler to listen to. And both were awesome!! So many insights and practical tips from Stephen to optimize endurance training learnt from decades of working with the world’s elite endurance athletes. As a fellow sports physiologist I’m so excited to start tweaking my training to test out some of these theories! #endurance #endurancetraining #triathlon #training #physiology #performancescience #optimisation #trainsmart #goals #racing #performancesupport
💥 MENTAL STRESS
Question time ladies 🙋🏻♀️ Hands up, who is balancing a career, family and personal life on top of triathlon training, and tries to be awesome at all of them?
Second ❓: Who actually considers their mental stress and fatigue levels when they’re head down bum up in a heavy training prep?
That’s what I thought! I had an awesome chat with one of my athletes about fatigue levels, and when we went deeper, it turned out to be mental fatigue from a demanding work role every day 🧠 It’s a reminder that all too often we forget that our brains are ‘on’ all day, in literally everything that we do, and it needs just as much recovery as our bodies do from physical exertion! So after a chat about what this looks like (and many “I might sound crazy, but...” from me), we came up with a plan to install a “mental refresh” during the day - time out at lunch time, quiet space, relaxation, and time to tune out using a meditation app. What I love? It’s prioritized so highly she makes it happen - even if it is in a quiet corner of the office 😄 (that view though?! ☝🏻) The key take-away message from my athlete: “I’m expecting my brain to run marathons everyday”. Yep - time for some hard-earned recovery I’d say!
#performance #recovery #mentalrecovery #health #mentalhealth #athletehealth #goals #training #triathlon #triathlontraining #achieveyourpotential #womenintriathlon #careerwomen #trichicks #humanbehindtheathlete #performancesupport
This was such an epic week working with @harperperformance and our partners in Uganda @ffg_academy. We successfully recruited an awesome young sport science intern ✅ and added 2 more skilled grads to our East African practitioner pool ✅ it’s so exciting to see our performance support project coming to life, and the impact we’re having within the academy. I can’t wait to see what we can achieve together in the next 12 months! 🇺🇬 ⚽️ I must say, my smile belies my sadness at having to leave our friends, lucky I’ll be back in 2 months!! #EASSI #performancesupport #levelplayingfield #equality
I love having my own business that allows me to live my purpose every day, empowering athletes to achieve their most aspirational goals, no matter how big or small. Whether it’s working with individual athletes directly providing bespoke performance support, or working with sporting organisations to develop and optimise their performance support systems that enable athletes to achieve their dreams. I love both for their diversity and their unique challenges, while ultimately achieving the same outcome.
Today I am travelling with an organisational client to take on a big chunky challenge which is incredibly exciting! As the Head of Performance Support for Harper Performance CIC, I’m heading back to Uganda to implement the next stage of our project - installing our sport science internship program, which will not only assist us in providing performance support to talented footballers, it will be developing the capacity of these practitioners and allowing them to achieve their dream of becoming a high performance practitioner. Win win!
We’re going to be posting lots on social media throughout this deployment, and if you’re keen to see more, then give our company a follow @harperperformance and get all the latest action! I’ll be posting some highlights here too.
#EASSI #performancesupport #highperformance #goals #development #equalplayingfield #equality #fiercelychampioningtheunderdog
🌟 You know what I really love? Working with amazing humans! Who also happen to be pretty fantastic athletes too 😄
One of the greatest joys of performance coaching for me is to witness the transformations that occur within my athletes, in mindset, in physical abilities, and in performance. Allyson Lindsay @shoe_gal_74 has had a kickass 9 months! And her journey has only just begun - with IM 70.3 Worlds this year and her first IM in 2020! 💪 "If someone tried to tell me a year ago I’d be going to the 2019 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, I would never have believed it. Today, I’m proud and excited to say, that is exactly where I am headed!
Working with Kellie has resulted in me feeling calmer and being far less reactive to stressors on a day-to-day basis. I am more confident about what I’m capable of achieving as an athlete. With the benefit of her support, I have completed two more 70.3 races, achieved a huge PB and scored a spot at the World Champs in France in September. I am confident that with Kellie’s guidance I will continue to bridge the gap between where I’m at and where I want to be." Read more about Allyson's triathlon experience, and how you can achieve your performance potential - link in bio ☝🏻
#triathlete #chickswhotri #womenintriathlon #training #performance #goals #dedication #mindset #health #performancesupport #endurancetraining #triathlon #humanfirst #humanbehindtheathlete
