Bicycle Talk Episode 93: Where in the World is Amber Pierce? Periodization and Rest Too!

Ron was away at an interview, so I filled in for Bicycle Talk, I interviewed the INSANELY AWESOME Amber Pierce, who is our friendly local world renowned professional bicycle racer! She dropped some knowledge and some sage advice.  She talked about currently racing for Mavic and Cannondale. She is also active in Bike Mansfield, a local bicycle advocacy organization. She is working with the Network for Advancing Athletes, an organization to advance women in cycling. She is helping with Connecticut Cycling Advancement Program, which supports kids getting into cycling, and has teams connected with schools and also independently, for all sorts of cycling disciplines! She's also working with Homestretch, a foundation that supports professional and aspiring elite women cyclists to train in the warmth of Tucson, Arizona, with free housing, medical, dental, physical therapy and other services. . AND, we talked about periodicity and the importance of REST in training, how you integrate the benefits of your training during times of rest during the workout, during days off in the week, during weeks off in the season, and during months off too!

Radio Naturopath Episode 153: Happy New Year! Easy and Hard: How to Periodize in your Workout and Life; Success/Failure vs. Life as a Practice/Journey

We started off talking about the myriad of weight loss programs being advertised in every form of media: social, TV, radio of all kinds, even that old school deal, print! And how weight is a pressing issue in the US because >70% people have a BMI that puts them into that category. Before we had a chance to review programs and what works and what doesn't, I talked about my main new year's resolutions. One: Periodization. In my workouts, having hard days followed by easy days; respecting what I've done by harmonizing it with what I do next. I also hope to strive to do this in my everyday life: pair hard workdays with good quality rest, and also having down time that is just for me to recharge. I also talked about focusing in life on Practice instead of Success/Failure; instead of seeing something that doesn't come out the way you want as a failure, simply troubleshoot, fine tune and continue the journey! If you're not afraid of failure you're more likely to try and do more stuff. I also want to REALLY PRACTICE letting other people be who they are.