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A lot has been studied on the topic of weather and productivity. Interestingly, the results vary. But this shouldn't come as a surprise since human beings are different and react to various conditions differently. For example, I find myself much more productive when the weather is rainy. When the weather is nice, all I want to do is play outside. If you are the same, a primary reason for the bad weather-productive connection is that you are less distracted, more focused and work more efficiently when the weather is bad. The idea of being outdoors is not very attractive so you may as well get stuff done inside.  However, for some people, a gloomy day can lead to a dreary mind. It's hard to get stuff done when you are feeling down. Although most people would agree that weather that looks and feels good puts you into a good mood, and you are more likely to be productive when you are feeling good, you can't get much done in life if you plan your productivity around the weathe...

You’ve likely heard the saying “you won’t regret a workout when it’s over.” Getting the workout started, however, is often the hard part. It may seem like motivation is something that you have to find and either you have it or you don't. When you have motivation - you crush your workouts. When you don't have motivation - it's a struggle to get started and to stay committed to your workout. Sometimes, the body has the energy to train but the mind has a dozen excuses to skip (or not finish) the workout. And sometimes the mind is eager to accept the upcoming workout challenge but the body struggles to find energy with each movement. If you agree with one or both of the statements above, you are normal. Every athlete, from age grouper to professional, will fight for motivation at least a handful of times throughout the season. To help you out, here are three simple ways to get yourself motivated when mind says “let’s go” but the body screams “heck no!” A proper war...

It’s normal to experience waves of high and low motivation throughout the year and the early months of training (in the cold, dark winter months) can often be a rough time for many athletes to stay focused with training and to remain present for workouts.  Although there is no need to be hard-core with your training right now, it is extremely important that you do the work when it needs to get done because in a few months, you can't go back in time. You don't want to look back, wishing that you would have built a better base/foundation, wishing you got yourself stronger so you could adapt better to more intense training or wishing you would have taken the time to focus on weaknesses like skills, form, diet and/or sleep/stress management so you could stay as balanced as possible with training.  We all know that being a triathlete (especially long distance) really doesn't allow for 100% balance in life as some sacrifices have to be made in order to properly mentally, phy...

We all know that it's hard to regret working out after the workout is over. The hard part is always getting started.  Many times, we are told by others that we just need a little motivation to get started. But what if motivation isn't the issue? Is it possible to be highly motivated to workout but your body is not interested in the activity at the same time?   I can assure you that there were many times in the past when I would see a PM run on my schedule, and my mind was "all in" but my body was not interested. Consequently, this would result in two situations; either me skipping the workout all together or me trying to execute with a body that was not energized (which often left me with frustration during my workout followed by uncomfortable niggles post workout).  For me, running in the evening (as a second workout for the day) was always tough on my body. The stress on my body from sitting all day combined with the weight-bearing activity of ...