Listen to Your Body Follow-up: Not What I Had in Mind! ;->
I saw this cartoon in the New Yorker and thought it was karmic timing with my last post. The cartoon gave me a good chuckle because there are those times that I feel the same way!
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03, 2023
I Practice What I Preach: Listen to Your Body
The first article in my “I Practice What I Preach” Series will explore the importance of listening to our bodies to maintain our physical and mental health, maximize our training efforts, and race as fast as we can. One of the most revered axioms in endurance sports is: “Listen to your body.” The idea being [...]
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03, 2023
Effortless Swimming Podcast: Mind Hacks for Mental Margin Gains
I recently made another appearance on the Effortless Swimming podcast (my 4th!) with Brenton Ford. If you're not familiar with Effortless Swimming, it's one of the top swimming-focus on YouTube. I've learned a ton about swimming from watching Brenton's informative videos. In this segment, I talk about, as the title indicates, Mind Hacks for Mental [...]
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03, 2023
New Taylor Blog Series: I Practice What I Preach
I have received an enthusiastic response from followers of my blog and social media to my recent post about the successful start of my 2023 triathlon season. Based on the positive reaction, and requests from several followers, I’ve decided to launch a new series titled, “I Practice What I Preach” in which I will share [...]
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03, 2023
Working Triathlete Podcast: Mental Margin Gains
I was recently interviewed by WorkingTriathlete.com, one of the leading triathlon coaching programs in the U.S., to discuss my newly developed concept of "mental marginal gain." Over the course of about one hour, my hosts, Conrad Goeringer and Derek Stone, and I talk about how the mind can be leveraged more effectively to produce meaningful [...]
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03, 2023
Psychology of Sports Technology-Part I: Firefly Recovery
I have a huge passion for technology in my athletic life. I have a smartwatch (COROS), heart-rate monitor (Polar Verity Sense), power meter (Quarq), bicycle head unit (Garmin), running pod (COROS), smart swim goggles (FORM), training platform (TrainingPeaks), virtual cycling platform (Zwift), and more. Admittedly, I haven’t gotten blood lactate, glucose, or sweat monitoring devices, [...]
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02, 2023
6 “Mind Hacks” for Quality Triathlon Training
One thing that every triathlete knows is that you can’t fake fitness or readiness. You simply can’t swim, bike, or run faster than you’ve trained yourself to go. Also, for most age-group triathletes, time is a precious commodity in limited supply, so it’s important that you get the most out of your training efforts. You [...]
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02, 2023
Meet My 2023 Partners: FORM Smart Swim Goggles
Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related products: innovation, superior quality, and leading-edge performance. In a series of posts, I’m introducing these exceptional companies and people to you so you will consider adding what they have to [...]
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02, 2023
Smiling is a Powerful Mental Tool for Triathlon
One of the strangest and most effective tools I’ve come across to manage intense effort and exertion pain is something that we do often without realizing how powerful it truly is. Let me explain. A few years ago, I was working with a pro triathlete who was having a terrible track workout. She wasn’t hitting [...]
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02, 2023
Find Balance in the Imbalanced Ski-racing Life
I was in Alta Badia, Italy, in December speaking at a ski-racing conference during the men’s World Cup GSs and had the opportunity to speak at length with Lucas Braathen (how’s that for name dropping?) after his first-run DNF in the second race. He is a bright, down-to-earth, and open guy (and he had smiley [...]