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Improving Your Bodies Physical Response to Training By Getting Your Brain on Board

Going all in with anything you are doing doesn’t always mean jumping in head first with everything you’ve got physically but rather it means jumping in with everything you got from a whole body, mind, and soul standpoint.
What needs to happen first is that you as the athlete ask yourself what is my mindset going into each of the sessions and if it isn’t totally on board how can I shift that. In this video I go into more detail about how getting your mind on board is the number one key to going all in with your training!!

Change Your Internal Environment and You External Environment Will Follow Suit

There is a symbiotic relationship between the body and the mind. In that, whatever occurs in the mind affects the body and vice versa. It is in this relationship that allows us to take ourselves to the next level but only when we chose to focus on building strength and resilience through training our mind. My life finally changed, for the better, when I buckled down and changed my mind. For the longest time I was living a life that didn’t feel like mine and it wasn’t, it was what I believed everyone else wanted me to be or do. Learn more about the importance of changing your internal environment can do for your external environment.

Arizona 70.3 Race Recap

There is something about pushing yourself to the absolute limit that just brings everything back to perspective. It has been about a week since I toed the line for the first official time since CdA 70.3 in 2019 at Ironman Arizona 70.3. This was my first time participating at this race and it was SOOO much fun!!!! I think really what it came down to was just enjoying the fact that I was racing again and racing to my potential and I am so thankful for the chance to have gotten to race!!!

Kayla BowkerOctober 28, 2020whereyourfeettakeyou, #whereyourfeet, triathlon, triathlete, triathlon blog, swimbikerun

A Recap of 5x100 Miles on the Bike in a Week

The week of August 3rd I partook on a self made challenge of completing 500 miles on the bike in a week structured as five 100 mile rides, so 100 miles done on five different days. This challenge arose after Ironman Wisconsin was cancelled. My coach texted me asking if there was any challenge I was in the mood for completing in lieu of the race being cancelled. I learned a lot during those five days and wanted to share a couple of the biggest learnings with you.

⚡️Motivation and discipline are totally different.
⚡️You can do hard things.
⚡️Letting go of your data and expectations is very freeing.
⚡️Hard things are totally worth it.

For more on each of these learnings that I had check out the video and recap in the blog, I promise it is worth it!!!

[WYFTY Triathletes] The Where Your Feet Take You Challenge Week

One of the things we did as a team back in March when the first wave of shut downs really happened was a little Green Challenge week in which athletes were challenged to be all green in Training Peaks and then we would have a little drawing. Well as COVID continued on and more and more races got cancelled I decided I wanted to up the game and really give the athletes something to work for and to create some fun! Check out the amazingness that makes up the Where Your Feet Take You Team!!! Cause they really are amazing!!!

3 Step Reset Ritual to Bring You Back to Present when Thrown Off Your Game

Some people call this the mistake ritual but I feel like it is more appropriately deemed a reset ritual because it can be used whenever you find yourself feeling a little out of wack, unfocused, stuck, frustrated, or just off your game. The Reset Ritual uses a power word or phrase, a physical movement and your breath to anchor you back to the present moment and keep you in the game.

[Strength Session] Full Body with some HIIT Mix

Sometimes strength sessions can get a little bit boring… you shouldn’t be bored with this one as it has a little bit of everything. We start the session with some core activation as we warm up we then move into some higher intensity work and finish it off with some compound work using dumbbells and kettlebells.

Equipment Needed

Kettlebell and/or Dumbbell
Stability Ball
Step up or riser
Yoga mat is nice to have
If you don’t have the specific equipment you can modify with other items and even just do things with body weight.
I hope you have fun!!

Making Mental Training A Daily Habit

Making mental training a daily habit is one of the strongest and best things you can do for yourself. It will benefit you in all aspects of your life, yes we talk triathlon a lot in this space but if you really focus what you will find is that your mindset training you do for triathlon will benefit you in all aspects of life too. There will always be moments where you need to buck up and dip into some courage and strength but if you have spent your practice focusing on the small daily habits it becomes easier and easier to dip into the extremes when you need to.

[Strength Session] Lower Body Focus

Lower Body Strength session with Coach Kayla!!! Get ready to feel the burn in those glutes and quads!!! Equipment needed:

Kettle bells
dumbbells
sliders (or just some rags on the floor)
Yoga matt

Priming Your Brain for Positivity and Productivity

We have the ability to be limitless. Our brain is primed to be completely limitless; it is primed to find exactly what we tell it to look for. If you tell yourself you suck at something then your brain is going to continually look for things that solidify that you suck at it. If you tell yourself that you love something and are good at it you are going to find things that solidify that you are good at it.