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Training Tips and Lifestyle Hacks

Until I start my 16 week Marathon specific block of training at the start of February I thought I would share some useful & basic tips I currently use in my own training, on a day to day basis. I hope they help and I will expand on some of them in greater detail in future posts.

1. Always warm up

2. Always cool down & stretch

3. Foam roll daily

4. Carry a bottle of water around with you all day, and drink from it!

5. Track your caloric & macronutrient intake

(I use My fitness pal)

6. Be active when you are not training (dog walks, etc)

7. Get your training kit ready the night before

8. Train consistently

9. Follow structure in your training

10. Set goals

11. Surround yourself with positive people

12. Strength Train & Perform Core work

13. Choose foods that are ingredients, not full of ingredients

14. Listen to your body and rest when you need to

15. Record and analyse your data, interpret the data correctly and act upon it in future training sessions

My Top Motivational Phrases & Quotes

Below are some phrases and quotes I often look at to help myself stay motivated. I hope some of these help for you too!

1. Mind over matter.

2. Comfort, the enemy of progress.

3. Don’t decrease the goal, increase the effort.

4. Set a goal so big you can’t achieve it, until you grow into the person who can.

5. Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop when you’re done.

6. Instead of saying ‘I don’t have time’, try saying ‘its not a priority’ and see how that feels.

7. Strength doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

8. The hard work puts you where the good luck can find you.

9. Fall down seven times, get up eight.

10. Do not reward yourself with food, you are not a dog! (not a motivational but thought this was a funny one)..

11. Discipline is doing what needs to be done, even if you don’t want to do it.

12. Great things never came from comfort zones.

13. I would rather be completely exhausted from the hard times which breed success, Than well rested from achieving nothing.

14. The worst goal you can set is a realistic one.

15. Your goals don’t care how you feel.

If you have any of your own, I would love to hear them!