Need to follow that advice and start increasing mileage once the snow goes away but have been running at least every other day this winter... and on cutting stuff, been buying quality bakery treats instead of processed junk, it's a horrible solution but they are expensive enough that you savour every bite (and have better nutrition) 🧠
You’re so good to have stayed consistent through the winter! Picking up the volume will be so much easier for you. For me, “quality” bakery treats seem to be a moving target depending on how hungry I am. 🤷🏻♂️
An old sage told me that I had a lot of "potential": What he meant was: "You ain't worth a sh!t...yet". I thought it was fitting. Three years ago, I cut out carbs, plants and highly-processed industrial frankenfoods that are made in a factory and packaged into bags, boxes and cans. Thanks, Matt. 🧠
@@its_Matt_B_ Thx, Matt. There's nothing more liberating that waling up to the start line not having to worry about the right number of gels, because I don't need them. And I've never bonked. I think I mentioned to you that in September I am running five marathons in five days completely fasted.
My childhood dance teacher told me “can’t” is NOT in a dancers vocabulary. I carried that thru dancing, gymnastics & track/cross country in middle school & high school. When I hear “can’t”, I say “Challenge accepted “. I decided I want to conquer a 50k this year, so I signed up with a running buddy to be a sweeper at a local 50k race 😊 Great video Matt!
Great stuff, Matt! I'm going at it pretty hard these days, seeing if there's room to get in more steady running by pushing my daily runs up by 5-10 bpm, and also trying to be more consistent with strength training than I was last year. What I'm giving up is that I'm keeping the mileage somewhat below the 55 mpw I ran last summer, and not thinking at all about a daily running streak although that was fun while it was going. Another thing I've cut out is any concern about my weight or food intake. I'm going for all of the sugar, all of the breads and baked goods, all of the desserts, and especially all of the ice cream which is frosty recovery magic, plus an Ensure Max Protein every day. I think I'm with David and Megan and their "food doping" idea on this. If you limit calories, recovery and adaptation are the first things the body cuts back on. Keep the energy supply high and consistent and the body will ramp up its metabolic level to use what it's getting. And I'll make anyone hate me who doesn't already🤣by calling b.s. on the "processed foods" malarkey. If you don't graze like a goat or catch and eat live prey like a cat, your food is processed. But I completely agree about consistency beating perfection and on the value of showing up and putting in the work. Also, my motto lately for dealing with negative thoughts is not "yes" but rather "f--- you." I'm liking it so far.🧠
I good f-you will banish those negative thoughts just as well....possibly better than "yes!" I'm all in on the cutting out my concern for weight/food intake. I run better and recover/feel better when I eat enough, which sometimes feels like too much! I'm interested in seeing how your 5-10bpm increase in your daily runs changes things. It seems like I used to run harder on all my runs and I also ran faster times too. Of course, it's convenient I didn't track anything back then and I'm also disregarding my apparent aging. Still, i'm curious to hear about your results.
@@its_Matt_B_ Thanks Matt! Yes, two weekends ago I did a solo timed 5k and realized while I was doing it that 25 years earlier I would run the same streets at the same pace and the same heart rate, but I called it easy running back then. My usual daily run in those days was 6 miles in 45 minutes, and I had several gears above that that don't seem to be there any more! I got a little bit frustrated last year, feeling like I wasn't getting the positive feedback cycle that's supposed to happen, where fast runs make easy running faster and slow runs make fast running easier. I'd been trying to cap my easy-steady runs at around 140 bpm, but looking back over some of my bigger efforts during the year, I saw that at times I held 145-150 bpm for well over an hour without it blowing up. So by definition, my threshold had to be higher than I had guessed, and maybe that's where the gap in the cycle was. So far it seems to be doing something. I don't know if my fitness is improving or if I'm just getting used to suffering more or if there's really a difference between the two.😄 But I appreciate the interest and I'll let you know if anything noteworthy comes of it.
I couldnt agree more than to this video... Just getting out and say yes, get up and just do it. 2 weeks of 4-5times per week running and havent felt that good in a long time. Paces also increased by solid 10-20s already
🧠 What a great video Matt! I’m not a whipped cream person, but I do have to limit the candy/desserts I keep at home-or else I just eat them all. 😂 It’s definitely a good skill to learn how to observe and not just immediately identify with our thoughts! Positivity can get us through so much!
Limiting the stuff I have at home is the only way to be sure not to eat more than I want. It’s too easy to mindlessly snack on junk when it’s easily accessible. You’re 100% right about positivity getting us through!
No sweats, no chips, no cake, no alchohol, no whipped cream... Doing absolutely fine without and do not miss any of it. I've cut down on white bread to maybe once or twice a week, and reduces rice to once pr. week. To me, and the advice I bring on to my athletes is: Consistency! Nothing beats consistency. Build all other plans on top of that.
🧠 When I started running, the first things I cut out were news and alcohol. I would like to cut out simple carbohydrates except when running, but don't try hard enough yet. Not sure it's related, but I saw a clip with Simon Guerard's wife, Nora, saying she was entering the "gratitude stage" of Black Canyon 100k. It was early enough that she must've meant the feel-goods, but it occurred to me that what I call the "grind" -- the part of a race or long run -- where I'd rather be done and continues until I can start to count "down" (roughly the last 25%) should be replaced with thoughts of thankfulness of the whole experience. I have yet to try it, but it sounds like a more positive spin on suffering.
This is definitely a concept I should adopt! A simple (although likely easier said than done) mind shift could make the event so much better! I haven’t heard anyone else say they cut out news, but it seems like a solid exclusion that would increase happiness!
It's pretty easy for me cos bread,of any kind,is my Achilles heel..after a life time ,from grandma baking bread to donuts,I am an addict..my wife laughs at how my dough boy figure looks when I race..
🧠 Maybe not because of running, but something I don’t do is put actual sugar in my coffee and treat pop or soda as a very few and far between reward. Those two things helped me drop 15 pounds before I really got back into running.
🧠 Resonating very much with ensuring consistency! Constantly on the way? 🤣 The spiral or helical development of history is kind of a model I’m having in mind rn, as my own running progress with trials and fails along the way…In retrospect, there’s seemingly no leaping across all those rises and falls (i.e. a perfect workout never existed for me?), the way actually to be walked through.
The last part of thoughts also reminded me of how our knowledge about the material world is always a representation by our brain instead the world in itself - as we need to make predictions about what we never see based solely on what we’ve already seen - and sometimes those predictions are inaccurate. Which may bring us back to embracing the curiosity part, as even if from past experience we unconsciously predict a run will be painful, there’s chance we could reason it out, realize it’s not a “fact” yet and actually try it out. And after much experience of good runs we may start predicting a run will be enjoyable 😂
Consistency is the top dog but success isn’t linear. Those rises and dips are the journey, so you’re right about not being able to skip them! It’s funny that it’s only something we recognize in retrospect.
I’ve been running for quite a while and I know that an individual run isn’t always enjoyable, although that realization never puts me off from going for a run. It’s the feeling after the run that keeps me coming back.
Need to follow that advice and start increasing mileage once the snow goes away but have been running at least every other day this winter... and on cutting stuff, been buying quality bakery treats instead of processed junk, it's a horrible solution but they are expensive enough that you savour every bite (and have better nutrition) 🧠
You’re so good to have stayed consistent through the winter! Picking up the volume will be so much easier for you.
For me, “quality” bakery treats seem to be a moving target depending on how hungry I am. 🤷🏻♂️
An old sage told me that I had a lot of "potential": What he meant was: "You ain't worth a sh!t...yet". I thought it was fitting. Three years ago, I cut out carbs, plants and highly-processed industrial frankenfoods that are made in a factory and packaged into bags, boxes and cans. Thanks, Matt. 🧠
🤣 Ahh! The true meaning of potential!
Cut out carbs? Completely? Also, plants? Are you all meat all the time?
@@its_Matt_B_ Ruminant meat, water, salt. I'm completely fat-adapted.
@@MyFatAdaptedLife wow! Impressive!
@@its_Matt_B_ Thx, Matt. There's nothing more liberating that waling up to the start line not having to worry about the right number of gels, because I don't need them. And I've never bonked. I think I mentioned to you that in September I am running five marathons in five days completely fasted.
@@MyFatAdaptedLife I can only imagine that freedom. Very cool!
My childhood dance teacher told me “can’t” is NOT in a dancers vocabulary. I carried that thru dancing, gymnastics & track/cross country in middle school & high school. When I hear “can’t”, I say “Challenge accepted “. I decided I want to conquer a 50k this year, so I signed up with a running buddy to be a sweeper at a local 50k race 😊 Great video Matt!
Wow! You’re amazing, April! Just deciding to do a 50k is a huge undertaking! I love the “challenge accepted” attitude! You’re going to do great!
Great stuff, Matt! I'm going at it pretty hard these days, seeing if there's room to get in more steady running by pushing my daily runs up by 5-10 bpm, and also trying to be more consistent with strength training than I was last year. What I'm giving up is that I'm keeping the mileage somewhat below the 55 mpw I ran last summer, and not thinking at all about a daily running streak although that was fun while it was going. Another thing I've cut out is any concern about my weight or food intake. I'm going for all of the sugar, all of the breads and baked goods, all of the desserts, and especially all of the ice cream which is frosty recovery magic, plus an Ensure Max Protein every day. I think I'm with David and Megan and their "food doping" idea on this. If you limit calories, recovery and adaptation are the first things the body cuts back on. Keep the energy supply high and consistent and the body will ramp up its metabolic level to use what it's getting. And I'll make anyone hate me who doesn't already🤣by calling b.s. on the "processed foods" malarkey. If you don't graze like a goat or catch and eat live prey like a cat, your food is processed. But I completely agree about consistency beating perfection and on the value of showing up and putting in the work. Also, my motto lately for dealing with negative thoughts is not "yes" but rather "f--- you." I'm liking it so far.🧠
I good f-you will banish those negative thoughts just as well....possibly better than "yes!"
I'm all in on the cutting out my concern for weight/food intake. I run better and recover/feel better when I eat enough, which sometimes feels like too much!
I'm interested in seeing how your 5-10bpm increase in your daily runs changes things. It seems like I used to run harder on all my runs and I also ran faster times too. Of course, it's convenient I didn't track anything back then and I'm also disregarding my apparent aging. Still, i'm curious to hear about your results.
@@its_Matt_B_ Thanks Matt! Yes, two weekends ago I did a solo timed 5k and realized while I was doing it that 25 years earlier I would run the same streets at the same pace and the same heart rate, but I called it easy running back then. My usual daily run in those days was 6 miles in 45 minutes, and I had several gears above that that don't seem to be there any more! I got a little bit frustrated last year, feeling like I wasn't getting the positive feedback cycle that's supposed to happen, where fast runs make easy running faster and slow runs make fast running easier. I'd been trying to cap my easy-steady runs at around 140 bpm, but looking back over some of my bigger efforts during the year, I saw that at times I held 145-150 bpm for well over an hour without it blowing up. So by definition, my threshold had to be higher than I had guessed, and maybe that's where the gap in the cycle was. So far it seems to be doing something. I don't know if my fitness is improving or if I'm just getting used to suffering more or if there's really a difference between the two.😄 But I appreciate the interest and I'll let you know if anything noteworthy comes of it.
Not cutting out the whipped cream though! Thanks for sharing! 🧠
I don’t blame you! 👊🏽
YES,YES,YES .. like the Kenyan smile . 🧠
Yep! Kipchoge keeps it positive!
🧠 Great information, Matt!!
Cheers, Micah! 👊🏽
🧠 great video, Matt.
Thanks, Jason! 🙌🏽
I couldnt agree more than to this video...
Just getting out and say yes, get up and just do it. 2 weeks of 4-5times per week running and havent felt that good in a long time. Paces also increased by solid 10-20s already
Good to hear! Apparently working hard consistently pays off! 💪🏽
🧠Nice one Matt.
Cheers, Steve! 👊🏽
🧠 What a great video Matt! I’m not a whipped cream person, but I do have to limit the candy/desserts I keep at home-or else I just eat them all. 😂 It’s definitely a good skill to learn how to observe and not just immediately identify with our thoughts! Positivity can get us through so much!
Limiting the stuff I have at home is the only way to be sure not to eat more than I want. It’s too easy to mindlessly snack on junk when it’s easily accessible.
You’re 100% right about positivity getting us through!
Ohhh yeahhh let’s gooo bro
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No sweats, no chips, no cake, no alchohol, no whipped cream...
Doing absolutely fine without and do not miss any of it.
I've cut down on white bread to maybe once or twice a week, and reduces rice to once pr. week.
To me, and the advice I bring on to my athletes is: Consistency!
Nothing beats consistency.
Build all other plans on top of that.
Well said. Consistency is king!
🧠 When I started running, the first things I cut out were news and alcohol. I would like to cut out simple carbohydrates except when running, but don't try hard enough yet. Not sure it's related, but I saw a clip with Simon Guerard's wife, Nora, saying she was entering the "gratitude stage" of Black Canyon 100k. It was early enough that she must've meant the feel-goods, but it occurred to me that what I call the "grind" -- the part of a race or long run -- where I'd rather be done and continues until I can start to count "down" (roughly the last 25%) should be replaced with thoughts of thankfulness of the whole experience. I have yet to try it, but it sounds like a more positive spin on suffering.
This is definitely a concept I should adopt! A simple (although likely easier said than done) mind shift could make the event so much better!
I haven’t heard anyone else say they cut out news, but it seems like a solid exclusion that would increase happiness!
It's pretty easy for me cos bread,of any kind,is my Achilles heel..after a life time ,from grandma baking bread to donuts,I am an addict..my wife laughs at how my dough boy figure looks when I race..
You’re just well-fueled! It’s all a matter of perspective! 💪🏽 🥖 🍞
🧠Looks like I missed this one. Better late than never!
🤣 Thanks for always watching!
🧠 Maybe not because of running, but something I don’t do is put actual sugar in my coffee and treat pop or soda as a very few and far between reward. Those two things helped me drop 15 pounds before I really got back into running.
The whole cutting out sugar gets huge bang for the buck! Good job doing it; I know it’s easier said than done
🧠 Resonating very much with ensuring consistency! Constantly on the way? 🤣 The spiral or helical development of history is kind of a model I’m having in mind rn, as my own running progress with trials and fails along the way…In retrospect, there’s seemingly no leaping across all those rises and falls (i.e. a perfect workout never existed for me?), the way actually to be walked through.
The last part of thoughts also reminded me of how our knowledge about the material world is always a representation by our brain instead the world in itself - as we need to make predictions about what we never see based solely on what we’ve already seen - and sometimes those predictions are inaccurate. Which may bring us back to embracing the curiosity part, as even if from past experience we unconsciously predict a run will be painful, there’s chance we could reason it out, realize it’s not a “fact” yet and actually try it out. And after much experience of good runs we may start predicting a run will be enjoyable 😂
Consistency is the top dog but success isn’t linear. Those rises and dips are the journey, so you’re right about not being able to skip them! It’s funny that it’s only something we recognize in retrospect.
I’ve been running for quite a while and I know that an individual run isn’t always enjoyable, although that realization never puts me off from going for a run. It’s the feeling after the run that keeps me coming back.
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Just ask namekian Grand Elder Guru to unlock potential. ezy
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