T:ZERO MULTISPORT - ONLINE TRIATHLON & MULTISPORT COACHING
  • Home
  • Coaching
    • The Coaches >
      • Scotty Farrell
      • Nathan Shearer
      • Monique Ralph
      • Coach Lise
      • Andrew Perry
      • Heidi Sowerby
      • Cheyne Murphy
      • David Dellow
  • T:Zero Blog
  • Store
  • Contact

THE T:ZERO BLOG

Free advice, content and media for all. It's our way of giving back to the tri community who have given so much to us. Enjoy!

All of the things.

27/11/2022

1 Comment

 

Whilst life is short and time fleeting, it’s important to remember that the more things we have in our lives, the faster that time ticks away, and often, as I see it, a whole bunch of stress comes with it. 

We talk of life balance. And whilst in the past I have been a big proponent of making sure things are well balanced, and still do to a point, I’m also a firm believer in life being a see saw. But, we don’t have the capacity to do all the things, all of the time, all at once. When one thing gets more of our attention, another thing fades, it has to, or we run the gauntlet and inevitably spread ourselves too thin and end up fried. 

Whilst I’m no expert by any means, I am half decent at managing my time and workload. And while I’m far from perfect, I thought I would share some tips on things I do within my days to help ease the load across the all the things and make life run smoothly (most of the time).

Train early wherever possible - leaving sessions to the afternoon or evening often results in missed sessions. By getting it done early, it’s ticked off, and we can get on with being our productive A type selves for the rest of the day.

Batch and focus  - Instead of answering every email that comes through, as they come through, allocate some time each day, maybe twice a day, to answer emails. When I’m in my workflow, I’ll close my email browser and only have Training Peaks open. I’ll even turn my phone on silent and leave it in another room. One thing gets my focus at a time. This is what we call batching. I have to do this or I get scattered and frazzled and can’t get into deep focus. 

If you run a tight ship and a very busy schedule, OUTSOURCE all the things you don’t like doing and can pay someone less than your hourly rate to get it done. Otherwise, work less, have less things and more time ;-)

Spend time in nature - it’s like a battery charger for humans. I’m pretty sure there’s some good science to back up what happens to our brain waves when we spend time in nature. I sure as anything know that if I’ve been out on/in the ocean, or out in the bush running around, I’m buzzing with energy. Nature heals. This might actually take some time, but the payoffs are ten fold ;-)

Say no to things - you can’t be the best parent, friend, aunty, brother etc, unless you look after yourself and value your time. If you don’t have the time to do something, don’t do it, pass. 

In the name of performance in any area, especially achieving your endurance goals, you need to remember that all stress has an effect on the body in some way shape or form. Mental load from work or family stress impacts our ability to recover, sleep, make good decisions, and perform well physically. And vice versa. I hope the above tips can help in some way. Like anything though, we can only lead a horse to water, it’s up to you to take a drink and look after yourself.




1 Comment
Lana Casey
30/11/2022 08:08:59 pm

A great read with some brilliant pearls of wisdom as always Scotty! Thank you, I needed this reminder at this time of year. Particularly love the saying no, something I need to get better at!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    AuthorS

    An amazing collection of training and racing advice from the T:Zero Multisport coaches- with the occasional guest blogger! Read this blog to help you live your potential!

    Categories

    All
    5 TAKE AWAYS
    Andrew Perry
    Ash Hunter
    Base
    Behind The Coaching Lens
    Bike Packing
    Bonnie Carman
    Coaching
    Education
    Em Quinn
    Family
    Fast 5
    Feature
    GOALS
    Guest Blog
    Heat
    Heidi Sowerby
    Hormones
    Indoor Training
    Injury Prevention
    Interview
    Ironman
    IRONMAN 70.3
    Kona
    Lisa Spink
    Live Your Potential
    Mental Conditioning
    Monique Ralph
    Noosa
    NormaTec
    Nutrition
    Performance
    Physio Files
    RACE PREVIEW
    Race Report
    Racing
    Recovery
    Richard Thompson
    Running
    Scotty Farrell
    Sponsors
    Steve Wehlow
    Sunshine Coast
    Swimming
    Tapering
    Tech Review
    Trail Running
    Training
    Training Camps
    Triathlon
    Ultraman
    UTA100
    WHY WE LOVE
    World Championship

About

Home
The Coaches
Testimonials
Race Reports

Support

Contact Us
Event Terms


 COPYRIGHT 2020
T Zero Multisport Pty Ltd 
(ACN 609 806 715)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  • Home
  • Coaching
    • The Coaches >
      • Scotty Farrell
      • Nathan Shearer
      • Monique Ralph
      • Coach Lise
      • Andrew Perry
      • Heidi Sowerby
      • Cheyne Murphy
      • David Dellow
  • T:Zero Blog
  • Store
  • Contact