In this episode, we talk about a few breakthrough thoughts we gathered over the last 4 episodes. We also have a race update with a few breakaways that happened at the Nandi Epic Road race at Bangalore Bicycling Championships.
This episode covers:
Nandi Epic Road Race 2020- A Race Update
Planning and How Implementation Intentions help!
Not judging yourself by other people and Progressing On Your Own Journey!
Why You Don’t Need Motivation: Why Identity Trumps Motivation!
Self Compassion: Keeping things sustainable.
A few links that are related to the topics discussed
The Working Athlete Community on Facebook.
James Clear’s article on Implementation Intentions!
James Clear’s article on Identity based habits!
About the Podcast
The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future.
Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job.
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A bit about myself:
I'm Venkat/Venkateswara Rao in my work avatar, working as a Chief Data Analyst in the IT industry in Bangalore. I'm Venky/Bikeyvenky for my friends in the cycling community.
All through my life I struggled with weight and health issues. After multiple failed attempts through the life to get fit and healthy, in 2008, I managed to lose 16kgs. My motivation was to be able to take care of my unborn son with the thought that "if I'm not able to take care of myself, how am I going to take care of my family?". When my son was 6 months old, having lost 16kgs, I picked up a bike to keep that weight off and stay fit. That became a passion and lost more weight and became better at it. I continue to train myself not just to stay fit but also race competitively in races in and outside the country. I also have been coaching a few riders to get stronger and faster at cycling since 2016.
With 'The Working Athlete Podcast', my mission is to reach as many working professions as possible to help them get started and keep going on their fitness and healthy lifestyle journey.
