The Easy Spin
Vulnerability, caring, insight, coaching, occasional side-bars, comedy, conflict, and sometimes resolution, all from the mind of The Chad Andrews.
The feeling you get in a meadow…
When you’ve had time. You meaning us. We meaning the people who have been there with me..through the madness and amazingness that started 5 years ago.
The space that divides…
Ok, you knuckleheads. (If I’m calling you a name, it means that I like you.) Time to dig into a coaching practice that I’ve modified and use now….
Do you have good timing?
DOPAMINE! That magical training elixir hits us like a ton of feel-goods. It’s your “reward” system. Here’s the problem. This dopamine rush can get your long-term goals in trouble!
Part 3: Why do I feel trapped and not able to move forward?
Things just aren’t the same, are they? How tired are you of the new “normal”?
Part 2: Does my past dictate/predict my future?
When I analyze power files in cycling, we use something that’s called a “Performance predictor”.
Life’s clarity through new lenses..
I turned 50 over 7 years ago. I feel the healthiest I have been in years. My eyesight, for reading, is suspect. Lemons into lemonade: Reading glasses are now fashion and function.
Theory: Metallica to Mozart: For training purposes only.
Hold tight you guys…I know you are thinking that Chad has gone off his rocker (further). Hear me out. Today I did my standard early walk. Yes, I was on the hunt for the latest #DailyDog. Got home, made a quick lunch, and then headed to the gym….
Daily Spin: Say NO to New Years Resolutions.
23% of people quit their resolution after just one week!
I was never really a fan of New Year's resolutions. I always felt they were destined to fail. Most were unrealistic and not attainable.
The week for re-entry: 3 tips to help you prepare for the Holiday finale’.
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Hanukah, or other Holiday celebration. This week is a pretty challenging one for endurance athletes. You are firmly in the throws of a celebratory week. New Year is fast approaching.
Do you know you? Knowing oneself.
I did a quick story, two days ago, that quoted a great saying from Gabor Mate: “Knowing oneself comes from attending with compassionate curiosity to what is happening within”.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. - Indira Ghandi
“The Story” or the “About” post yesterday was a true sense of grasping who I am. I’m not going to make every blog post about feels or squishy, deep thoughts.
Do I get a new couch?
I just watched Mike Birbiglia's one-man comedy show from 2019. It was a tremendous insight into a story about love and its complications.
♪ Hey! I wanna get better ♪ ♪ I didn’t know I was lonely Till I saw your face ♪ ♪ I wanna get better ♪ ♪
LISTING SHIP: THREE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR COPING
Life. Is. Challenging. No shit Sherlock…
Yesterday I learned a few things that sent my ship to starboard a few degrees. Over the past few years, I’ve experienced listing (“Listing” is a nautical term to describe when a vessel takes on water and tilts to one side.) Sometimes one degree, or “Chad grab the buckets