Burn out: Pace Yourself by Fiona Mernagh

Don't fall for the training hype: "no pain, no gain", "you can always do more" etc. The secret to a healthy relationship with training is to accept your own limitations and learn to pace yourself

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Consider a linear approach to your season: gradually go from zero Ultimate to nearly exclusively Ultimate right before your main event. When you know what to expect in the coming months and how to pace yourself, you can feel more mentally prepared for it. It shouldn’t feel like a shock to the system and it shouldn’t ever feel like you’re getting overloaded. In the off-season, focuses can go more towards injury prevention work in the gym, seeing a physio for […]

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