Resources All Community Journal Wellness

We sat down with Tamara Akcay, Coach at District Fitness and Mindset RX'd, to discuss daily journaling as a tool for mindset training. In this interview, we cover what journaling is, how we can build a daily practice, and how to apply it to our training.

Mindfulness is a state, one where we are grounded and more able to rationally converse with our negative thoughts. Meditation is a tool that can help us achieve this. As athletes mindfulness can help increase our chances of achieving a flow state, which is associated with higher levels of athletic performance. 

Bobbie Butters is a Powerlifter and former British champion in Olympic weightlifting. Bobbie has been using journaling in her training for the last ten years and it’s helped her overcome pain barriers and limiting beliefs. She shares the positive impacts of focusing on mindset, journaling as a tool, and how she’s learnt to overcome negative thoughts. Plus a few tips on listening to yourself.

Kelly McNulty is a PhD student. She shares what the existing research tells us about women’s training performance and the menstrual cycle. She explains our two predominant sex hormones and how they impact us during our cycle and encourages us to become body-literate and data-driven with our own experience. 

Kate Gordon is a two-time CrossFit Games athlete and coach. Kate has been tracking her menstrual cycle for seven years. In this interview she shares her cycle-based training adjustments, how she approaches competing, and how we can scale training during the high-hormone phase.

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