In the Zone

The Jura Sports team captains meet again, this time virtually, to discuss and preview the season 3 of the 2021/22 Zwift Racing League. First we talk about the various rules and the scoring system, before reviewing each stage, discussing the ones we look forward the most and the least! Thanks for watching and/or listening, let us know what you think and if you are racing yourself! 

Timeline

0:00:00 Intro & Rules

0:28:40 Stage 1

0:34:52 Stage 2

0:38:23 Stage 3

0:41:46 Stage 4

0:47:10 Stage 5

0:51:43 Stage 6

0:56:28 Playoffs

0:59:05 Wrap up

#zwift #zwiftracingleague

The team captains of Jura Sports meet up to discuss review the 2021/22 season 2 (aka season 5)

It's been an incredible seasons and we loved it so much, we hope you enjoy this podcast ! Also available on YouTube.

For more info www.jurasports.com 

Ride on.

0:00:15 Intro and Stage 1

0:15:15 Jody

0:17:18 Stage 2

0:23:25 Alistair

0:27:26 Stage 3

0:32:43 Stefan 

0:33:53 Stage 4 

0:44:00 Casper 

0:45:15 Stage 5 

0:49:34 Bruno 

0:50:22 Stage 6 

01:01:38 Roman 

01:02:55 Stage 7 

01:10:15 Wietsche 

01:11:05 Stage 8 

01:16:05 Julian 

01:16:45 Highlights and lowlights 

01:22:47 Henrik 

01:26:28 MVPs and conclusion

Today we meet Jura Sports athlete Blake Bentzen who increased his FTP from 270w to 354w. He is a passionate cyclist with a busy job and young family. How is he managing? He tells us about his season so far, the incredible progress, the injury from ski accident and the road to recovery, the WNR in Connecticut and Zwift Racing League.

Thanks Blake for the interview !

Testing is a key part of your cycling journey. Today Maayke undergoes a full cycling​ assessment with different tests to determine her cycling profile, strength and weaknesses, and find out her correct training zones.

Why do we test in cycling?

How do we test? Tests can be done both outdoors and indoors. We did the following tests:

What do we do with the results? 

Now that we know your cycling profile and power zones we can determine very precise training zones, from sprinting to endurance zones, and also pick certain events that suit your strengths. Train your weaknesses and race your strengths! 

We hope you enjoy the show and look forward to hear from you if you have gone through such tests and please share your results !

Thierry & Maayke

For more info:

Thierry: http://jurasports.com/​

Maayke: https://you-thrive.ch/​ 

#cycling​ #cyclingtests​ #mentalstrength​ #sportpsychology​ #endurancesports​ #endurancesportspodcast 

In todays' podcast we interview Brooke Thomas, a nurse from Queenstown in New Zealand, and very keen runner who set the female's fastest known time (FKT) over the Te Araroa Trail, 3000km in only 57 days. She ran on average over 50km per day. The Te Araroa Trail is a trail that goes from the North to the South of New Zealand - 3000km of beautiful scenery through mountains, beaches and rivers.

She raised 27k NZ$ for Heart Kids, a charity that helps kids with heart related issues - herself she has a pacemaker and her story is about pushing boundaries, being positive, and showing incredible resilience. Warning, inspirational content !

Contact Brooke :

You can find her on IG: @brooke_bt_thomas

Donate to Heart Kids NZ here: https://te-araroa-for-heart-kids.raisely.com/brooke-thomas

Contact us :

Thierry @ Jura Sports : https://www.jurasports.com

Maayke @ You Thrive : https://you-thrive.ch

Many thanks for your support.

Maayke & Thierry

Show breakdown :

00:00​​ - Intro

00:20​​ - Thierry & Maayke analyse the interview

26:13​ - Brooke Thomas

#teararoatrail​ #trailrunning​ #heartkidsnz​ #sportpsychology​ #mentalstrength​ #trailrun​ #trailrunner

Why are we motivated or why do we feel unmotivated? Understanding your motivation is such an important part of our sports performance. We dig deep into the "why" of our motivations, how we can set smart objectives and goals and create new routines by planning accordingly in order to boost ourselves and as a result find motivation again. Enjoy the show !

Podcast timeline :

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:00 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

00:05:08 Find your "why"

00:15:03 Set "smart" objectives and goals 

00:34:00 Planning and preparation

00:38:15 Conclusion

Contact us :

Thierry @ Jura Sports : https://www.jurasports.com

Maayke @ You Thrive : https://you-thrive.ch

Many thanks for your support !

Maayke & Thierry

#mentalstrength #sportpsychology #motivation #endurancesports

Merry Christmas everybody ! This week we tell you all about our holiday plans and Christmas traditions. We also review our personal highlights and favourite sporting moments of 2020, and what we look forward to in 2021.

Maayke is super busy building an amazing new platform to demystify and raise awareness of sports psychology : https://psychodusport.ch

Thierry is going to Wengen and promises NOT to Zwift between Christmas and New Year's.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !

Thierry & Maayke

For endurance sports coaching :

For sports psychology :

The show is available on audio on iTunes, Spotify and Google Podcasts, and also available on video on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQX7H3XIDMp-WMRleCo_1dw

#mentalstrength #sportpsychology #endurancesports #inthezone

Sports addiction is a very serious issue that can have dramatic consequences. Today we try to explain what exercise or sports addiction is, and how you can identify it. We are by no means doctors, but we try to point out some of the symptoms and try to understand how to differentiate between the regular and healthy practice of sports and the unhealthy side of the addiction.

It's a pretty heavy topic but something we felt we needed to cover. The more awareness there is on this topic the better, as one of the first steps to recognise an addiction is awareness of the addiction, and then it's to open up and reaching help.

Are you addicted? Test yourself with the HUG's brilliant online questionnaire :

https://addictohug.ch/testez-vous/sport/

If you or someone you know might suffer from sports addiction, reach out for help and contact your doctor or a psychologist.

Where to get help ?

Podcast timeline :

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Many thanks for your support

Maayke & Thierry

#mentalstrength #sportpsychology #sportsaddiction #exerciseaddiction #endurancesports 

Today we have an amazing interview with Adam Nicholson, an elite swimmer who participated at various European and World championships but also at the prestigious Commonwealth Games in various swimming events from surf rescue to traditional pool events. He even competed against the great Ian Thorpe ! He tells us about his journey into swimming and why he was successful at it.

In the first part of the podcast we dissect the interview and talk about the three main topics which came out : athlete and talent development, team motivation and preparation. He gives us great insight into the minds of elite sportsmen but so many things can be applied to the regular amateur. This is a great interview for parents but also for people who might think it's too late to start a sport.

Adam played a huge part in my life from teaching me to swim, being my best man at my wedding and now my business mentor. We hope you enjoy the interview !

Thierry & Maayke

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Today we talk about PLANNING. From planning your season to planning your session and events. Planning using the SMART process will help you achieve your goals and have a well-balanced life.

We hope you enjoy the show ! 

Thierry & Maayke

Content :

• 0min22sec : Planning your season

• 25min17sec : Planning your workouts

• 41min15sec : Planning your events

• 56min00sec : AOB : Maayke is "getting lost" and Thierry goes to acupuncture

Contact us :

• Jura Sports : www.jurasports.com 

• You Thrive : http://you-thrive.ch