In episode 230 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Catriona Bisset, AUS 800m National Record Holder, 2019 AUS Champion in this Featured Performer Edition.
During this episode we feature Catriona Bisset who will share around her highs, lows and many learnings from her career to date. Catriona shares around dealing with athlete pressures, navigating this difficult time that we all find ourselves in, working through an eating disorder as an adolescent athlete, which ultimately combined with the pressures she was dealing with led to a 10 year hiatus from the sport. Upon her return, Catriona became the 2019 Australian 800m champion.
Catriona shares around the concept of being the CEO of our own bodies, the importance of strength and conditioning for both performance optimisation and also injury prevention and rehabilitation, overcoming pre racing anxieties, switching our minds off when we race, the concept of treating our bodies with kindness. And of course, Catriona survived the physical performance round and issues a fantastic physical challenge for the week.
Listen in as we delve into the following:
- Running the record in London
- How Catriona stays positive
- Letting go of control
- Advice on being grateful
- Injury through European campaign
- Starting in little athletics
- Catriona’s health and fuelling for performance
- The unique space of middle distance running
- Strength and Conditioning in training
- Learning to do Chin ups
- Race Preparation Techniques
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Quotes
“Do you want that Gold Medal or not?” Mantra
“Eating lots” Best Recovery Tip
“It’s when you have full confidence in your body.” Being in the Zone
“If you nurture your body, you will see the dividends.” Best Advice
“List 3 things that you are grateful that your body can do.” Physical Challenge
“Enjoying Running for Running.”
“This is an opportunity for athletes to be people.”
“Running it of what you think of as race pace.”
“Something that I love about middle distance is that you get such variety in people and training.”
Timeline
0:00 Start
1:40 Introduction to Catriona
2:35 Running the record in London
4:30 How Catriona stays positive
7:00 Letting go of control
9:50 Advice on being grateful
12:20 Injury through European campaign
19:00 Starting in little athletics
24:30 Catriona’s health and fuelling for performance
28:55 The unique space of middle distance running
37:05 Strength and Conditioning in training
42:00 Learning to do Chin ups
45:00 Race Preparation Techniques
51:30 Performance Round
1:00:50 Best Advice
1:03:00 Physical Challenge
1:09:19 Finish
People Mentioned
Dr. Stephen Seiler – Sports Scientist – Polarised Training Episode 172 of The Physical Performance Show
Dr Stephen Seiler: Acclaimed Sports Scientist: COVID training & marathon considerations Episode 219 of The Physical Performance Show
Dr Stephen Seiler: BONUS EPISODE 226: Sustainable Training for Attainable Endurance Goals Q&A
Tony Sefton – Strength Coach – Melbourne University Sport
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