Skills Coaching for More Fun, Confidence, and Next Level Menopause Performance with Karen Brooks (Episode 188)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Midlife and menopause can be the perfect time to try something new (like as we talk about this week, mountain biking!...but also surfing, skiing, you name it). It frees you from the endless self comparison that can come after years (even decades) in the same sport and infuses you with the confidence that comes with tackling new challenges. And it’s never too late and you are never too old. With skills training, you can learn from the ground up at whatever pace is comfortable for you. You also don’t have to be a newbie to benefit. Brushing up on the fundamentals of sports like mountain biking can help ease the anxiety that many of us experience as our hormones swing during this time of life. This week’s guest, mountain bike coach Karen Brooks knows all about all of it, as she helps women of all ages and abilities (as well as her perimenopausal self) learn, grow, and conquer physical as well as mental obstacles.

Karen Brooks has had a varied career in the bike world: mechanic and manager of bike shops, editor of Dirt Rag and Bicycle Times magazines, bike consultant for Carnegie Mellon University, and professional mountain bike skills coach. She has been helping people find confidence and have fun on two wheels for ten years with PMBIA Level 2 and BICP mountain bike certifications, and teaches street biking skills through the League of American Bicyclists. Karen is also on the board of Bike Pittsburgh and advocates for safer walking and biking conditions. Her bike racing history is not all that distinguished, but she did finish the Trans-Sylvania Epic mountain bike stage race on a singlespeed, didn’t hate it, and went back to do it again the next year. She currently coaches locally through Full Psych Adventure Team and nationally with Ladies AllRide and other organizations. You can learn more about her and her work at Full Psych Adventure Team.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.3	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:33.9	I hope you all are well.
0:36.0	So, we have talked many, many times over the past, oh, we're going on four years, which is shocking, years on this show about how midlife and menopause can really be the perfect time to try something new. Whether it's mountain biking, which is this week's guest specialty, or surfing,
0:56.7	which has come up a bunch of times on the show, and I still need to get on, hopefully maybe
1:02.4	this January we'll see, or skiing or whatever it is. Trying a new sport frees you from the
1:10.0	endless self-comparison that can come after years or
1:13.3	even decades of being in the same sport. And it infuses you with the confidence that comes with
1:19.7	tackling new challenges. And it is never too late and you are never too old. With skills training, you can learn from the ground up
1:31.1	at whatever pace is comfortable for you. And you also don't need to be a newbie to benefit.
1:38.5	Brushing up on the fundamentals of sports like mountain biking can help ease the anxiety that many of us experience.
1:46.6	I am one of them.
1:47.6	I have written about this many times and it comes up in our group as our hormones swing
1:52.1	during this time of life.
1:54.1	It can help when you find yourself freezing on a feature you've done a million times.
1:59.0	Or just finding yourself scared to even engage in your sport.
2:02.7	And honestly, it's something I've considered myself multiple times and probably will pursue
2:07.3	for all the reasons we talk about in this show with this week's guest, Mountain Bike Skills
2:12.7	Coach Karen Brooks.
2:15.3	Karen knows all about all of this, as she helps women of all ages and abilities,
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