🔧 What This Episode Is About

If your training feels like all gas, no brakes—this one’s for you.

In this episode, we dig into the concept of left foot braking—a lesson borrowed from F1 drivers to help you manage stress, energy, and recovery before your body slams on the brakes for you. Whether you’re coming back from injury, stuck in a burnout cycle, or just know deep down you’re redlining too often, we unpack how to train your nervous system to recover better, adapt faster, and actually want to train again.

This isn’t about red light therapy and 9-hour sleeps. This is about real-world micro-recovery, woven into your day, your training, your week.

🔑 What You’ll Take Away:

• Why training = work + rest (and why most runners only focus on the first half)
• What “left foot braking” means and how to apply it outside of training
• How to build energy and rhythm into your week without needing a holiday
• What to do between meetings, before intervals, or after hard efforts
• Why your body might be withholding energy and motivation as a protective mechanism
• Why breathing, transitions, and nervous system downshifting are your secret weapon

💬 Mentioned in This Episode:

• Huge gratitude to Rob Wilson for inspiring this episode and the Left Foot Braking concept
• Rob’s book: Check Engine Light
• Rob’s Substack + Instagram

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