The Empower Hour with Katie & Sarah Episode 6: Upcoming races, periodization, and all about The Tour (with founders and group admins Ty Audronis, Jill Federici, and Jennifer Barker

The Empower Hour with Katie & Sarah

In this episode, Katie and I catch up about our racing plans that our happening in the very near future, we chat about the Spring Powerzone Pack Challenge, and what else is new our way. In our Power Up segment, we bring back Team Wilpers coach and pro triathlete Rebeccah Wassner, who speaks to periodization and what that means as far as rest days and variety in your workouts go, and how you can incoporate it into your training plans, whether you're focusing on a half-Ironman or you're simply training for life. And in our Powerhouse segment, we bring on Ty Audronis, Jill Federici, and Jennifer Barker who are the founders and group admins for The Tour, who discuss the group's trajectory from a few members to 19,000 in just one year. They talk about how they've evolved and created a supportive community of riders, and a challenge that almost brought the group to shut down over the summer. Bonus: They also spill about a new Tour event coming up soon!

SHOW NOTES

7:17: Katie & Sarah talk about the Spring Powerzone Pack Challenge

16:18: Start of Power Up segment: Coach Rebeccah Wassner of Team Wilpers talks about Periodization and the importance of periods of rest in training to build strength and intensity in a training block.

19:00 We talk about variety and mixing training times and different types of workouts in.

22:00 How to work towards micro goals within training blocks (like an FTP test or other goals)

22:43: On the importance of rest days to avoid hitting a plateau

28:28: Start of Powerhouse segment: Introducing the Tour group: Ty, Jill, and Jennifer.

31:18: Ty shares how he came up with The Tour, common misconceptions, and how it's a "dim sum" of rides.

41:00: The group shares how they had to establish rules from the beginning in the group and had to squash bullying.

44:11: Jill talks about how she designs Tours and selects the rides.

46:00:Ty offers a tip to group admins and how to avoid drama in large groups.

48:10: Jen talks about gift exchanges among the Tour group and how she helps to foster a sense of community and support among members.

54:00: Ty talks about an incident that occurred during the #BLM protests over the summer, how he almost shut the group down, and how it led to the inception of the Breathe Tour.

57:50: Jen talks about moderating and deleting politically charged posts and the difficulty in doing that, and how it brought them closer as group leaders.

60:15: Ty talks about the recent waiver The Tour added to prevent riders from overdoing it.

1:07:45: Jen talks about the recent fundraiser for the National Alliance for Mental Health, future in-person meet-ups.

1:08:40: Ty shares the upcoming Tours that will be their own music genres, which will include their own categories of music, including indie rock, glam rock, punk, EDM, country, hip hop, Broadway and more.

1:10:23: Jen shares about the next special event, Lisa's Technicolor Dream Tour, which debuts on Saturday, May 1, as well as the instructor finale from Jill on Sunday, May 2.

Follow Jill on the leaderboard at #queensgirl718

Follow Jen on the leaderboard at #1blndbmbshll

Follow Ty on the leaderboard at #Ty_U_Up

Follow the Tour on Instagram: @The_Tour_Community

Check out the Tour Online: https://thetour.rocks/