The Plant Paradigm

Sonya Looney On Training Your Mindset, Eating Plants And Being A Pro Mountain Biker

November 22, 2021 Sonya Looney Episode 108
The Plant Paradigm
Sonya Looney On Training Your Mindset, Eating Plants And Being A Pro Mountain Biker
Show Notes

"Some of the races I've done and I'm most proud of aren't ones that I've won, it's the one's where I got the most out of myself."

Today we're speaking to Professional Athlete, Podcast Host , Keynote Speaker and Writer Sonya Looney. Sonya is a huge advocate of a whole food plant based diet and a mental health warrior. She's raced her mountain bike across the world in over 25 countries at the hardest endurance races in places like the Sahara Desert, Himalayas of Nepal, tropical jungles in Asia, steppes of Mongolia, and mountain ranges in Poland and even became a World Champion in 2015. She is a living destroyer of the saying: "you can't be a top athlete on a plant based diet".

Video version: https://youtu.be/EU4Q54b_--8

The key topics in today's episode:
04:00 - Advice for beginner mountain bikers
06:45- Keeping it fun
08:30 - Building an aerobic base
13:30 - Having a plant based kids
15:30 - Getting stressed out about climate change
23:00 - Having compassion for other people
27:00 - Achieving a great mindset
28:00 - Imposter syndrome
31:00 - Mindset vs Physical training
35:30 - Coffee talks
40:00 - Tracking calories
43:00 - Mistakes Sonya has made
46:00 - Mountain biking advice
49:00 - What does it take to be a pro athlete
50:00 - Training methods
52:45 - What does healthy mean

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Eat plants,
Peace