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MVP #061 – Half Marathon Emergency Plan – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast In podcast episode #59 we talked about staying motivated when you aren’t seeing results. To truly BELIEVE and stay MOTIVATED, I suggested drilling into the details of what you’re trying to accomplish. Perhaps you have goals to run more or […] The post MVP #061 – Half Marathon Emergency Plan – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Teaching Math Fits Me Like A Comfy Pair of Shoes Teaching is fun and rewarding. It is good work. The benefit is creating a different perspective for students. Create a lasting memory for students to carry with them as they interact with others as they mature.  Make a difference!  Mark Email | mark@mochavegan.com Twitter | […] The post MVP #060 – Comfy Pair of Shoes – Finding Your Happy Place – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #059 – How to Stay Motivated When You’re Not Seeing Results – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast Identify the goal Make a plan Write it down Visualize your future self at that goal and describe it Describe the same qualities of yourself at your current state Make a plan to connect your […] The post MVP #059 – How to Stay Motivated When You’re Not Seeing Results – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #058 – DISASTER! – Recovery When Everything Goes Wrong – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast Imagine the moment, your basketball team takes the court at another school. Wearing their bright blue uniforms smiling and excited for the game ahead. The first half is played aggressively with tons of energy. Your team is […] The post MVP #058 – DISASTER! – Recovery When Everything Goes Wrong – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #057 – Energize Me! – How to Energize Friends and Teammates Emotional Emotionally, friends and teammates pick you up when you are down. They calm you when you are upset. A good friend will energize you when you need it most. When you get in a rut: between matches, between sets or even during […] The post MVP #057 – Energize Me! – How to Energize Friends and Teammates appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

So you want to run a 6:00 mile or an 8:00 or 10:00 mile. You want to improve. YES! Identify your goal: Let’s use the 6-Minute Mile. One mile = 4 laps around the school track. 4 x 1:30 = 6:00 Half-lap pace would be 45 seconds or a quarter lap at 22.5 seconds. You […] The post MVP #056 – How to Run a 6-Minute Mile – Breaking Through Barriers appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #055 – Focus and Mental Training Professional athletes experience impacts from good focus and fail when they get distracted. Keeping your head in the game is critical to successful performance. There are things people do to prepare for performances. Train, be in shape, mental training. Let’s focus on mental training and how focus can […] The post MVP #055 – Focus and Mental Training appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #054 – Your Morning Choices Could Save Your Life WHY POWER Are you working in a positive direction or slipping backwards? Opportunity cost = missed opportunities caused by choices. Opportunity cost can be good or bad? You can choose to get up in the morning and move your body and your opportunity cost was […] The post MVP #054 – Your Morning Choices Could Save Your Life appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Milking cats. Sure, talk about milking and eating your house pets… NOTES: MVP #053 – Ethical Consistency – Stop Being an Idiot Not really a yawn. Social media threads with conflict between vegans and carnists (meat eaters). Vegans tend to raise questions, expose issues and identify what is wrong. Factory Farms, crammed full of animals. […] The post MVP #053 – Being Vegan and Ethical Consistency appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #052 – Animal Agriculture is Killing Our Planet – Turn the World Upside Down Responsible pet owners Controlling everything Would you EAT YOUR PETS?? Adopt a pet to eat it? Not what we do in the United States. Disturbing videos online from Korea showing atrocities towards animals: Cat being burned with a torch Dogs […] The post MVP #052 – Animal Agriculture is Killing Our Planet – Turn the World Upside Down appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Listen in and enjoy the commentary. Be kind to our planet. Mark The post MVP #051 – 3 Things You Should Learn at Camp 2015 and the Wall E Future appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Listen in to the Mocha Vegan Podcast, episode #050: If the animals could choose their food, would there be gravel in with their corn?   If the animals could speak, what do you think they’d say?   People are doing a good job of wielding their power. Shouldn’t we protect those that are weaker?   […] The post MVP #050 – The Chicken or the Egg – Factory Farming Sucks appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Listen in to the Mocha Vegan Podcast, episode #049:   Ducks can teach us a few things. Understand that I don’t sit for hours on end alongside the Western Canal in Arizona musing on the potential teachings of ducks. The pictures that follow were all taken while running on a recent Sunday in late March […] The post MVP #049 – 3 Things We Should Learn From Ducks appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Have you had situations where it wasn’t choose between two items … do I want Subway or McDonald’s … What if you are looking for a new career or a new job within your current expertise? How would you weigh all of the variables and decide which job to take? I offer that there is […] The post MVP #048 – 5 Steps to Simplify a New Job Search or any REALLY COMPLICATED decision appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

GET OFF THE COUCH!!! Listen in for ways to become active and transition from walking to running. Mark     Stormy Blues (Arne Bang Huseby) / CC BY 3.0 The post MVP #047 – 4 Keys to Becoming a Runner – Transition from Walking to Running appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

What a difference you can make in your life with running. Barriers to running: Injuries – how do you transition back into running? New to running / haven’t run before – Suggestions: DO SOMETHING. Park a little further from your destination. Look at running as an opportunity to explore a new area. Challenge yourself to […] The post MVP #046 – 2 Steps to Start or Improve Running and Performance appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Selective Ignorance People start their training for selective ignorance early in life. Until recent efforts to reduce bullying in schools, the victims of mistreatment from their peers often found the pleas for help falling on deaf ears. It always seems justifiable to mind your own business when you look at things from a “how much […] The post MVP #045 – 3 Ways to Love the Earth appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #044 – Podcast Update in 2015 and Scrum TapouT XT going on right now in my house. My daughter and I are both in pursuit of the satisfaction that comes from 90 days for consistent effort towards any goal. We are both getting fitter and stronger through the process. TapouT XT challenges your fitness, your […] The post MVP #044 – Podcast Update in 2015 and Scrum appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

MVP #043 – Speciesism – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Podcast http://speciesismthemovie.com/ A note that this recording was made on Monday, January 5, 2015, the day I returned to work from a long holiday. At the end of the next day I was laid off, so I’ve had more than those days I mention in […] The post MVP #043 – Speciesism – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Podcast appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.

Veganuary Think about it. Invasive Species- Unintended positives Zebra Mussels invaded the Great Lakes around 1988. They far outproduce efforts to consume or eliminate them. Some benefits are noted. This invasive specie has the ability to filter large amounts of water. Though it takes some important nutrients out of the water, positive effects are noted: Water […] The post MVP #042 – Invasive Species and The Vegan – Mark Phipps – Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast appeared first on Mocha Vegan Performance Podcast.