At an age when most women are thinking about slowing down, Ann Marie Miller can be found on her bicycle, riding several hundred miles every weekend. Ann Marie is a long-distance bicyclist, who races all around the world, has won the UCII World Master’s Championship twice and is an eleven-time US National Masters Champion.
I feel her story is an important one to highlight on this episode of Dream Power Radio. To compete on such a high level is any sport is an accomplishment and to do it at an age when most athletes are long retired is nothing short of remarkable.
But an Ann Marie tells it, she’s not alone, with other competitors in her field racing well into their sixties, seventies and even eighties. What they do to stay fit and motivated are lessons that can benefit all of us in our quests to perform at our highest levels in whatever we do. Ann Marie explains:
• Why she felt the need to take up competitive racing
• The mindset that enables her to beat competitors half her age
• Ways to increase stamina
• How to handle defeat gracefully
• Training tips for staying fit
• The attitude that keeps her a winner
• The role of nutrition
• What it means to be “in the zone” and how to get there
You don’t have to be an athlete to have a championship mindset. Learn how to get there in this remarkable episode of The Dream Power Experience.
Ann Marie Miller has been teaching and training athletes and individuals for over 30 years, helping them achieve their fitness and performance goals. Ann Marie was graduated from Ball State University, IN with a BA in Music Education and Vocal Performance, spending several years as a Broadway singer-actress.
While in Corporate Fitness in the financial sector, she gained a MA in Applied Physiology from Columbia University, NY. Ann Marie holds an AFAA Group Fitness Instructor Certification and has been certified as an ACSM(HFI) personal trainer. She has created and presented workshops for fitness professionals around the world as a Reebok University Master Trainer.
From racing 5K’s to completing the London Marathon, her passion for endurance sport lead to cycling and the CRCA bicycle racing club of New York, NY, whose coaching program she credits with her success at a local and national level. Moving into Performance Sport, Ann Marie joined Cadence Cycling and Multisport, New York as a coach and the Director of Corporate Wellness Programs. As Head Coach for the Performance Center at Chelsea Piers Sports Center NY, a licensed USA Triathlon Training Center, Ann Marie conducted physiological testing, including VO2Max and Lactate Threshold testing and supervised the indoor cycle training program.
As an ongoing coach for the Century Road Club Association, she has helped many racers evolve and excel through to a national level. She is a licensed USA Cycling Level 2 Coach and is certified for bike fitting as a Body Geometry Fit Technician from Specialized Bicycle Components University and the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. Ann Marie holds an AFAA Group Fitness Instructor Certification and has been certified as an ACSM(HFI) personal trainer. She won 5 UCI World’s Master’s Championships and is a 15- time United States National Masters’ Road Cycling Champion with 7 Road Race, 5 Criterium, and 3 Time Trial National Championships, and countless podiums and wins locally. She continues to race Masters and Open races, and Owner/Coach of EPIC Training and Fitness.
Website: www.epictrainingandfitness.com
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