These are some of the questions we cover in the podcast: 1. How did you get into cycling? 2. How was your experience with Methods to Winning? 3. Where would you say your strength and weaknesses are in cycling? 4. What challenges does cycling with diabetes present? 5. Tell us about your new team and your trip to Europe? 6. What are your plans for the future? 3 year, 5 year, 10 year. 

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Nigel De Sota - Making the Jump To Professional Cycling

   1. Many of us know that you were in law enforcement before joining NICA as the director of the SoCal League, tell us about that transition and more about your life before NICA. 2. What were some of the biggest learning lessons that first year you ran the program in SoCal? 3. Some of my favorite moments of high school were times where my family, team and I would campout at the race sites, and pre-ride with all the other teams. I feel like the entire race weekend is a little atypical when comparing it to a traditional sport, was this the vision in the beginning? 4. How do you feel NICA impacts the student-athletes that participate, not only in their life during high school but after, college, career, etc? 5. NICA has grown so much in the last decade, what the future look likes for the SoCal League and the NICA governing body?

Matt Gunnell - Creating the SoCal Mountain Bike League

I had a fantastic time sitting down with Tim! He has such a great perspective on business, bikes, and life in general.  Body (Questions and Topics I’d like to cover) 1. Give us some background on how you got into cycling, and the different periods you went through. (beginner, pro, advisory role) 2. I know that education is a big deal in your family, you and your wife both have your Doctorates in Physical Therapy. How do you think cycling and all the attributes associated with it prepared you and helped you through school and in your business, post-degree? 3. Tell us more about SoCal Bike PT, did you always know you were going to create your own practice after, when did you make that decision and what pros and cons were you weighing out? 4. You have a lot going on day-to-day. How do you juggle and prioritize everything, and manage your time? 5. I listen to a lot of podcasts and my favorite is when we get some really practical, actionable advice. What can we share with the audience that would immediately have them feeling better on the bike, and going faster? 6. What does the future look like for you when it comes to bikes, SoCal Bike PT, etc.? Ending Questions: 1. Favorite book or podcast, and why? Specific episode? 2. What piece of advice would you give your younger self?

Tim Woo - SoCal Bike PT, Transitioning to Entreprenuership

I'm so glad I had the chance to sit down with Cory at a local coffee shop and talk about his experience on and off the bike. We talked a lot about the social and digital media side of Legion!

Cory Williams - Legion of Los Angeles

Podcast Intro – premade segment Episode Intro - **After the fact** Today I had the opportunity to sit down with John Wessling and go over being an athlete in general and how he found a career in motocross coaching and made his way to the top step of the podium of CAT 1 Mountain bike nationals. If someone is looking to grow a coaching business or train develop as an athlete, this is a must-listen! Body (Questions and Topics I’d like to cover) 1. Tell me about how you grew up as an athlete and eventually found your way to mountain biking? 2. How did the XC Skiing and Motocross help with your cycling development? 3. What did your plan look like when targeting the 2019 MTB National Championships, ATP & Weekly? 4. When did you decide that you were going to coach athletes as a career? 5. Did you have any struggles when trying to monetize your passion for Moto, XC Skiing, & Cycling? 6. I know that recently you took over the coaching position for the UCLA Cycling team, as a former collegiate cyclist I think that’s freaking fantastic, tell me about how that came to be and what you’re most excited for? Ending Questions: 1. Favorite book or podcast, and why? Specific episode? 2. What piece of advice would you give your younger self? Outro  – Reflect: I loved this entire podcast episode with John but my favorite part was his departing advice. Many people need focus on the positivity and community that comes with cycling and in some cases, it may make sense to train less and work with a coach so that you can get the best of both worlds. - Call to Action: If you want to follow their journey, follow them on Instagram at @jrwessling, also share this episode with someone who’s may benefit from listening - Tease: Make sure to tune into the next episode where we are going over, using social media to develop a brand with Cory Williams

John Wessling - Building A Coaching Business and Winning CAT 1 MTB Nationals

Corey Diez - Transitioning Industries and Pursing Passion From His Garage

I had a fantastic time sitting down with Andrew Bosco and learning about the process of getting a great bike fit, and the time and dedication it takes to be excellent at it. Some of the questions we hit on are as follows: 1. Give us some background on how you got into the cycling community and how you transitioned into helping others with their bike fit? 2. What’s your favorite part about being a bike fitter? 3. Tell me about the business, how long ago did you start? What’re your plans for growth? 4. Walk me through your process and what differentiates you from other bike fitters? 5. How is it having cycling be such a big part of your like and your wife’s? 6. Tell me about the business, how long ago did you start? What’re your plans for growth? 7. What would you tell someone who doesn’t think that they would benefit from a bike fit? 

Andrew Bosco - Learning the Art and Business of Bike Fitting

I have the awesome opportunity to sit down with Justin! We talk about how he got started in cycling then dive deep into growing your brand, similarities between business and bike racing, the importance of developing your community, and making a great career out of racing bikes and making content!

Justin Williams - Developing Legion and His Community

Ama takes over as the host of the business and bikes podcast and speaks with our Imperium athlete Ethan Villaneda. Ethan runs through his progression from mid-pack finishes to competing at USA Cycling National Championships.

Ethan Villaneda - Developing As A Mountain Biker

I have the chance to sit down with my good friend Jacob Abel to discuss how he increased his income by 69% in a little over one year! We talk about being transparent with your employer and quitting respectfully after you've done your fair share for the company.

Quitting Your Way To The Top

In this episode I breakdown my goal of becoming the USA Cycling Cat. 1 National Mountain Bike Champion. The ens of the episode gives a good process of breaking down your goals in all categories and how to maximize your probability of success.

Road to Cat. 1 Mountain Bike National Champion

Today I speak about how the path the what we desire in life is not linear. There is struggle, adversity, and rejection that we face everyday. When you expect processes to take longer, plan for delays, and come away from them with a resilient and positive attitude you're much more likely to achieve what you're striving for.

Adversity, Struggle, Rejection - Plan, Patience, Reframe

Ama and I talk about how cycling has impacted our lives!

Things We've Learned From Cycling

In this episode I talk about how practice can make someone great, exceptional, and fantastic in what they are pursuing! And behind practice you have planning, consistency, accountability, and sacrifice that need to take place if you plan on being above average. I say that you should not get disfouraged if you are not good when you begin something new but, through feedback, practice, counsel, and consistency you can become exceptional. Two books that you should reah are "The Compound Effect" by Darren Hardy and "Grit" by Angela Duckworth. The prinicples that these books teach you will have you understanding the process behind people who are elite in their field.

How To Be Great

Go over the importance of training and why it's important coming out of college. Speak about the specific types of training at Paychex. Managing goals and time outside of your career, spensing your time doing things that you really are excited about after and before work. How to have more energy through vitamin supplementation and scheduling your sleep. Lastly, I go over company culture and the happiness and impact it has on my excitement whilst working.

1st Week at Paychex

Documenting my work, business, and life (which heavily revolves around bicycles)! I will be speaking on things that I learn as well as have speakers on from my business and cycling community to give us insight on impactful topics. This will be educational, and comical. Hope you enjoy it!

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