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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 January 30, 2023

Meet My 2023 Partners: PowerBar Sports Nutrition

Over the last few years, I’ve established great relationships with some outstanding sports companies. I’ve partnered with them because they embody what I value in sports-related products: innovation, superior quality, and leading-edge performance. In a series of posts, I’m re-introducing these exceptional companies and people to you so  you will consider adding what they have […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 January 27, 2023

Effortless Swimming Podcast: Motivation & Fear in Swimming

I recently participated in another podcast with Brenton Ford of Effortless Swimming (the best swimming YouTube channel out there!). In the podcast we explore both motivation and fear in swimming, two topics that most swimmers and triathletes can resonate with. BTW, he’s been coaching me remotely and he’s amazing! If you want to improve your […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 January 20, 2023

Motivational Tool #1 for Cycling and Triathlon: From The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology

I just recorded the  first of four motivational tools for cycling and triathlon. In this series, I explore in about one minute practical steps you can take to stay motivated early in the season when it’s cold outside for most of us and boring inside while riding on Zwift and similar platforms. You can watch […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 January 13, 2023

You Blew Your First Run..Now What About Your 2nd Run

In my last article, I explored the psychological challenges of having a fast first run and then trying to duplicate it in your second run to have a fast race. In this article, I focus on the inverse, namely, having a poor first run and wanting to salvage the race (even if it’s just a […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 January 9, 2023

Do You Protect or Express Yourself in Life?

We humans are very good at protecting ourselves from perceived threats. This reaction is the manifestation of our most powerful instinct—survival—which has developed over billions of years of evolution. This protective reaction has served us well for most of our existence (which began on the Serengeti about 250,000 years ago) when confronted with threats to […]

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👤 Dr. Jim Taylor | 📅 January 3, 2023

So You Just Had a Great 1st Run in a Ski Race…Now What?

A racer I’m working with recently won the first run of a big race, but he struggled in his second run and missed out on a potential victory. His race day reminded me of a similar experience in my first college carnival as a freshman at Middlebury. I won the first run of the UVM […]

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