I'm thrilled to announce that I've recently signed a contract to write my 19th book in an exciting collaboration with the Global Cycling Network (GCN), the largest cycling channel in the world, and Mark Beaumont, the world's leading adventure cyclist. Mark is best known for setting the world record for cycling around the world, more than 18,000 [...]
Episode #40-Psychology of Injury of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the final of three episodes that explores special topics that are often not addressed in mental training, yet have a real impact on athletic performance. The sad reality of competitive sports is that many young athletes either have or will hurt [...]
Episode #39-Overcoming Performance Slumps of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of three that explores special topics that are often not addressed in mental training, yet have a real impact on athletic performance. Performance slumps are one of the most common, yet mysterious and frustrating, phenomena in sports. Typically viewed [...]
“Mindset” is an essential and little addressed contributor to triathlon success and a mental area that has only come to light in my work with triathletes during the past few years. Let me preface this discussion by clarifying that my use of the word mindset is different from the use of mindset popularized by the [...]
In my last article that, well, focused on focus, I introduced you to what focus is, its value in your triathlon training and racing, common obstacles to effective focus in triathlon, and how your focus style influences your triathlon efforts. This article will get really practical by showing you what you should focus on and [...]
Focus may be the most misunderstood mental “muscle” in the sports world and this misunderstanding can be a real challenge for triathletes. Most triathletes think of focus as concentrating on one thing for a long time. In fact, many years ago, a former world champion told me that she improved her focus by staring at [...]
Have you ever entered a race not feeling very confident about your ability to achieve your race goals that day? We’ve all been there, to be sure. And what likely happened was that your race didn’t go the way you wanted, that is to say, you were slower than you had hoped to be. The [...]
It sure was a bummer missing all those miles of skiing when COVID-19 struck. Let’s be realistic. You’ve lost a bunch of miles by not being on snow the last six weeks of the ski season. And we don’t yet know if there will be any on-snow training anywhere this summer. But there is a [...]
When I speak to athletes and coaches, I ask them how important the mind is to sports success. With few exceptions, the response is that the mind is as or more important than the physical and technical side of sports. I am obviously biased given what I do for a living, so I won’t take [...]
On June 1st, I will be launching my first-ever 12-week online mental training course designed specifically for ski racers. My motivation to develop this course was a need that I saw for racers and coaches to treat mental training the same way they do physical and technical training. So, I looked at what made physical [...]
