Smiling is a Powerful Mental Tool for Triathlon
One of the strangest and most effective tools I’ve come across to manage intense effort and exertion pain is something that we do often without realizing how powerful it truly is. Let me explain. A few years ago, I was working with a pro triathlete who was having a terrible track workout. She wasn’t hitting […]
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Find Balance in the Imbalanced Ski-racing Life
I was in Alta Badia, Italy, in December speaking at a ski-racing conference during the men’s World Cup GSs and had the opportunity to speak at length with Lucas Braathen (how’s that for name dropping?) after his first-run DNF in the second race. He is a bright, down-to-earth, and open guy (and he had smiley […]
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Motivational Tool #3 for Cyclists & Triathletes: From The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology
I just recorded the third 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.
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I Choose to Push My Limits; Here’s How You Can Too
Let’s be realistic. The primary obstacle to pushing your physical limits is pain. Your ability to tolerate and manage the pain you experience in your training will determine how hard, fast, and far you go, the gains you make in your fitness, and how you perform in races. So, the $64,000 question is: What can […]
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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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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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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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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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3 Tips to Improve the Quality (and Enjoyment) of Your Rides: From The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology
Global Cycling Network, the publisher of my new book, The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology, has created several video clips from my visit to their HQ in Bath, England back in April that describes some of the useful tools that the book offers cyclists (and any endurance athlete). Here’s the second one about how to […]
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Great GCN segment on my latest book, The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology
I thought you might enjoy learning more about my new book, The Complete Guide to Cycling Psychology, that has been published by Global Cycling Network, and about its authors, particularly my co-author Mark Beaumont. GCN presenter, Conor Dunne, does wonderful job of setting up the segment, while actually riding no less. The segment introduces you to […]
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