{"id":12028,"date":"2016-06-20T14:03:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T21:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/?p=12028"},"modified":"2016-06-20T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T21:03:15","slug":"taylor-interview-bicycling-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/taylor-interview-bicycling-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Interview in Bicycling Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently interviewed by Bicycling magazine about the role of stress<\/a>\"bicycling\"<\/a> and enjoyment<\/a> in cycling. If you’re a roadie or an MTB rider, you may find it interesting. The article offers six stressful cycling habits and how to fix them.<\/p>\n

Here’s the introduction:<\/p>\n

Cycling\u2014like most exercise, we\u2019re told\u2014should ease stress. But sometimes we psych ourselves out and approach rides with a debilitating mindset, or poor habits that translate to poor performance. Life is busy, and negative energy from the daily grind can seep into your cycling routine, whether you’re gunning at max effort or just trying to enjoy a spin with friends. Good news is, if you’re aware of the problems, you can fix them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re stressing out because you\u2019re riding, you want to take a look at what\u2019s going on there,\u201d says cyclist and sports psychologist Dr. Jim Taylor, whose books include The Triathlete\u2019s Guide to Mental Training\u00a0<\/em>and Prime Sport: Triumph of the Athlete Mind<\/em>. \u201cBecause riding shouldn\u2019t be stressful; it should be fun. It should be challenging, because that\u2019s one reason we do it. But stressful? No.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the six top ways Taylor says we stress ourselves out on rides\u2014and how to handle them for better, more enjoyable riding. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was recently interviewed by Bicycling magazine about the role of stress and enjoyment in cycling. If you’re a roadie or an MTB rider, you may find it interesting. The article offers six stressful cycling habits and how to fix them. Here’s the introduction: Cycling\u2014like most exercise, we\u2019re told\u2014should ease stress. But sometimes we psych […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1770],"tags":[917,229,1128,331,230,1129,155,273],"class_list":["post-12028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","tag-bicycles","tag-bicycling","tag-enjoyment","tag-fear","tag-motivation","tag-mountain-biking","tag-sport-psychology","tag-stress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}