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19 03, 2021

Meet My Partners: Jakroo Custom Apparel

By | March 19th, 2021|Categories: Cycling, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I'll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore [...]

15 03, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Let Mindset Power You to Triathlon Success

By | March 15th, 2021|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

“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 [...]

12 03, 2021

Meet My Partners: Greg Rhodes, Ph.D., Exercise Physiologist & World-class Endurance Sport Coach

By | March 12th, 2021|Categories: Cycling, Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 gear: innovative design, superior quality, and leading-edge performance, comfort, and looks. Over the next several weeks, I'll be introducing these exceptional companies to you so perhaps you will explore [...]

11 03, 2021

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #35-What is a Routine?

By | March 11th, 2021|Categories: Train Your Mind for Athletic Success (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Episode #35-What is a Routine? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes that explore the essential role that routines play in ensuring total physical and mental readiness for practice and competitions. Routines are one of the most important aspects of sports that you can develop to improve [...]

10 03, 2021

How Not to Get “Iced” When a Course Hold Delays Your Race Run

By | March 10th, 2021|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Have you experienced this before in a race? You’re in the starting gate and ready to go physically and mentally with less than 30 seconds before you put your poles over the wand, hear the countdown, and kick out of the start. Then, all of a sudden, there’s a course hold. It may be due [...]

9 03, 2021

Results aren’t the Only Criterion of Success in This Sports Year of COVID

By | March 9th, 2021|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

The sports community is now deep into what is certainly the strangest competitive year ever, overshadowed, of course, by the Covid-19 pandemic. The predominant emotion I have seen in my work with athletes and in conversations with many more athletes on and off the field of play is…frustration. For many athletes, it feels like a [...]

4 03, 2021

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #34-Developing a Mental Imagery Program

By | March 4th, 2021|Categories: Train Your Mind for Athletic Success (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Episode #34: Developing a Mental Imagery Program of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of two episodes that explore the power of mental imagery on athletic performance. The key to getting the most out of your mental training, in this case, your mental imagery, is to approach it the same [...]

3 03, 2021

Points aren’t the Only Criterion of Success in This Race Season of COVID

By | March 3rd, 2021|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

The ski racing community is now deep into what is certainly the strangest race season ever, overshadowed, of course, by the Covid-19 pandemic. The predominant emotion I have seen in my work with athletes and in conversations with many more racers on and off the hill is…frustration. For many racers, it feels like a lost [...]

1 03, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Take Control of Your Triathlon Focus

By | March 1st, 2021|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

25 02, 2021

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #33: Mental Imagery-Part I

By | February 25th, 2021|Categories: Train Your Mind for Athletic Success (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Episode #33: Mental Imagery-Part I of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes that shows you the power of mental imagery on athletic performance. To be sure you understand precisely what imagery is, let me describe it to you. Many athletes, coaches, sport psychologists and mental trainers call [...]