26 04, 2021

Do You Experience Disappointment or Devastation After a Subpar Triathlon?

By | April 26th, 2021|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

It never feels good to have a bad race. You perform poorly and you naturally feel awful. It’s normal to experience negative emotions in reaction to results that don’t live up to your expectations. But what specific negative emotion you experience has a big influence on how that subpar performance affects you in the near [...]

22 04, 2021

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #38-Perform Your Best in Big Events

By | April 22nd, 2021|Categories: Train Your Mind for Athletic Success (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Episode #38-Perform Your Best in Big Events of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of three that explores special topics that are often not addressed in mental training, yet have a real impact on athletic performance. Very early in my podcast, I introduced you to two important goals. First, to [...]

12 04, 2021

Inside the Tri-Mind: Break the Negative Emotional Chain in Your Tri-life

By | April 12th, 2021|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

One of the great emotional obstacles you will experience as a triathlete involves what I call the negative emotional chain. The negative emotional chain includes a linked series of unpleasant and interfering emotions you experience as you face the inevitable challenges of developing as a triathlete and making often-times unsteady progress toward your goals. The [...]

8 04, 2021

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #37-Breathing

By | April 8th, 2021|Categories: Train Your Mind for Athletic Success (Podcast)|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Episode #37-Breathing of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast explores the power of breathing to better prepare you physically and mentally for competitive success. Breathing may be the most under-rated tool in your mental toolbox. In fact, you may have never even thought about your breathing in your athletic life at all because [...]

29 03, 2021

Inside the Tri-mind: Exploring the Emotional Side of Triathlon

By | March 29th, 2021|Categories: Triathlon|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment

Emotions play a vital, yet often underappreciated, role in triathlon performance. In fact, emotions aren’t just important in triathlon, but, even more so, in our lives in general. Emotions give our lives and our triathlon participation texture, depth, and richness. Often without realizing it, emotions are what propel you in your triathlon life. Ask yourself [...]

25 03, 2021

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #36-Training and Competitive Routines

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

Episode #36-Training and Competitive Routines of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of two episodes that explore the essential role that routines play in ensuring total physical and mental readiness for practice and competitions. For you to get the most out of your training efforts, you should develop a brief [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]