Applying the ideas of Jordan Peterson to cycling training

:raised_hands: Congratulations on the progress to date @cagiva_wmx125!

One concept I‘d like to share with you: „ be fearless on the bike“. It has done wonders for me recently.

My current main line of thinking in this concept is: it‘s okay to push yourself to the limit, and don‘t fear failure! Often you don‘t even realise what fear of failure is. It likes to hide as „I can do this interval, but it‘s so hard I can‘t finish the workout so I‘d better reduce now“, „I can cover this attack, but then I will blow up“, „I can‘t push harder, I am already cross-eyed and I need to maintain situational awareness in order not to run into a car on the road“.

The first two are simply excuses, plain and simple. If you are going to blow up, then blow up. You‘ll surprise yourself how often the limits you are sure are set in stone, really weren‘t there at all.

The last one is fairly valid, so do these type of intervals on the trainer instead of outdoors! Collapsing on the trainer never hurt anyone! Fearless doesn‘t mean indestructible :grinning:

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