Curious as to what Mantras (or other thoughts/techniques) people use for training, racing, keeping focus, or getting through that difficult interval/workout etc. I’ve seen a few mentioned recently - and it would be nice to collect some new/old/well used ones for reference or inspiration. Feedback a…

[35] [49] After all, it’s not leaving my head anytime, so may as well use it.

Since @ambermalika mentioned it on the podcast, I have been using “Chin up, arms relaxed.” Simple, effective, unassuming.

[image] The Mental Game Training I’m on my second athlete-centric book, ‘Endure’, (first was ‘How Bad Do You Want It?’). Obviously the big take away from these types of books is that the brain and mind are major factors in deciding performance, e.g. actual fatigue, perceiv…

Greatness doesn’t come overnight. Never stop climbing, no matter how high up everyone is compared to you.

“Eyes, Hands, Feet.” Got this from BetterRide camp. Use it on the MTB. The other one is “Shut up Legs” – yes, stealing from Voigt.

Work on achieving MY BEST, and don’t worry about being THE best.

By the end of all hard workouts, I always think about Stelvio’s last 20K climb. I am doing Santini GF Stelvio this year and it is not going to be easy. Every time my legs tell me to quit, I say this is nothing, wait for another 4 months and then you will feel the pain. :smile::smile::smile:

Currently on my lightbox is “be all you can be” so this is my current one with exception to the curse words I normally use to spur me on.

I stole this from the book How Bad Do You Want It? Champions are built on 1000 invisible mornings. As a mantra, I usually just shorten it to “1000 invisible mornings” over and over again, often punctuated with self-directed profanity. Got me through Kaweah +1 this morning.

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