Hi everyone. Thinking of a bit of decoration (not Xmas lights on the wall in front of my trainer and just wondered if anyone else had some good motivational slogans that they look at.
I currently have a little message on my handlebars (post-it note with sellotape over the top) that says âYou got thisâ . Just wondering if there were some other good ones that people display?
I have a single race plate on my wall right above where my computer usually sits in front of the trainer. I see it and think back on previous races, picture the hard efforts, visualize outcome goals for next season⌠usually thatâs better for me than the typical inspirational quotes - itâs personal.
I donât have slogans, but posters and caps from races or cycling regions. Paris-Roubaix, Flanders, Eddie Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, etc.
If you canât tell, I love the cobbles.
I read the books How Bad Do You Want It and Endure (recommend both) and pulled a bunch of quotes from there. Quotes are personal and have to mean something to you. That being said:
Refuse to fail
This will hurt, but no more than before
Training the brain & body⌠how to suffer
Be comfortable being uncomfortable
You can do more than you think you can
Keep pushing, youâre doing great
It hurts, but I have more
Suffer now to enjoy later
Pain is perception, accept and re-frame
You have so much more
*If youâre a racer and there is that person that is just a bit faster than you, ask yourself:
âWould InsertName quit right nowâ âWhat training is InsertName doingâ
Iâve seen it various times and places in regards to cycling and it really stuck with me. I put the 4 letters on my top tube as I always put my head down when things get really tough. HTFU. Not sure if Iâd get flagged by moderators, so Iâll let you google it.
I donât have quotes visible while I ride, but now that I think of it:
The only way out is through. (Not exactly true, but servicable. And I dunno who coined the phrase.)
âTraining is like fighting with a Gorilla. You donât stop when youâre tired. You stop when the Gorilla is tiredâ âGreg Henderson (Never said this to myself, but itâs apt.)
For non NBA fans, this is from Philadelphia 76ers who went through self-imposed several years of pain only to emerge as one of the best franchises for the years to come.
Every TT I do (and some workouts) I think of the poetic way that the inspirational Graeme Obree described those who win TTs not as the âfastestâ riders but the âleast slowestâ.
In other words whenever the course goes uphill or into a headwind, thatâs where being âless slowâ counts the most and where you need to go deeper, and I chant inside my head âleast slowest, least slowestâ. It helps me get through TR over-unders too!