122. Performance Psychology & Mental Skills with Dr. Justin Ross

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Justin Ross' areas of expertise include:

Mitigating anxiety, depression, and stress
Managing the psychological impact of injury
Developing high performing athletes
Mindfulness and pain management

He uses cognitive behavioral therapy, performance psychology, and mindfulness training to help athletes improve their inner self-talk and develop the mental skills to lead more productive and successful athletic lives.

Justin joins us on the podcast to discuss a wide variety of issues:

The most important psychological skills for endurance runners
How to teach performance psychology for runners
How mental fitness skills impact the rest of our life
Reinforcing habits through mental training
And more…

Every runner has struggled with the mental side of the sport: doubts, despair, boredom, anxiety, lack of confidence, and no motivation.

Dr. Justin Ross is here to help us conquer that inner critic, use performance psychology to stay motivated, and get in control of our mindset.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready?
0:02.0	Say, go.
0:04.0	This is episode 122 with the owner of mind body health,
0:08.0	a sub-3 marathoner and health and sports psychology expert,
0:12.0	Dr Justin Ross. Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm your host Jason Fitzgerald and I would like to
0:26.6	personally welcome you to our theme for 2020. This is the year of mastering your mindset,
0:33.2	and we're going to focus on our mental fitness
0:35.6	and develop the confidence, focus, and mental toughness
0:39.2	to reach our biggest running goals.
0:41.6	Earlier this week, I posted a monster article on the
0:44.4	Strength Running website recapping the biggest developments of 2019 talking more
0:49.7	about this year's theme and laying out what you can expect this month in our new series.
0:55.6	The post also includes a new video where I tell the story about my potentially final cross-country
1:00.8	race in college. It was the first time I ever experimented with using
1:05.5	sports psychology to help my running and a lot was on the line. I was racing a
1:10.4	teammate to determine who'd have the final spot for the Regional Championship and he was
1:16.3	more talented than I was. I didn't want to cut my season short so I turned to the only tool that
1:21.6	I really could use at the time, visualization.
1:24.8	Don't miss this great post and video. They're on the Strength Running blog right now.
1:29.0	Okay, let's move on to our discussion today with Dr. Justin Ross.
1:33.7	Justin is a Denver health psychologist who focuses on sports and performance psychology,
1:39.2	among other specialties like stress reduction and pain management. He's also a triathlete, a recent
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