163. Professor Brian Zuleger on the Mental Strengths of Youth, Community, and Fun
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Brian Zuleger is a professor of sport psychology at Adams State University, where he is also the mental strength coach for the Cross Country and Track and Field teams. He works directly with athletes in an integrative, holistic approach.
Brian is a certified Exercise Physiologist from the American College of Sports Medicine. He applies his education with the athletes he works with as a personal trainer and coach.
We discuss the partnership that he has with athletes, the skills that they focus on, and their unique psychology. We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the youthful mindset, as well as what adult runners can take away.
We also talk about:
- Healthy ways to view competition
- Temptation of numbers-driven outcomes
- Getting unstuck after a bad workout
- Advantages of having a team
Show Links & Resources:
- Check out Brian's website
- Connect on Instagram
- Sign up for our free course on confidence, focus, and mental toughness
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| 0:00.0 | Ready? |
| 0:02.0 | Say, go. |
| 0:04.0 | This is episode 163 with Sports Psych PhD, |
| 0:09.0 | certified running and strength coach |
| 0:10.0 | and mental performance consultant |
| 0:12.0 | Professor Brian Zooliger. Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm Jason Fitzgerald your host today and the |
| 0:28.3 | coach and author behind Strength Running. Running has been a major part of my life |
| 0:32.3 | for more than 22 plus years and my goal |
| 0:35.2 | with strength running is to help you avoid the mistakes that I made in my own career |
| 0:39.2 | and give you the tools, strategies and resources to accomplish all of your big goals. |
| 0:45.5 | Whether that's running your first race ever to building mental toughness, preventing your |
| 0:50.2 | next injury, or becoming a stronger, more athletic runner. I bring you the thought |
| 0:55.4 | leaders in the running industry, the pro coaches, performance experts, elite runners, sports |
| 1:01.0 | psychologists, physical therapists, and strength coaches who can give you |
| 1:05.4 | new insights into how to train so you can keep improving. |
| 1:09.1 | I want you to better understand running, to view knowledge as a competitive advantage, and to always |
| 1:15.1 | have the tools to take your running to the next level. |
| 1:18.6 | Because the more you understand the sport, the better decisions you'll make about your training. |
| 1:22.6 | Don't miss our other 162 episodes of the podcast, |
| 1:26.4 | our video channel at YouTube.com slash Strength Running, |
| 1:30.7 | or where it all began, |
| 1:32.5 | Strength Running.com, where you can find all of our training programs |
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