That Triathlon Show, episode 51.

Hey, what's up, everybody?

Welcome back to that triathlon show, the podcast presented by

Scientific Triathlon.com. As always, I'm your host Michael, and on today's show, we'll talk

mental self-sabotage that triathletes do, and you are very likely doing at least a few of the things

that will cover today that include for example things like leaving self-confidence to chance

worrying too much about what others think being a perfectionist cetera. And if you are doing any of these things,

you are likely not getting quite the performance that you could from your races either.

Today's guest is Dr. Patrick Cohn, a master mental game coach with peak performance

sports in Orlando, Florida.

And I first heard about Patrick through an article series he is writing on training peaks at the moment called Six Ways Athletes Sabotage the Racing Success.

And I really loved the first few installments.

I thought they were some of the best articles I've read this entire year in triathlon, I would say.

And so I reached out to Patrick and here he is talking us through these six ways that we are self-sabotaging and how we can avoid that.

And it's actually a pretty big scoop since the Training Picks article series is only on the fourth installment at the moment of recording, which is the 15th of August.

But you'll get the full scope all the six ways and all the ways to avoid them. So the full story is provided

for you here today on the show. So let's hear about mental self-sabotage with Dr. Patrick Cohn.

Okay, so I'm very happy to introduce today's guest, Patrick Cohn, from Peak Performance Sports.

He is a mental toughness and sports psychology expert, and he has a PhD in that field. And

today we will discuss things that triathletes do that sabotage their racing mentally on the mental side. So Patrick,

first of all, welcome to the show. Hey, thank you for having me. Yeah, it's a pleasure. And I know that

you have a short time window. So we'll just direct into the topics topics and I will make sure to give you a proper

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