Behind the Mirror Lens - with Scott Barrow

Life in the Peloton, presented by MAAP

Mitch Docker

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Behind the Mirror Lens - with Scott Barrow Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by Rapha Have you ever wondered about what goes into the team behind the team, and what sort of support goes into helping professional athletes to get the best out of themselves? I have spoken to plenty of interesting people on the pod over the years that have helped to build the behind-the-scenes picture, mostly in the realm of physical support – osteos, soigneurs, and team directors. They are all super crucial roles in the sport, but something that is often a bit underrated in cycling and in professional sport, is what goes into trying to train the psychological and not just the physical aspect. Sometimes, people can write athletes off too early in their careers as being physically past their prime, when they are actually just facing mental demons, or are blocked in some way, and when they can overcome this, they have a lot more to give. That is why I was keen to catch up with my friend, professional coach, and mentor Scott Barrow, to chat about how he gets behind the lens, find out what makes people tick, and get a glimpse into the psyche of the people he helps – and he helps people from all walks of life to get the best out of themselves and reach their potential. I was at a crossroads in my own career when I first met Scott. He reached out to me when I was on the verge of leaving GreenEDGE, where I had been performing the role of domestique within the team for quite a few years. I knew that the impending change was going to require a lot from me mentally, to go from being a worker to needing to ride for myself and get results. Our paths crossed at just the right time, and by working with Scott, I was able to realign my career, and I went on to have another four years in the pro peloton, with EF Pro Cycling, where I was able to write a whole new chapter in my pro career to finish it off. We had a great chat, covering topics like how pressure affects performance, how he helped me to realign things in my own career, and how he handles taking on the pressure of others, without becoming burdened. I hope you enjoy the listen! Cheers, Mitch

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0:00.0	Well, welcome, everyone. Welcome to the podcast. This is Life in the Peloton. I'm Mitch
0:28.1	Docker and the podcast is being brought to you by our proud partners, Raffer. I love speaking
0:34.4	about Raffer. I'm really excited about working with them in the podcast, also on the bike as well.
0:40.3	But the RCC, the Raffa Cycling Club, is an amazing part of Raffer that I love chatting about to and experiencing now on the bike as a non-pro.
0:50.8	The Raffer Cycling Club is an active cycling community of members who share Raffer's
0:56.3	love of riding. It's made up of chapters based out of the clubhouses all around the world.
1:02.6	They have regular group rides each week or multiple times a week, depending on which city
1:07.9	and which clubhouse that you're in or you're visited, where if you live in that city, you have a group to catch up with and ride with each week. It's a great little community that you can just catch up with. You know there's going to be a ride. You go and do your loop. It's all different speeds, all different levels. Like I said, depending on which city and which clubhouse you're in. But the best thing about it is,
1:28.6	if you're an RCC member and you're traveling around the world to different cities, you just head
1:33.6	across and check out the different RCC rides that are happening in that city. You get to be taken
1:40.1	out and explore the area with ride leaders and that community and learn where to ride
1:45.8	with from them.
1:47.3	Another great part of it is too, you don't even have to go with your bike.
1:50.7	The RCC clubhouses have bikes for you to hire.
1:54.5	The RCC, it's a great part of Raffer.
1:57.3	They're not just about producing that amazing cycling clothing. It's the cycling club as
2:02.4	well. It's all for the love of riding. That's why I love having Raffer as a partner on the podcast,
2:08.4	because that's what we're trying to do here in Life in the Pelotan, is tell you about this great
2:12.8	sport of cycling. Now to the episode, a great episode we've got for you this week. It is talking with
2:18.7	a good friend of mine now, Scott Burrow. He is a performance coach, work, life or sport,
2:25.4	helping people get the best out of themselves and their situations. He can make you go from
2:30.6	feeling stuck to making the magic happened. That's exactly what was happening with me
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