Episode 221 | Dr. Justin Ross on Playing the Mental Game as a Runner
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🗓️ 11 April 2023
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
This episode of the podcast is the third installment of a new 4-part series I’m calling Pillars of Performance. The main objective behind this series is to go deep with experts in the areas of training, strength and conditioning/injury prevention, sports psychology, and nutrition, i.e., the four pillars that support a foundation of sustainable performance no matter what event you’re training for or what level of runner you are.
My guest for this one is Dr. Justin Ross, an avid endurance athlete and licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in health, wellness, and human performance psychology. In this conversation we bust some myths about sports psychology, unpack what it means to be a mentally tough athlete, discuss how to approach goal-setting and performance standards, and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Morning Shake Out Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | I love to run, period. |
| 0:07.0 | You can always run faster. |
| 0:09.0 | Forever, you're going to feel something. |
| 0:12.0 | You're going to run into roadblocks, |
| 0:14.0 | but that's also going to teach you how to handle things in life. |
| 0:17.0 | I don't think we want to be like rocks, |
| 0:19.0 | so we're not effective at anything. |
| 0:21.0 | It's not maybe a physical thing, but it's a mental thing. |
| 0:24.0 | There's like two voices in my head, Alba and Beta. |
| 0:27.0 | All I was really trying to do was just keep moving forward. |
| 0:32.0 | Every single runner knows what that means. |
| 0:36.0 | My life has a purpose, and maybe it's not what I thought it was going to be, |
| 0:40.0 | but I think that that does help me. |
| 0:44.0 | If we all use our gifts, we could do something really special, |
| 0:48.0 | not for ourselves, but for our family. |
| 0:51.0 | If we're really good, we could do something for our communities. |
| 0:55.0 | Forever, we'd let, ever, we'd let, ever, we'd let. |
| 0:58.0 | Hey, what's up everyone? |
| 1:07.0 | It's your host, Mario Frauley. |
| 1:09.0 | I am here with my right-hand man, |
| 1:10.0 | and my favorite, Boricua, Tristan Douglas, |
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