How to Achieve High Performance on a Bike and in Life – Ciaran King

Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

Downtime MTB

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Hobbies, Leisure, Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

We’ve heard from sports psychologists and professional coaches before on the podcast and there is a lot to learn from them. Ciaran King however, has taken a slightly different approach to optimising performance, by following a more business style approach with his high performance coaching. In this episode we talk about the work that Ciaran has done with me, to help me improve my own riding and life in general. Ciaran shares lots of actionable tips to help everyone be more confident, happy, focussed and productive and ultimately to ride better as a result. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Ciaran King.

If you want to find out more you can head to Ciaran’s website here or follow him on Instagram @peakin_high_performance.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking
0:07.5	you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. Before we get stuck into
0:11.7	this week's episode, we've got an awesome offer for you from We are One Composites. I've ridden
0:16.2	We are One Compsets wheels for many years and from the start, I've been a huge fan of what they're
0:20.4	doing and how they're doing it. The way that they've managed to strike a balance between wheels that are direct and really go where you put them, but don't have a punishing ride feel is super impressive. Not only did they ride amazingly, they're also incredibly robust. In around six years of using their wheels, I've broken one spoke in a freak accident where a rock flicked up and
0:37.6	smashed into the wheel. Otherwise, they've stayed tight and true with literally no maintenance.
0:42.3	They're also made with a huge amount of love and care at their HQ in Camloops in Canada.
0:47.2	This year, we've been lucky to have their new convergence wheels for the Downtime Goes Downhill
0:51.1	project across all three bikes, and I can confirm that We Are One
0:54.6	have done it again. Impact strength is up an incredible 32% meaning they're even more robust
0:59.5	than before yet they've managed to keep that winning We Are One ride feel. The team have been
1:04.5	giving the wheels a hammering over the last few months and we've got no issues to report.
1:08.7	For the month of August, We Are One are generously offering downtime listeners 15% off all wheel sets, rims,
1:14.5	and they're the package bar and stem.
1:16.4	So whether you want their new convergence wheels,
1:18.2	they're still incredible revolution wheels,
1:20.1	or they're the package bar and stem,
1:21.7	now is your time.
1:22.6	You can get 15% off until the end of August 23
1:25.5	by using the code,
1:26.7	downtime August 2023 at we are one
1:30.0	composites.com. That's downtime with a capital D, no space, then August with a capital A, no space,
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