Mastering Mental Skills for Massive Gains

The TriDot Triathlon Podcast

TriDot Triathlon Training

Running, Fitness, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Success in triathlon training and racing can be just as much mental as it is physical. You devote numerous hours to swimming, biking, and running to train your body, but what are you doing, if anything, to develop your mind? Can your mindset truly impact your performance results? On today's episode, mental skills coach Bobby McGee and triathlon coach Elizabeth James discuss this, and more! Join the discussion about the role emotions play in race preparation, combatting anxiety and nervousness, and employing practices such as visualization. This episode may be the key to help you unlock your performance potential through the development of mental skills!

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0:00.0	This is the TriDOT podcast.
0:03.9	TriDOT uses your training data and genetic profile combined with predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize your training,
0:12.8	giving you better results in less time with fewer injuries.
0:16.8	Our podcast is here to educate, inspire, and entertain. We'll talk all things triathlon with expert
0:24.5	coaches and special guests. Join the conversation and let's improve together. Together.
0:34.1	Hey folks, we've got a real heady episode of the TriDOT podcast for you today.
0:39.0	Success in our training and racing can be just as much a mental thing as it is physical.
0:43.9	We all put in the hours swimming, biking, and running to train our body,
0:47.4	but what are we doing to develop our mental skills as triathletes?
0:51.8	Here today to help us unlock the performance potential of our minds is legendary endurance coach Bobby McGee.
0:58.0	Bobby has over 40 years of experience in the endurance sports industry as the head coach,
1:03.0	founder and CEO of Bobby McGee Endurance Sports.
1:06.0	He's worked with everything from age group athletes to USA Triathlon Olympians and specializes in running mechanics and
1:12.5	mental skills. Bobby, thanks for joining us today. Thank you for having me looking forward to it.
1:18.6	Also joining us is pro triathlete and coach Elizabeth James. Elizabeth came to the sport from a soccer
1:23.9	background and quickly rose through the triathlon ranks using TriDOT. From a beginner to top age grouper to a professional triathlete.
1:30.8	She's a Kona and Boston Marathon qualifier who has coached triathletes with TriDOT since 2014.
1:37.2	Elizabeth, you excited to help me interview legendary coach Bobby McGee today?
1:41.8	Oh, yes.
1:43.0	I'm so excited. I mean, mental skills are such a critical
1:46.6	component of sports, and I've really been looking forward to discussing this topic on the podcast.
1:52.4	And then, I mean, today's episode is just going to be great. And I'm thrilled that we are
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