Psychology and triathlon performance with Stuart Holliday | EP#364

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Stuart Holliday is a Chartered psychologist working primarily with endurance athletes. In the past, Stuart has been working with Olympic and Paralympic squads, as well as with the Liverpool FC Academy and the England Netball team. In this interview, we discuss sports psychology in a triathlon context. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Self-talk, and having an "inner coach" that is both instructional and motivational -Goal setting in your sport and in your mental performance -Visualisation -Mindfulness meditation -Dealing with pre-race anxiety -Improving your self-confidence -Having the mental skills to perform through the tough moments in a race SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts364/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: ROKA - Exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses as well as prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses. Online vision test for prescription updates and home try-on options available for eyeglasses. Ships from the US, UK and EU. Trusted by world-leading athletes such as Lucy Charles-Barclay, Javier Gómez Noya, Flora Duffy, Morgan Pearson, Summer Rappaport and others in triathlon, cycling, speed skating, and many more. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a unique Dryland Swim Trainer that allows you to improve technique, power, and swim training consistency. With the trainer you can do specific power and technique work, including working on your catch and core activation, and it helps you stay consistent even if you don’t have much time to train. Get the special Zen8 x TTS bundle including the Swim Trainer and a number of ZEN8 training plans and on-demand workouts on zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Focused Mind Coaching (Stu's practice) website, podcast, and Instagram Recommended books: How Bad Do You Want It (Matt Fitzgerald), The Comeback Quotient (Matt Fitzgerald), The Chimp Paradox (Dr. Steve Peters), Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow) (Matt Fitzgerald and Ben Rosario) Sports psychology and applied neuroscience with Simon Marshall, PhD and Lesley Paterson | EP#282 Functional Mental Toughness with Bradford Cooper, PhD | EP#228 Practical application of sports psychology for triathletes with Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter | EP#108 Mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance with Alex Hutchinson | EP#101 Mental skills and the psychology of suffering with Carrie Cheadle | EP#97 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	That Traathlon Show, 364.
0:05.3	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast
0:23.3	presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:26.9	I'm Rehus Michael, and on today's episode, I interview sports psychologist Stuart Holiday about
0:31.8	psychology in triathlon and endurance sports.
0:35.0	We go through various tools and techniques that can be helpful in different scenarios,
0:39.2	and we discuss a few common situations where sports psychology can be particularly helpful,
0:44.8	and plenty of other bits and pieces relating to sports psychology.
0:48.6	Before we get into this interview, a big thanks to our sponsors, Roka.
0:52.5	Roka produced exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses and prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses. If you want to go faster in the water and then look to Roka's range of wetsuits, from the entry level to the top of the line wetsuits, all of them come with arms of technology and exceptional quality and comfort in the water. Roka's trisuits work perfectly together with the wetsuits as they too come with arms of technology
1:14.3	to really maximize your shoulder mobility for the swim and on the bike and run they are
1:18.4	optimized for aerodynamics and comfort.
1:20.7	Roka's range of sunglasses and prescription glasses is also packed with innovation with
1:24.5	patented technologies such as GICO anteslip technology.
1:28.6	They are ultralight and they have excellent optical properties visit roca.com for shthty shths for 20% of your order
1:34.3	and thank you to zen 8 the zan8 indoor swim trainer is a unique dry land swim trainer
1:38.9	that allows you to improve technique power and swim training consistency it is a perfect tool to complement
1:43.6	your pool and open water swimming as it allows you to do very specific power and technique work, including working on your catch and your core activation and it makes it easier to stay consistent even when you can't go to the pool. You can even use it to do activation work before a pool or open water swim or you can do swim bike brick workouts more easily. You can try to send it8 risk free for up to 30 days, so if you don't love it, just send it back.
2:04.7	And you can get a special TTS bundle, including the swim bench and a bunch of CNAID training
2:09.0	plans and on demand workouts on CNAIDScom for SETTS.
2:13.2	Now without any further ado, here's my interview with Stuart Holiday.
2:20.4	Welcome to that Traffle shows, too. How are you doing?
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