Sports psychology and applied neuroscience with Simon Marshall, PhD and Lesley Paterson | EP#282

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

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

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Simon Marshall, PhD, and his wife Lesley Paterson (XTERRA and ITU Cross-Triathlon World Champion) are the authors of the book "The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion". In this episode, we discuss several of the most important messages covered in this book for triathletes, including getting an understanding of the inner workings of your brain, as well as common and specific psychological challenges that triathletes face on a regular basis in racing, training, and in the day to day. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Applied neuroscience: understanding how your brain works and how to (as well as how not to) work with your brain rather than against it. -How to build confidence (even if you are not a confident person) -How to use social media and avoid the comparison trap -How to get out of your comfort zone and learn to embrace the suck -Tips for how athletes can go about improving their psychological and mental skills SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts282/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. Trusted by BMC PRO Triathlon Team, age-group triathletes, coaches and physios around the world. Visit zen8swimtrainer.com/tts for 20% off your order. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Simon's profiles on Twitter and Research Gate Lesley's website, Twitter, and Instagram Braveheart Coaching website The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion - Simon's and Lesley's book All previous sports psychology episodes on That Triathlon Show 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, 282.
0:17.7	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show.
0:23.5	The podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm our host Michael and on today's episode
0:29.2	I interview Dr. Simon Marshall and Leslie Patterson, husband and wife. And you heard Leslie
0:35.8	a few weeks ago in an interview where we talked about
0:39.4	her coaching philosophy and training philosophy but they together Simon and Leslie are the
0:45.0	offers of the book the brave athlete calling the fuck down and rise to the occasion so it's a sports
0:50.3	psychology book very well written I listened to it as an audio book a couple of years ago and i
0:55.9	loved it and in this episode we'll basically discuss several of the most important messages covered
1:01.9	in that book including just the general getting an understanding of the inner workings of your
1:07.8	brain and then how to how to work with the brain rather than against it,
1:12.5	as well as some specific scenarios and common use cases that Traflet's face on a regular basis
1:18.7	in racing, training and in the day-to-day life.
1:22.8	One thing that I would like to ask before we move on is if you are enjoying the podcast,
1:27.8	it would be amazing if you could leave a rating and a review for it on Apple Podcasts
1:32.1	or whatever platform you get your podcasts at that allows you to write ratings and reviews.
1:38.0	That really helps a lot.
1:40.0	Before we get into the interview, big thanks to our sponsors, Roka.
1:44.3	Roka are the world leading manufacturers of wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles,
1:48.7	high-performance eyewear and prescription glasses and sunglasses.
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1:58.1	wetsuit lineup, the Vipers Swimskin, the Gen 2 Elite Arrow Trisuit lineup,
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