Traditionally, coaching has focused mainly on cyclists training, and sometimes on their nutrition and tactics too, in order to see improvements. For many years now, I’ve been an advocate for looking at cyclists holistically and turning them into a complete cyclist. In order to do that, a lot of emphasis has to be placed around how we approach our training mentally.

Covered in this episode:

- The basics of mental fitness training

- Commitment

- Goal setting

- Balance

- Stress

- General mental health

- Improving your mental fitness

- Meditation

- Affirmations

- Mantra and power words

- Visualisation

- Visuals

- Music

- Attitude

- Positivity and gratitude

- Top tips for improving your mental fitness