As well as being a very, very good runner, Dan is also a student of sports psychology. Having heard him on another podcast recently, I really wanted him on Let The Gains Begin to share his experience and learnings on how we use psychology for our training, regardless of ability.

In this episode we talk about;

The psychological side to performance and training including the belief effect and placebos

The use of psychological strategies including accountability. What do we do when we don’t hit 100% of our training goals and need to adjust

The effect of social media on our assessment and justification of performance

How less can sometimes be more – a real-life example

The physiological aspects of training and some of the interesting variations we see when using rate of perceived exertion

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