Whether you're struggling with steep trails, feeling stuck in your skills, or just want to train smarter, this episode offers fresh insights from the world of elite music performance — applied directly to mountain biking. In this powerful conversation, Roxy talks with Noa Kageyama, performance psychologist and creator of The Bulletproof Musician, about the fascinating overlap between music and mountain biking, and what both worlds can teach us about motor learning, fear, and practice that truly sticks - not just "in the practice room", but when we actually need to perform.

You’ll learn:

- What separates practice that sticks from performance that fades

- Why your level of fatigue and your strength, but also your skills, directly affects how much fear you feel

- How practice influences line choices 

- Why adult learners need different strategies than kids — and how to adjust

- The truth about “muscle memory” and what actually builds confidence

- Why variability in MTB practice improves skill retention

- How to stop chasing perfection and start focusing on sustainable progress

- Why practice needs to be "messy" and how to make mountain biking safer, while still improving! 

🎙️ Find Noa's Blog, Podcast and Online Courses here: https://bulletproofmusician.com/blog/ 

🧠 Work with my courses to build MTB Skills that stick: https://roxybike.podia.com

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