If you're on a mountain bike, twists and turns are both inevitable and plentiful. Cornering is complex and dynamic skill that everyone can improve, and we break it down (a lot) in this episode. We may also bring up rollerblading a time or two (or twelve).

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You want to feel strong. You want to go fast. You want to climb features. But have you ever thought of riding... beautifully? Renowned Spanish guitarist Antonio Garcia joins the podcast to discuss the crossover between music and mountain biking and how practicing "beautifully" can take your riding to a new level.

Antonio Garcia (Jared Antonio Garcia Lyons) is a Spanish guitar performer/instructor from Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico. Antonio has performed in many prestigious venues as a solo artist as well as an accompanying guitarist for flamenco dancers and bands.

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The people who can navigate uncertainty often are the most resilient. But how, exactly, do we do this? The ability to transfer knowledge from the past to the present is one tool--both on and off the trail. We'll show you.

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People know that they should practice, but we don't often enough talk about how to practice. That's why we invited Griff Wigley from MTB Practice Lab to jam about what makes for good practice. 

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Fall prevention is primary. Yet having skills to help you work with a fall, not resist a fall, can help you not only mitigate injury (when possible), but also widen your ability to tackle things that might intimidate and stop you otherwise. 

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Habits of thinking are just as important as physical habits, and it's important to train both. In nine, we dig into some tools for managing our thoughts. Oh, and there's some language in this one. Turns out, we could only restrain ourselves for so long...

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Flow states have a vital role in both fun and mental health. In episode 8, we preach to the choir about mtb's capacity for flow and talk about how to design your life to hit flow states more often. 

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Want to feel more stable and achieve more flow and stability through corners? Mastering rotation will help. Disclaimer... we get a little weird about feet in this one. 

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There's a time to push against, and there's a time to give way. Knowing how to strategically invest our energy opens up a level of consciousness and playfulness that can take you to the next level.

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Now... and next. It's not an either/or, it's a both/and. Your "now" sets the stage for where you're going, and your "next" can create the energy you need to move forward. Heed both. It's a dance. 

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