How Respecting Your Body, Emotions, and Competition Improves Performance

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// SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Starting Saturday, July 26, CTS will publish daily Tour de France Femmes podcasts with Coaches Adam Pulford and Renee Eastman. They'll recap the stage, but the unique aspect of these podcasts will be coaching insights about how athletes prepare for the demands showcased in that day's stage.

// EPISODE OVERVIEW
Respect is a touchy subject, but this is not a touchy-feely, woo-woo episode of the podcast. In true "Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast" fashion, Coach Adam Pulford gives actionable, pragmatic advice on how athletes can change their physical, emotional, and competitive habits to act with greater respect and, in turn, unlock greater performance. When you respect your body, you give it what it needs and pay attention to good and bad days. When you respect your emotions, you gain insights that help you adjust training to align important workouts and performance tests with productive emotional states. And when you respect the competition, you can always feel good about the outcome, win or lose.

// RESOURCES
Placebo Effect:
The power of the placebo effect - Harvard Health https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsle...

Self Talk:
The Dangers of Negative Thinking and How to Master Positive Self-Talk https://www.excelsior.edu/article/the...

Self-talk During Sport - Advantage or Detriment - BelievePerform - The UK's leading Sports Psychology Website https://members.believeperform.com/se...

Golden Rule:
The Golden Rule | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://iep.utm.edu/goldrule/

// HOST
Adam Pulford has been a CTS Coach for more than 14 years and holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. He's participated in and coached hundreds of athletes for endurance events all around the world.

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